Bereavement leave – this is what you need to know - HR News
WEBJan 6, 2020 · Bereavement leave is the time off given to employees in the immediate aftermath of the loss of a close family member. You may know it better as compassionate leave – it is the same thing. The amount of time given often should be agreed between the employer and employee, but it is hoped that your company has a …
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WEBPosted on Sep 6, 2024. Just under one in ten (9%) employers say their priority in offering health and wellbeing support is on prevention, to stop staff getting ill in the first place. Research* from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk sector, also found that 57% of employers provide health and wellbeing support after a set number of ...
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National Work Life Week: From the Great Resignation to the Great ...
WEBPosted on Oct 6, 2022. Experts considered the Great Resignation to be a knock-on effect of the coronavirus pandemic as people worldwide re-evaluated their lives. But with restrictions lifted and life returning to normal, resignations haven’t waned, and until the deeper-rooted factors causing workers to quit are addressed, the storm of ...
Overworked and under-appreciated: A crisis facing British workforce
WEBPosted on Mar 28, 2023. More than half (53%) of employees in the UK feel overworked, citing factors like reaching their maximum capacity, being spread too thin, or stressing over the threat of additional work – according to new data from Censuswide, commissioned by people analytics company Visier. The data – which comes during an uncertain ...
The shocking percentage of customers who’d leave a business
WEBPosted on Apr 25, 2022. According to Forbes, 96% of customers would leave your business if you deliver a bad customer experience. No, that’s not a typo. Ninety-six per cent are likely to leave. In saturated markets, customer service is a key differentiator. Consumers have a multitude of options available to them nowadays, so it’s easy for ...
Hundreds of UK businesses turning to training in the face of …
WEBMHR, the HR, payroll, and finance expert, has today released data highlighting the importance to, and focus on, workplace training, for UK companies amid a wealth of issues pertaining to recruitment and retention. This news comes as companies face the highest recruitment challenges on record, according to the British Chambers of …
Six Essential Employee Engagement Trends that your company
WEBJun 1, 2022 · Trend #3. Flexible working. If you still aren’t allowing your employees to have some say over how, where, or when they work, consider it a priority in 2022. Whether this involves working from home, job sharing, part-time hours or something else entirely, it’s important that both you as the employer and your employee agree on the ...
Recruitment styles: choosing between traditional and modern …
WEBIn traditional recruitment processes, a single person or team of people is responsible for identifying and evaluating the candidate’s soft skills. This practice may be effective depending on the recruiter’s experience, but most of the time, this practice is insufficient. The very practice of conducting an interview, which is more complex ...
How Does Education Affect Employment Rates? - HR News
WEBThe Importance of Education. To show how important education is to employment, let’s look at a few stats. According to the Annual Population Survey, people who have no qualifications have an employment rate of 47 percent. This jumps to 72 percent for people with qualifications at Level 2, 83 percent at Level 3, and 87 percent at Level 4 and ...