While employers generally understand the importance of on-boarding, specialist employment lawyers are highlighting the equal importance of off-boarding and ensuring a smooth transition period between the time an employee hands in their resignation notice and the day that they leave the business. It can be a difficult and sometimes contentious time for employers between managing handovers, potential staff shortages and fears of the employee disengaging, checking out or perhaps causing …
According to new research by Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, companies across the UK are most concerned about the impact of financial uncertainty (34%), employee health and wellbeing (31%) and supply chain disruption (23%) on their businesses over the next 12 months. The findings come from Marsh’s UK Business Risk Report 2023, which features data obtained in May and June 2023 from over 2,100 UK businesses …
New research by Checkatrade has uncovered ethnic and gender bias in Generative AI tools towards people in the traditional trades, repeatedly failing to depict women or people of colour as builders, plumbers or electricians. Language processing apps such as Midjourney and ChatGPT were repeatedly prompted to create images and stories about tradespeople, and 98% of the results depicted a white man. On text-to-image AI system Midjourney for example, …
Money related worries are the most common cause of anxiety in the UK, and a study conducted by Shepherds Friendly in 2023 revealed that over a third of Brits struggle to understand their finances, leaving them feeling stressed. Ahead of International Stress Awareness Week (30th of October to the 3rd of November 2023), Shepherds Friendly has partnered with Georgina Sturmer, Counsellor, MBACP, and psychotherapist Tasha Bailey, to get their insights …
In a fast-paced and customer-centric world, customer service agents are grappling with increasing difficulties, according to a recent study. What needs to change?
Two-thirds of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are grappling with the formidable task of retaining their most valued staff members.