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Party animal | If the boss loves to party, is it an issue?
As managers are the ambassadors of HR policy, a 'party animal' boss can often cause an air of pressure...
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Slow progress | It could take 63 years to close the gender pay gap
This article explores recent data on the gender pay gap, and includes expert insights on the role HR...
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'Lip Syncing' | A new phrase characterising a type of performative inclusion
Just as someone mimes the lyrics to words when lip syncing a song, so too do businesses when they do...
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'Work tasks can trigger fears' | Tackling the taboo of OCD in the workplace
OCD, or obsessive compulsive disorder, is a mental health condition we have all heard of before, but...
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Pros and cons | What are the benefits of hiring ex-offenders?
A study from the charity Working Chance found that 30% of employers say they would automatically exclude...
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Age diversity | Does our age determine our approach to work?
When we think about diversity and inclusion efforts, diversity of age often gets forgotten. Maybe it's...
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Hybrid headaches | 42% of managers don't know their company's flexible working policy. Do you?
42% of HR managers are not tracking their flexible or hybrid working policies according to new...
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Gender commuting gap | Why return-to-office mandates impact women the most
Remote work has enabled women, who are often the primary caregivers to children, to have more flexibility,...
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Inclusivity | Could flying the flag and being your true self get workers into trouble?
A British employee working in the USA found himself in hot water when a July 4th joke went wrong
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'It works' | B-Corp giant shares how ESG and D&I have transformed business
This article talk about B-Corp status and why one firm have found the movement to be not only ethically...
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Looking to the future | The leadership styles Gen Z brings to the workplace
This article explores the characteristics of Gen Z employees that make them oven-ready to assume leadership...
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Colleague clashes | HR must embrace conflict or risk being left behind
Conflict at work is usually considered synonymous with toxicity and something worth emailing HR about....
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'White for decades to come' | Is positive discrimination necessary in the fight for diversity?
When you say the phrase 'positive discrimination' it doesn't tend to have positive connotations....
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'Lazy girl' | Is this trend an empowering movement or are female workers taking the mick?
The term 'lazy girl' has been growing on social media, mostly to describe the way professional women...
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UCL study | Kindness exceeds brashness as success trait - the end to 'masculine' workplaces?
The business world has long been dominated by men and, as a result, by male characteristics. The consequences...
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The future of work | From AI to inclusive hiring, are we seeing the death of hard skills?
In recent years, the workplace landscape has experienced a shift, and hard skills are becoming less important,...
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Barbie and HR | Lessons in leadership from the original 'girl boss'
If you haven't seen any of the preview to the Barbie movie, we're not sure where you've been...
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L&D, flexibility and inclusion | Gen Z workers reveal what they want the most from their employers
New research sheds light on what the workforce's youngest cohort values the most...
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Socialising at work | Five ways to make your next company get-together more meaningful
The work get-together can often be mired in cliché. From warm prosecco to misbehaviour around the photocopier,...
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Harassment or free speech? | Recent legal battles highlight need for urgent workplace D&I training
Recent legal cases have highlighted the complexities surrounding conflicting views and the imperative...
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