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Bank holiday | How can HR keep staff engaged?
To ensure that employee engagement and productivity doesn't take a hit among those staff working through...
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Drinks culture | Worker 'slapped' after refusing drink with boss
However, cases like a recent report detailed in the New York Times, which reported that a bank worker...
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'Microaggressions' | BBC staff to receive diversity lessons
The broadcaster's Drama Commissioning Controller, Piers Wenger, has been in discussions about how the...
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Discrimination | Jobseeker 'denied' interview over wheelchair access
After applying for a job in Sheffield for a firm that provides legal services for BT, Holly Girven inquired...
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Coronavirus crisis | 4 in 10 Brits still expect THIS in the next year
Despite the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis, new research from CV-Library has revealed that...
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Booze, chatting & free drinks | Why staff can't wait to get back to the office
After many months of being cooped up working from home, new research has revealed that 82% of Brits are...
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'Hamster wheel' | HR partner breaks down over burnout and too much work
Taking to Reddit, one HR partner who is new to the people function explained that they work in a lean...
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BP | Worker sacked after Hitler meme wins £100k payout
A worker based at the BP Kwinana oil refinery in Perth has been reinstated at the company after a tribunal...
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Sex discrimination | Exec wins claim against 'old boys' network'
An employment tribunal heard that a high-performing sales executive was 'pushed aside for an old boys'...
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Staff relations | Firms with strong HR practices will 'thrive after deep recession'
According to the analysis, organisations that invested more in human resource management (HRM) and union...
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Heatwave | How to manage flexible working requests
With temperatures set to soar this week again to 33 degrees after a sizzling weekend
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Productivity playlist | HR's favourite songs when WFH REVEALED
The energy supplier Gazprom Energy recently sourced data from Spotify to see the most frequently featured...
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Pandemic | Kirstie Allsopp embroiled in return to work furore
Writing on the social media platform Twitter, the TV presenter shared that if she had an office job that...
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‘My nerves are in shreds’ | Lockdown boss 'micromanages remote toilet use'
With more employees than ever before working from home, the increase in line managers displaying signs...
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WFH morale | Wellbeing chief unveils virtual seating plan
With employees missing chance encounters to catch-up with colleagues at work, the Chief Health, Safety...
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Work-life balance | Pandemic sparks longer workdays and email deluge
Researchers at Harvard Business School and New York University revealed that the working day during the...
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Culture | Lawyer responds to 'toxic' Ellen DeGeneres scandal
Since fresh allegations have arisen that many employees on the set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show experienced...
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‘Milking the system' | Boss sacks staff refusing to go back to work after furlough
The boss of Pimlico Plumbers, Charlie Mullins, has hit headlines once again after stating that he has...
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Health & safety | Worker 'told to finish shift after heart attack'
An electrician shared in a tribunal that he was offered 'hush money' by his employer, after they...
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Engagement cliff edge | Huge number of UK staff 'hate their job' - why?
New research commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has found that three million British...
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