October is Black History Month in the UK. Many organisations celebrate it each year, but may have questions about how best to do this – and more importantly, what they should avoid doing. Race in the workplace If your organisation acknowledges other days such as Pride...
Menopause is becoming a more frequent topic of conversation in the workplace, as part of wellbeing strategies Asos are ‘leading the charge’ and have introduced the right to work flexibly, as well as take time off at short notice, while going through the menopause. It...
Tribunal rules that worker sacked over chicken nuggets was unfairly dismissed A customer service adviser was unfairly dismissed after he was accused of becoming “aggressive and violent” for receiving what he saw as an unfairly small portion of chicken nuggets for...
65% of HR decision makers are predicting that financial wellbeing will become the next big employee challenge. New research, surveying more than 500 HR leaders from UK businesses, reveals that two thirds (65%) of HR decision makers predict that financial wellbeing...
One in four employers are not giving staff paid time off to attend Covid vaccinations, and have no plans to, a recent survey has found. A YouGov poll commissioned by Acas, found 25% of employers were not giving staff paid leave to attend vaccination appointments and...
