News
Ramadan headscarf makers vote to strike
Ramadan headscarf workers have voted to strike over poor pay and "punishing targets."
Employee Relations
News
HelloFresh dismisses 79 Nuneaton staff, union claims “dire working conditions”
Community Union claimed that HelloFresh prevented staff from taking toilet breaks, and argued that the employees in question had been dismissed without due procedure.
News
Oscar Mayer staff launch legal claim over ‘fire and rehire’ policy
More than 500 Oscar Mayer workers in Wrexham initially began four weeks of strikes in September over plans to fire and rehire them.
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Canada Life enhances parental and family friendly benefit policies
Canada Life also introduced additional support for colleagues who have recently experienced pregnancy loss.
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Winning the Gen Z retention game
The Workplace Journal speaks with Jonah Stillman, expert, TED speaker, and author, about how best to engage and retain Gen Z in the modern workplace.
News
27% of UK employers ‘ghosted’ by new recruits on day one, research reveals
Two-fifths of employers that recruited in the past year have experienced employees resigning within the first 12 weeks.
News
‘Stressed’, ‘unappreciated’ are top negative feelings at work – Inpulse
According to the recent data from Inpulse almost a fifth of employees (18%) feel stressed at work.
News
6.5 million Brits actively looking to leave their jobs, research reveals
82% of UK workers who claimed to feel undervalued were already preparing to leave their current employers.
News
Gen Z does not aspire for middle mamagement, research shows
While 36% expected they would have to take on a middle management role at some point in their career, 16% were adamant they would avoid it altogether.
Employee Relations
Legal & General Group Protection partners with Ergocom to offer vocational support to employees
The partnership was launched to help both the employer and employee understand what job roles the individual can do, and what is needed for them to continue working in a new role.
Health & Wellbeing
Employers voice concerns over insufficient state support for staff wellbeing
Two-thirds (66%) of employers said that being unable to access support for mental health was affecting their workers.
Health & Wellbeing
Nearly half of desk-based staff feel pressure of ‘always on’ culture, research finds
Over two-fifths (44%) of the UK workforce feels the pressure to appear continuously available at work.