Worker surveillance practices are increasingly the new normal, despite their negative and discriminatory impact on employees, according to a new report from IPPR.  Technologies like webcam, movement and email monitoring exploded in popularity during the pandemic, and now appear here to stay, yet regulation has not kept up with the reality, the report finds.  Workers in non-unionised, ‘low autonomy’ and low-skilled jobs are more likely to be surveilled at work, …

Burnout remains a critical topic in tech. Marked, according to Psychology Today, by the three key dimensions of chronic exhaustion, chronic cynicism, and inefficacy, burnout is a physical, psychological, and emotional experience that has become increasingly prevalent in recent years – as well as better understood. Tech news and culture sites alike have referred to the current widespread experience of burnout as a full-blown crisis.  Following up on an investigation …

The freelancer economy has grown exponentially in recent years, as more and more businesses look to cut costs and maximize efficiency by hiring international contractors and freelance workers. But what does the freelance landscape really look like going into 2023? Remote has surveyed 3,000 business owners, freelancers and employees in the US and UK to reveal the benefits and challenges of freelance work (from both a business and worker perspective), …

RedArc, the nurse-led support organisation, says employers, advisers and insurers need to appreciate the impact to all pillars of health and wellbeing when people are in financial difficulty, and all areas need to be supported. As the cost of living continues to cause difficulty for people, it isn’t just their financial health that suffers, but their mental, physical and social health too, and they mustn’t be overlooked. Christine Husbands commercial …

Cross-functional teams can be the right solution for companies that want more flexibility and opportunities for innovation. In fact, 83% of digitally maturing companies use cross-functional teams for this purpose. Since both small and large businesses are constantly faced with new challenges, finding new ways of functioning in new environments is imperative. Cross-functional teams enable just that – experimenting and learning in a new environment to find the appropriate way …

In the latest episode of HR in Review, Richard Lucas tells Bill Banham how HR leaders can get better at identifying employees who need support.