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Could it be that UK are best at combatting stress?

Employee Experience

6 May 2019

5 May 2019

Experience vs exams – what do employers really want?

In 2011, Macquarie University in Australia debated whether to get rid of exams completely. They argued that exams fail to develop questioning, independent learners and...

4 May 2019

What do the ISA season fund trends reveal?

The latest set of Investment Association (IA) data tells us where investors were putting their money in March, during peak ISA season. It was yet...

3 May 2019

Slips, trips, falls and violence cause the most common workplace injury

The data also reveals that construction is the most dangerous industry to work in, with 38 fatal injuries taking place in this sector last year,...

1 May 2019

Poor choice of music in workplace seriously impacts performance

With 253 working days in 2019, this works out as 44 hours per year, or 5.84 working days. Taking into consideration the 32.53 million people...

29 April 2019

Time to ban the “do you have a criminal record” tickbox?

Job adverts for roles at Guidant Global do not ask about criminal convictions and clearly state that they recognise the value people with previous convictions...

28 April 2019

 Credit-card spend jumps 8.1 percent and it’s not a lifestyle choice to be celebrated

More likely, those caught in the payday poverty cycle, in which a monthly windfall doesn’t fit with the volume and frequency of outgoings that modern...

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 Most employees want physical contact banned in the workplace

Future of Work

25 April 2019

25 April 2019

Directors found “personally liable” for employment contract breaches

The High Court was asked to determine whether the directors of the defendant company should be personally liable for the breaches of the claimants' employment...

24 April 2019

Birmingham is the payday loan capital of the UK

Wagestream analysed the amount of payday lending in each postcode area following a Freedom of Information request to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The data...

24 April 2019

Tech stress suffered by one in three employees 

“The drive to introduce new tech is inevitable as businesses search for more efficient ways of working, but these findings should act as a call...

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FCA takes strong stance on asset management fees

Business Transformation

23 April 2019

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