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'Billy Bonkers' | 3 HR lessons from the shambolic Wonka experience furore
You've likely seen the recent debacle surrounding the 'Willy's Chocolate Experience'...
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Duty of care | Should HR's responsibility extend to paying employees' bills?
Caring for employees through thick and thin is part of not only being human and showing...
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Prehistoric perks | There's no need to overcomplicate EX - it's just tapping into primitive needs
Most companies are struggling with employee experience right now, especially as retention...
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TUC research | It's your responsibility to make sure your staff aren't doing unpaid overtime
The concept of performing labour in return for money remains the same. Yet, recent reports suggest that...
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Pitfalls of rigid structures | Why Deutsche Bank's latest remote working decision is misguided
In the post-pandemic world, flexibility and adaptability have defined how, and where, we work. For most...
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Illness out of control | National sickie day? HR should be concerned about the entire year
The first Monday of February has long been dubbed "national sickie day", a day when employees supposedly...
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Workplace insecurities | If you have imposter syndrome, you must learn to capitalise on it
'Imposter Syndrome' has arguably been the wellbeing buzzword of the past five years. For those of...
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Return-to-office | Flexibility is all Gen Z has ever known - don't deter them with RTO mandates
Gen Z entered a very different working world to their parents and teachers. The possibility of remote...
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Corporate jargon | Balancing necessity with authentic communication
This article talks about the effective uses of corporate jargon and the effect that it may be having...
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Marvel mix-up | Lessons to be learned from Spiderman's Hollywood payroll palaver
This article talks about a high-profile payroll error which made headlines within the UK, after one actor...
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Networking or the naughty step | Are in-office mandates taking employees back to their school days?
Back to office mandates over the past year have been nothing short of controversial, in part because...
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Four-day week | Could Germany prove that a reduced working week is the antidote to financial instability?
This article assesses whether a four day working week could bolster companies struggling with economic...
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Survivor syndrome | Staff are terrified of layoffs, and HR needs to act
This article talks about managing a workforce who have been indirectly affected by layoffs.
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Opinion | HR voted least productive department - do you need to be more involved with your staff?
The UK workforce views HR as the least productive department in their company, according to new research...
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Boom or bust in '24? | Major corps are stuck in a hiring loop that must end
This article talks about mass redundancies at major firms such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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The Traitors | Working relationships are built on trust, but it's not always guaranteed
The hit show shines a light on how we build trust as colleagues...
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Job satisfaction | Many people don't want to be a manager or CEO and that's OK
New statistics show that 47% of workers aren't focused on progression at all...
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Elton's Emmy | The award proves that there is plenty to gain from working with 'older' employees
As one of the 'older' workforce, you may well relate...
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Wandering eye | Why do women fall out of love with their workplace faster?
A new study from the Journal of the Association for Psychological Science has found that women fall out...
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‘Ridiculous criticism' | Was BrewDog's James Watt right to slash living wage pay?
This article talks about financial wellbeing, and uses BrewDog as a case study due to a recent announcement...
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