Is Justice the new DE&I: Has the diversity discussion evolved? May 2, 2023 | Sponsored DiverCity® Podcast · Is Justice the new DE&I: Has the diversity discussion evolved? In this episode, host Julia Streets is joined by Dorien Nuñez, Speaker, Author, Researcher, Consultant and Principal and Co-Founder of The OMNIResearch Group and Paris Prince, Director – Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion for The Intentional Endowments Network. Both from the United [...]
Women Want Equal Progression Opportunities At Work May 2, 2023 | Sponsored Does the company you work for promote women at the same rate it promotes male counterparts? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re among the minority. That’s because women still only make up 30% of leadership roles in the UK. This is despite an active push by the government to highlight this issue via the FTSE [...]
Over 50s and retirees want to work more, so long as it’s flexible April 28, 2023 A lack of flexible job opportunities is keeping over 50s out of the workforce and preventing retirees from returning to employment according to a survey. Insurance giant Zurich UK found nearly one in five UK adults over 50 were deterred from applying for new jobs because of a lack of flexible working opportunities. Timewise found [...]
Most businesses say hiring is inefficient – that needs to change April 26, 2023 | Sponsored The UK labour market is at an interesting juncture. After a ferocious post-Covid jobs boom that sent demand for workers into overdrive, we’re now seeing signs that employers have taken their foot off the hiring pedal. That’s not to say demand has dried up. Far from it. Britain still has more than 1.1m vacancies according [...]
How your firm can deliver the Sustainable Development Goals April 24, 2023 | Sponsored The United Nations unveiled the Sustainable Develop Goals as a roadmap to a greener, fairer future – but that plan is in danger of losing its way. “Our progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has faltered and even gone into reverse on some important targets,” warned UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed in March. Companies [...]
Would You Become A Salary Nomad For More Money? April 24, 2023 | Sponsored Coronavirus changed many things for many people, and the way that we work was perhaps the most impacted. And the digital nomad, an employment trend that had previously been slightly scornfully reserved for a type of gig economy worker, became a legitimate alternative to the traditional 9-5. While the term has been in use since [...]
UK economic outlook: Moving from shaky ground to stability and growth April 18, 2023 | Sponsored Few would argue that UK businesses have had an easy time the last few years. Between the pandemic, cost-of-living crisis, and rising inflation, many had predicted an upcoming recession for the UK economy. Whilst we may have avoided a sharp economic downturn, there is no denying that businesses in the UK are still very much on rocky [...]
As The Perkcession Bites, What Workplace Benefits Are Important Now? April 17, 2023 | Sponsored With layoffs at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of New York Mellon racking up thousands of job cuts, those working in the financial services sector are understandably worried about contagion, and whether their own jobs will be safe. The collapse of Credit Suisse in March, and its subsequent rescue by rival UBS, as well [...]
As Pension Ages Rise, What Does This Mean For Your Career? April 10, 2023 | Sponsored Pensions have been at the top of the news cycle recently. In January, French president Emanuel Macron announced a plan to raise the retirement age in France from 62 to 64. The move has sparked outrage, leading to mass protests, hundreds of arrests, and piles of rubbish littering streets as refuse workers walked out over [...]
Stuck in a meeting? The one thing about hybrid work and working from home that is driving some employees crazy April 5, 2023 Only half of workers believe employers are doing enough to make hybrid working or working from home seamless, research shared by Slack reveals. Even though 87 per cent of IT managers said they were investing to reduce the friction involved in employees working from home (wf) and in the office, large numbers of workers report [...]