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Link between financial wellbeing and mental health strengthens
Almost a quarter of the UK’s largest listed employers have improved their performance on workplace mental health overall in the past year, and almost half now recognise the link between financial wellbeing and the mental health of their employees, according to the second annual CCLA Corporate Mental Health Benchmark- UK 100, published this month.
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Government offered help in designing new immigration system
The CIPD and some of the UK’s largest business organisations have signed a letter to Rt Hon Priti Patel offering their help in designing a...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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Energy wasted by office buildings costing businesses £60m in bills
Energy being wasted every year by a few thousand office buildings across five UK cities could power over 100,000 homes and is costing businesses £60m...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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Chancellor asked to think again on IR35 changes
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and leaders from 14 of the UK's top recruitment firms have written to the Chancellor expressing concerns about the...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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69% of managers’ work will be automated by 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies such as virtual personal assistants and chatbots are rapidly making headway into the workplace. By 2024, Gartner, Inc. predicts...
Published 29 Jan 2020
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“Jack’s law” to introduce two weeks’ leave for bereaved parents
Parents who lose a child will receive two weeks' paid bereavement leave under new government rules that will come into force in April....
Published 23 Jan 2020
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Women need to be recognised in workplace health and safety, says report
Men and women’s different working conditions and treatment by society can affect the risks both genders face at work, as well as how to assess...
Published 23 Jan 2020
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Do your employees take a lunch break?
Recent research by Flexioffices indicates, with the dawn of the new decade, work, office peer pressure and promotion ambitions have become ever growing threats to...
Published 23 Jan 2020
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EU Withdrawal Bill – ELA highlights potential impact of uncertainty on UK workplaces
Recently proposed amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill impacting established case law are likely to create substantial, and long-lasting, uncertainty for UK workplaces, the Employment Lawyers Association...
Published 21 Jan 2020
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Energy performance targets for offices targeting net zero carbon released
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has published new energy performance targets for commercial offices that are aiming to achieve net zero carbon in operation....
Published 21 Jan 2020
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The King's speech July 2024: implications for employers
Published 23 Jul 2024
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Why are there so many slips, trips and falls?
Statistics from across the world indicate that slips and trips are a common problem. Claire Deacon PhD, Health and Safety Trainer with International Workplace, looks...
Published 30 Aug 2023
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Why are falls from height still the highest cause of deaths?
Work at height continues to be the most common cause of fatal injury, according to the HSE’s latest statistics, published on 6 July....
Published 11 Jul 2023
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Who is responsible for safe work on your own home?
A man has been given a suspended sentence after he carried out unsafe work on an extension to his own home in Manchester....
Published 24 Jun 2024
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Water systems at risk of Legionella as heat rises
Employers and premises managers are being warned of the importance of being mindful of the impact hot weather can have on the presence of Legionella...
Published 13 Jun 2023
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Women need to be recognised in workplace health and safety, says report
Men and women’s different working conditions and treatment by society can affect the risks both genders face at work, as well as how to assess...
Published 23 Jan 2020
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Training: employers need to think like employees!
Employers and employees don’t see eye-to-eye on the definition of meaningful training, and it’s creating a predicament for L&D. That’s the finding of a new...
Published 6 Jun 2023
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