30th June 2015
One of the biggest advantages of absence management software for many employees is they don’t have to face someone when submitting a holiday request! New research suggests that 73% of employees in the UK feel stressed out before they take a holiday.
26th June 2015
The HRonline team will once again be dressing up, this time in an American theme, on Friday 3rd July ahead of American Independence Day on Saturday 4th July and we’ll be raising money for the hugely deserving Sparks.
In the movies and on TV, the maverick cop is always the hero who doesn’t do things by the book but always solves the crime. Needless to say, in the office environment, the maverick employee is the last thing you need. Or is it? While companies spend years developing a set of procedures, a persona, […]
25th June 2015
The most recent survey by the CIPD suggests the UK is facing a “demographic time bomb” as 30% of the workforce retires by 2035 which is likely to leave the country experiencing severe skills shortages throughout the next 20 years if businesses continue to approach workforce planning in the manner they currently do.
According to Edenred’s 2015 Wellbeing Barometer, only 21% of companies believe they’ve got the right wellbeing policies in place.
23rd June 2015
When the BBC announced that Chris Evans would take the wheel of its flagship motor show it was perhaps inevitable there would have to be auditions for a new team. Evans confirmed that the BBC would be auditioning anyone passionate about cars and passionate about Top Gear. With the drive to create a new Top […]
22nd June 2015
Research carried out by the CIPD suggests that over the last 12 months, 78% of businesses in the UK have found it difficult to recruit staff with the skills they require.
18th June 2015
A recent survey by business psychology consultancy JCA suggests there has been a huge slump in Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the HR industry over the last three years, illustrating that whilst HR professionals are committed to the EI of team members, they often overlook their own emotional intelligence.
17th June 2015
When your employees wake up in the morning, what is it that you think fuels them to drive through their day?
16th June 2015
The Guardian newspaper has carried out an extensive review of research carried out in a number of occupational surveys to ascertain which professions report high levels of satisfaction and happiness. But what does this tell us and how can these results be applied to other professions?
15th June 2015
It’s surely no coincidence that TV meteorologists around the world tend to be stunningly good looking, as though superhuman beauty and perfect teeth are essential for telling us if we need to apply sun cream or if we had better take an umbrella out with us. The “weather girl” role is undeniably one in which […]
9th June 2015
hronline is evolving and we want your help! We’ve put together a short survey which we’d like you to take a few minutes to complete. We’re confident your insights will have a huge impact; inspiring the decisions we make about the future of the brand. We’ll treat your answers in the strictest confidence and as […]
Companies can often adopt a laissez-faire attitude to employee engagement. They’ll say that natural selection will weed out any employee who doesn’t feel inspired by their day job, and that the switched-on ones will stick around and be productive. But it’s not as simple as that. Without a brutal regime of dismissing employees who don’t […]
2nd June 2015
Is your business still muddling along with a prehistoric HR system? Do staff book holidays by getting first dibs on their chosen bit of the calendar stuck to the wall? Do you risk pulling a muscle every time you reference someone’s personal files? Amazingly even in these modern, digitally connected, permanently-on times, there are still […]