Poor management driving higher levels of leavers
According to a recent Investors in People study, 47% of workers in teh UK will be looking for a new role in 2018, with 49% of the 1000 surveyed citing poor management [...]
21 01, 2018
29 04, 2016
Why employee engagement matters
Employee engagement is one of those HR topics that people all know something about, but is often not really understood. In this post I'll explain what employee engagement is and [...]
13 04, 2016
Yorkshire and Humber Fastest Jobs Growth in the UK
On Radio 4's Today programme, it was stated that following Natwest's Quarterly Growth Survey, the Yorkshire and Humber Region had the highest jobs growth in the UK. Sounds like good [...]
15 03, 2016
Third of underperforming managers still receive bonuses
According to a recent survey by Xpert HR and the CMI, they found that almost half of managers (45%) who were rated as “not meeting expectations” received a financial bonus.The [...]
13 03, 2016
Is this the end of annual appraisals
In August of last year Accenture announced that it was to end its formal annual review - a move that was greeted with joy from the 300,000 strong workforce. Its been [...]
21 09, 2015
Living Wage is on its Way – Are you Ready?
In April this year the Government announced its plans to implement the living wage from April 2016. Whilst it will be a great move for many employees, employers still need [...]
1 04, 2015
Guide to Shared Parental Leave (SPL)
On the 5th April 2015 employees will become entitled to Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP), which replaces Additional Paternity Leave for any births or adoptions [...]
20 10, 2014
Model of Employee Engagement
Employee engagement has become the holy grail for leaders and HR teams globally, seen as one of the key drivers that will lift organisational performance and improve workplace culture. But, as we [...]