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Wellbeing management | Workplace absences soar to highest level in over a decade, study finds
This article looks at current rates of workplace absences, and how businesses can support their employees'...
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'Dangerous step-change' | Gen Z can't work with staff with different views, says Channel 4 boss
This article explores the workplace skills that Gen Z workers can offer to their employers, including...
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Social governance | An ethics backlash made Chick-fil-A pull out of the UK - now they're back
This article talks about how key stakeholders respond to corporate ethics. It discusses LGBT+ agenda...
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Ultimatum rejected | Grindr employees quit en masse over back-to-office mandate
Return-to-office mandates are becoming an area of growing concern for employees, and thus a growing area...
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£1m lawsuit | Goldman Sachs faces claims of tear-filled meetings, culture of bullying and more
Financial behemoth Goldman Sachs is preparing to face a court battle over a former executive's claims...
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'Forgotten' | Worker upset when firm doesn't mark her birthday, but does so for colleagues
How important is employee recognition? Would your workers be disappointed if you didn't wish them a happy...
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'Heartless' | Worker asks for time off after mum's death - but gets sacked instead
Supporting employees who have suffered a bereavement is an unenviable task that every HR leader will...
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Barriers must be broken | Employers admit risk of forcing out female staff if practices don't change
This article looks at new research predicting the huge problems businesses may face in the near future,...
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'Managing Up' | A new phenomenon is hitting TikTok, and it may be good news for HR
Managing up is a new trend hitting social media. In this article we cover why it may create a mutually...
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A nation divided | UK staff split over whether political opinions should be discussed at work
As an ESG battle rages through the corporate world, new research highlights disjointed employee opinions...
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'Period of urgency' | Boss demands HR team stay late, work weekends & scrap time off amid 2,300 job cuts
HR workers describe an "extremely toxic" environment as they pick up the pieces after thousands of job...
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International Friendship Day | Four ways to foster social connections between colleagues
Four top tips to facilitate healthy relationships between employees in the workplace...
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Ageism row | HR worker, 45, felt victimised by younger colleagues who rebuffed her Christmas party suggestion
A HR advisor reported staff in their 20s were 'negative and derisive' towards her while discussing potential...
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Sexism row | Tribunal told of 'laddish' office with Nerf gun wars & rubber chicken fights
Colleagues' 'childlike and immature' behaviour in the workplace was exclusionary to women, a former boss...
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'Fuelling the fire' | BBC warned staff 'not to gossip' over Huw Edwards allegations
Office gossip policies are in the spotlight after BBC bosses warned staff against discussing the Huw...
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Free speech row | Firm taken to tribunal after pulling job offer over candidate's LGBT+ social media posts
A candidate's 'dream job' offer was allegedly withdrawn after the company found his comments on LGBT+...
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'You people' | Woman wins £6k over sexist remarks - but accused co-worker also gets £5k over racial comments
A judge has awarded compensation to both the complainant and respondent in an employment tribunal ca...
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'Deplorable' | Lab worker found severed heads on his desk after complaint about work conditions
An employee claims three severed heads were left at his workspace after he raised concerns about 'deplorable'...
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D&I takes off | Qantas jettisons uniform rules on make-up & high heels in inclusivity push
Guidelines around make-up, footwear and jewellery have been changed up for all employees, regardless...
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'Skewed perception' | Worker misinterpreted colleague's behaviour as sexual advances, tribunal hears
A worker sued her manager for sexual harassment after misinterpreting 'XX' marking a blank space...
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