There is a national shortage of foster carers, and with over 98,000 children in care on any one day in the UK, every year thousands of new foster families are needed – and the John Lewis Partnership is taking action.
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New research has revealed the UK industries that have had the biggest increase in wages, with Mining and Quarrying coming out on top. The study by UK Trading platform CMC Markets analysed the latest release from the Office for National Statistics, featuring results from their Wages and Salaries Survey since January 2000. It found that the Mining and Quarrying Industry has seen the biggest wage increase in one year. In …
Although the days of full remote work may be over, many employees have expressed a desire for flexible work arrangements. But with Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency, more organisations could demand that people return to the office – setting the scene for an inevitable tug-of-war. Some organisations including Google, Meta and EY have continued to allow teleworking in some capacity, but others have followed the lead of Twitter’s …
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, usually referred to as ADHD, is an all too common condition in the modern workspace — as 10.5 million adults in the US have it. To put that into perspective, 4.4% of all adults in the US report experiencing ADHD symptoms of some kind. If you’re a manager or team leader, you’ve likely had (or will eventually have) a team member or co-worker that has adult ADHD. …