Third of employers don’t offer financial support for long-term illness
Around a third (32%) of employers do not offer financial support to their employees if they are suffering from a...
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Employee Relations
TUC launches taskforce for AI in workplace
The Trade Unions Congress (TUC) has launched a new taskforce to look at the “creeping role” of artificial intelligence (AI)...
Unused annual leave on the rise, says YouGov
A new study from YouGov has revealed that a quarter of workers have “much more” annual leave left than this...
Disney set to axe 32,000 jobs
Disney has announced it will be cutting 32,000 jobs at its theme parks, 4,000 more jobs than it had previously...
One in five employers monitor remote working
Around one in five employers are monitoring, or are preparing to monitor, their employees performance while remote working during the...
ONS reveals 2.7 million households without work
The latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics have revealed that between July and September 2020, there were...
Buck completes Concert Consulting acquisition
Buck, a consulting, administration, and technology services firm that specialises in pensions and employee benefits, has acquired the pensions and...
Over a third of employers worry about providing unfair redundancies
A survey conducted by Ellis Whittam, an employment law and HR support firm, has revealed that over a third of...
Remote working is ‘here to stay’ regardless of vaccine
A survey from CIPHR has suggested that remote working is “here to stay”, despite a future vaccine on the horizon....
Halfords to invest £1.4m in employee job training
British retailer Halfords is set to invest £1.4m in training for over 6,000 store colleagues, after announcing a £56m profit...
