How do businesses keep up with new emerging trends in HR?
There are many ways in which a business can keep ahead of the game when it comes to emerging HR trends. There are many sites devoted to HR news and business matters like the Harvard Business Review and Forbes.
Top 5 tips on how best to use bonuses and incentives during economic pressure
Inflation is hitting all-time highs in countries across the world and forecasts say the figure will peak in October. This might be good news for some but will seem a long way off for others. Some predictions say the figure will be above the predicted 10%, and will hit the poorest homes the hardest. The […]
How do global businesses prepare for changing conditions when considering their benefits?
It’s been a testing time for the 213 million global businesses what with the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the climate crisis, and cost of inflation. The predictions made by economists about inflation a few months ago came true, but people didn’t quite know how it would affect them to a certain extent. Some saw […]
Rethinking HR Benefit strategies in the Retail Sector
The retail sector was, perhaps, affected the most by the pandemic. Due to lockdowns and physical distance rules imposing a limited number of people in a building at any given time, high street stores saw their footfall dramatically drop, leading to financial instability or closure.
How to utilise resilience training as a benefit to support mental wellbeing
Very few people go through life without suffering a trauma of some description, and when this happens, it can be difficult to deal with. It could be dealing with the loss of a loved one or friend, or it could be dealing with stress, or if could be other personal issues.
Which is more important? Employee engagement or Workplace culture?
Employee Engagement Gallup, the global analytics and advice firm, recently published their State of the Global Workplace report for 2022, which surveyed 1000 people in each country of which there were over 160. The percentage of employees that were engaged at work globally was 21%, which showed a 1% rise from 2020, and a 9% […]
The manufacturing industry and HR benefits: The recovery starts here
It’s been a tough time for all industries across the globe with Brexit and high inflation in the UK, the great resignation and high inflation in the US, and instability caused by the war in Ukraine. Of course, another thing that has to be mentioned is the pandemic, which although looks to be on the […]
5 top reasons why companies should welcome back boomerang employees
Companies spend a lot of time investing in onboarding new recruits with the hope of long-term employment, but the days of a “job for life” are long gone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S., the figure in 2020 was 4.1 years, while in Europe the figure was more than double at […]
Technology is changing reward strategies for the better
The time it takes technology to advance has been estimated to be every 18 months to two years, something which has come to be known as Moore’s law. When this is applied to different areas of IT, it has been said that in 2025, there will be a predicted 38.6 billion smart devices sharing data, […]
Digital HR tools can reduce or prevent employee burnout
In 2021 the World Health Organization (WHO) classified burnout on their international disease classification (ICD-11) list. They define it as “emotional exhaustion + disillusionment + withdrawal” in connection with health workers, but it can affect any employee in any work sector, and is usually caused by high levels of stress caused by overworking.