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7 key strategies to avoid redundancies

10th January 2023 No Comments

BLOG Written by Danielle Scott on 9 January 2023 If you’re dealing with an unexpected downturn in business, you may be contemplating redundancies to cut

HSE statistics | Some progress but fatal injury rate remains ‘broadly flat’

15th July 2022 No Comments

BLOG Written by Nick Wilson on 15 July 2022 Newly released HSE statistics have revealed a year-on-year reduction in the number of people killed at work. However,

Unhappy birthday | Employee brings age discrimination claim over “humiliating” 50th remark

16th January 2020 No Comments

Age discrimination in the workplace is a very real and heavily ingrained issue. From bias during the recruitment process to being denied training and development

OLDER WORKERS | The Key to Business Success

23rd August 2018 No Comments

Are you one of the many employers missing out on talent because you are overlooking older workers? Last month, the Women and Equalities Committee published

HR INFO | Tackling age discrimination

20th July 2018 No Comments

Employers need to recruit and retain an age-diverse workforce, but to their detriment, age discrimination remains widespread in workplaces. According to the findings of a

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP | Financial Wellbeing – an employer’s problem?

20th February 2018 No Comments

Regardless of occupation, age or income, money is something we all worry about at some point. Some may be deeply troubled with their growing debts.

Managing older employees effectively

9th June 2017 No Comments

It is estimated that by 2020, a third of our workforce will be over the age of 50. Despite this, there still seems to be

Sickness absence at record low

14th March 2017 No Comments

Employers may often feel that sickness absence is a major problem, but the latest official figures show it’s at an all time low. According to

Increases to Voluntary Living Wage

17th November 2016 No Comments

The Living Wage Foundation has announced increases to the voluntary living wage rate. The current Living Wage is £8.45 an hour, up from the previous