How can employees work at an optimum level without burning-out?
The World Health Organization (WHO) classified burnout as an occupational disease back in 2019. The symptoms include lack of energy or exhaustion, a raised level of cynicism related to an occupation, and reduced professional efficacy. If burnout is not detected early, it can lead to months of downtime for an employee, and in some cases […]
How does HR technology improve family well-being?
There have been many stresses and strains on family situations over the last few years, and none have been more acute than the covid pandemic. These stresses and strains can be exacerbated by working from home with young kids running around or with a baby screaming.
How the cost of living crisis is impacting employees’ retirement plans and what can be done about it.
Inflation and the cost of living crisis has hit everyone hard. Generation Z and Millennials might feel as if getting a mortgage is beyond them, and Generation X might find themselves in “generation sandwich”, trying to look after their immediate family while trying to take care of their parents or the baby boomer generation.
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 are companies using technology and data to determine the best benefits?
Many companies are using HR tech to streamline their business processes, everything from admin to onboarding to internal communications. These are just some of the advantages that can be regarded as being general across the board at many organisations. When it comes to tailor-made benefits aimed at a portion of a company’s workforce, or even […]
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.
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 […]
How does a company cater for all employee age groups when it comes to benefits?
It doesn’t matter if a company is starting up, is a small to medium sized company, or a large multinational enterprise when it comes to the age of your workforce. Some companies might actively recruit young candidates as they will be hungrier to climb up the company’s career ladder, whereas others will prefer older more […]
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, […]