Coronavirus

Chris Rayner, Swissport’s Chief People Officer discusses his business’ response after the pandemic and how a new recruitment strategy is helping them tackle peak travel season.

Almost half (46%) of organisations have employees who have experienced long COVID in the last 12 months.

A recent survey has revealed that 60% of the UK workforce wouldn’t feel comfortable skipping isolation even if they were legally exempt.

As the effects of the NHS test and trace app hit home, Alex Hind, co-founder of workplace benefits platform Heka, explains how companies can better support self-isolating employees. 

As reports of the 'pingdemic' hit the headlines this week, we spoke with our resident employment law expert Anna Elliott, partner at Osborne Clarke, to get the low-down on the legal standing for both employer and employee.

Care staff are expected to be given 16 weeks to have the jab - or face being redeployed away from frontline care or losing their jobs.

New research shows furloughed employees experienced reduction in wellbeing, personal confidence, job satisfaction and commitment

The research, conducted by insurance company Aon, also shows that two thirds of organisations have a “future of work” taskforce, yet just one third has defined what the future means for them. 

The partnership will see a series of investigations being conducted into core issues for HR as a result of the pandemic and also seek to provide disruptive market thinking around pricing and offer.

... but HR Consultant Melanie Darlington says 'slashing the workforce' is not the only way of handling the Covid-19 employment crisis.