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'Zoom blunders' | Staff are being sacked over video call mistakes - here's why
A quarter of bosses have admitted to sacking an employee because of a 'Zoom blunder', according to...
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'Multiple issues' | HR 'IGNORED' by Amazon CEO in discrimination firing scandal
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy allegedly ignored HR recommendations to fire a top executive accused of discriminatory...
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'Humiliating & degrading' | Boss 'wanted to bet' on pregnant worker's weight - tribunal awards her £30k
A marketing executive's boss joked about placing bets on how much weight she would gain while she was...
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Wellbeing | Four-day week arrives in UK as Scotland rolls out £10m trial
Scotland has announced that it will trial a four-day work week to see the effect on the economy and wellbeing...
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'No excuse' | Candidate calls 999 to 'check on job application' - & other bizarre hiring tales
A would-be police officer destroyed his chances of a job after ringing 999 to find out how his application...
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Networking | Growing number of Brits using dating apps to find jobs
Dating apps such as Bumble and Tinder are an intrinsic part of dating in the modern age, but could they...
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Wellbeing concern | Citigroup tells staff 'go away for two weeks' in burnout ultimatum
Citigroup has told its bankers to take two weeks off, in an attempt to prevent burnout. But with some...
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'Still experimenting' | Zoom tells own staff: 'Time for office return'
Video conferencing firm Zoom, which has been at the forefront of the widescale global move to remote...
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'Extreme temperatures' | Employer claims climate change forced them to let workers 'sleep on job'
The National Trust, which currently employs more than 10,000 UK-based workers, announced this week that...
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Tech | Facebook plans to 'fundamentally transform' working - and it isn't remote or hybrid
Facebook hopes to 'fundamentally transform the way we work' following the unveiling of its new workplace...
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£22k cars & cash | BIGGEST incentives firms are offering to encourage staff vaccine uptake
£22,000 cars and cash bonuses are among the incentives being offered by UK firms to encourage staff...
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'Pingdemic' | Supply chain woes force Nando's to close restaurants
Nando's aims to reopen all its restaurants from Saturday after shutting around 50 outlets because of...
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Amazon | Firm plans to capture workers' keystrokes - what could this mean for HR?
Amazon plans to monitor how its employees use their keyboards to prevent customer data leaks, according...
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CIPD & REC | HR reacts as vacancies and wage growth hit all-time high
Wage growth within the UK has hit record levels, as companies looked to fill more than 1 million new...
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Back-to-office | How staff want to be greeted when going to work
As some workers head back to the office, new research has looked into the preferred greetings both before...
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'Vast untapped talent' | Why one firm wants to hire workers from THIS skills-rich demographic
An accountancy firm is eyeing up 'a vast, untapped talent pool' of retired and mature workers as...
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'Pingdemic' | Self-isolation rules change to ease staff shortages - here's what HR needs to know
With rules around Covid self-isolation being further relaxed, managing workers who have been 'pinged'...
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Xmas comes early | Morrisons reveals pandemic festive 'thank you' to staff - in SUMMER
Supermarket chain Morrisons has announced that it will be giving its staff members Boxing Day off work...
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'Dangerous precedent' | Google could cut remote workers' wages - rolling out a tool to show staff how much they'll lose
Google employees have been using the company's internal salary calculator to find out if they'll...
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'Severe paranoia' | HR staff 'most trusted' when working from home - but it's not the same for all
HR workers feel the most assured by their employers when working from home, a new survey has...
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