Steve Herbert, Head of Benefits Strategy at Howden Employee Benefits explains why employers should support working parents with childcare costs. “Families with two parents working full time at the National Minimum Wage are still 11%…
New report reveals ex offenders and recovering addicts…
The latest briefing report from The Forward Trust gives an insight into the employment challenges faced by ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction. It also details how the charity is addressing these issues by…
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) announces a £250,000…
Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), a UK fund manager and social enterprise has invested £250,000 in Futures, a social enterprise which provides jobs and skills advice, training and apprenticeships in Nottinghamshire. SASC has provided a…
Top HR metrics for 2019
With data and analytics still at the top of the HR agenda for 2019, analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the key metrics for HR to focus on. Evidence-based decision making is likely to become a…
Age discrimination blamed as biggest obstacle for getting…
Age discrimination is cited as the top obstacle to getting back into employment, according to the latest research by Jobrapido the world’s leading job search engine. The job search engine surveyed 2,027 people in the…
Five reasons to create a disability-confident workplace in…
In December 2018 the Government announced it will be rolling out a new £40 million voluntary scheme[i] in England and Wales this year to help disabled people who are long-term unemployed get back into work.…
Why addressing tech sector diversity could close the…
Zoe Morris, President, Pearson Frank, discusses why gender imbalances are contributing to the skills gap in the tech sector Despite businesses searching for positive solutions, gender diversity and the technical skills gap both still remain…
Fat Cat Friday – the UK’s Fat Cats…
By early afternoon today, only three working days into 2019, the average FTSE100 CEO will have already been paid what it will take a typical UK worker all year to earn, according to calculations from…
Recruitment boss applauds workplace reforms but calls for…
Gig economy workers, agency employees and zero-hour contract workers are to be better protected by new workplace reforms implemented by the government this week. However, Lorna Davidson, CEO of short-term recruitment specialist RedWigWam, says that…