Despite the Covid crisis starting to feel at long last like a distant memory, many industries are still experiencing a recruitment and retention crisis as they struggle to move on from the disruption it caused. Take the aviation industry, for example, where employment stability and the contract structure of pilots and airline staff has resulted in 63% of pilots globally planning on switching jobs in the next 12 months. Research …
A recent survey carried out by company formation agent, 1st Formations revealed that 41% of Brits feel they’re underpaid for the work they do. Yet just 24% plan on asking for a payrise in the next 12 months. The survey, conducted using the market research company YouGov, asked 2,104 UK adults about their attitudes towards their current pay, company’s leadership and performance at work. The findings revealed that: 41% of UK adults …
Data from global safety charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation has found that many foreign-born workers who are experiencing violence and harassment in the workplace are not disclosing the incidents because of ‘unclear procedures’. The data – which is taken from the Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll, powered by Gallup – shows that while 22% of non-native workers reported experiencing workplace violence and harassment, only 53% had told someone about it. …
On 29 March, some 1,000 AI funders, engineers and academics issued an open letter calling for an immediate pause on further development of certain forms of generative AI applications, especially those similar in scope to ChatGPT. With irony, some of the letter’s signatories are engineers employed by the largest firms investing in artificial intelligence, include Amazon, DeepMind, Google, Meta and Microsoft. This call for reflection came in the wake of …
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Two-thirds of UK professionals have “quiet quit” their jobs and are only putting in the minimum of what is required of them in their roles, according to a new survey by Lanes Group plc.