Employers can help to improve mental health and youth unemployment
Tracey and Karl Paxton write that employers and occupational health need to start paying attention if they are serious about tackling the ill-health-related worklessness of young people. This year, the number of young unemployed people has reached a significant landmark – one that is concerning. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures, According […]
Stop focusing only on the individual fixes and tackle the elephant in your room.
It’s high time we had a serious conversation about workplace wellness. A strange paradox is occurring within organisations. The investment in corporate wellness solutions is expected to reach 94.6 billion dollars in 2026, but on the other, we are also experiencing a 13 percent increase in employee stress YOY. The effectiveness of the many wellbeing […]
‘Guilty until proven innocent’: Rethinking workplace culture for women
Imagine two colleagues who are equal in terms of experience, expertise, and competence. They are both equally qualified, except for their gender. And that is the most important difference. Their colleagues believe that a man is competent until he makes a mistake and gets caught, but that a woman doesn’t know what she’s doing until […]
Employees who leave their businesses and demand five days of office
International Workplace Group’s research shows that strict return-to-office requirements are forcing workers to find new jobs. More than 500 recruiters from the company and agencies were surveyed. The results showed that 2/3 (67%) of them had seen a rise in candidates who wanted to leave companies which demanded a full week at work. Three quarters […]
AI: a solution to the double-sided engagement issue
Artificial intelligence (AI), by eliminating the “survey crunch”, has the potential of increasing employee engagement. Steven Frost explains that it can create simple, digestible actions for every people manager. It can be likened to trying to climb Mount Everest using only a thin rope and some crampons. HR leaders know the best ways to engage […]
Amazon workers to strike across the globe on Black Friday
Amazon employees on six continents have announced that they will strike or protest between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (29 Nov to 2 Dec). The action is expected to attract thousands of people during one of most busy shopping seasons of the year, as they demand more worker’s rights and climate action. Workers and union […]