This month’s blog will focus on the menopause and its potential impact on the workplace, and what Employers can do to ensure their workforce is considered, supported and ultimately, retained. The Office of National Statistics highlights the fact that menopausal women are the fastest growing demographic in the UK workforce. With 1 in 3 of
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On the auspicious occasion of the arrival of Prince Harry and Meghan’s baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, it did leave a few of us in the hope of being granted an additional bank holiday, as we were for the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. But alas, no – even his timely arrival on
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Have you ever heard of the halos/horns effect? The halo/horns effect is a form of cognitive bias where we allow a single trait, action, event or behaviour, halo (good) or horns (bad), to overshadow all others that follow. The halo effect pre-disposes you to think favourably of a person or company, while the horns effect
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This month, we celebrated International Women’s Day; a day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and a call to action for gender equality. Would you be shocked to know that, of the 10,015 companies who submitted their Gender pay data in 2018, 78% reported a pay gap that favoured men over
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Intense exercise, prescription medication, a diet high in sugar – all things we shouldn’t stop suddenly, but rather ease into, and reduce gradually, giving ourselves a chance to become accustomed, physically, mentally and emotionally. It can be argued, and has been argued, that the same applies to our working lives. Termed as the ‘cliff edge’,
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The only certainty we have in life is said to be death and taxes, but many would argue that getting older is also a certainty, whether by moments or by decades. With most of us intending to see retirement (AKA the good life) at some point, the importance of a good pension has never been
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So far this year, we have been blessed with an amazing summer and a relatively mild autumn, but with the annual predictions of heavy snow this could change any time now. Therefore, it is advisable to be prepared for any complications that adverse weather conditions could bring to your company this winter. Make it Clear
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Dear Santa, We understand that you command a team of highly efficient workers and maintain very high standards year upon year, so we wonder if this Christmas, you might grace us with the following items from our wishlist… 1. Safe Equipment for Putting Up and Taking Down Christmas Decorations Very few of our employees are
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Meetings! All businesses need a certain number to ensure they are communicating and operating effectively, but when does it become one too many? Recently, a European survey of more than 2,000 employees from the UK, France and Germany found that the average employee spends 187 hours in meetings each year – the equivalent of 23
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Do we need to go ‘Back to the future’ with our recruiting methods? Two decades ago (when the Internet was in its domestic infancy), many employers avoided recruiting university graduates with first class honours degrees, believing that such an achievement indicated that the graduate had focused solely on their books and had not engaged in
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