by Sarah Rice | Feb 7, 2020 | Skills & Education
The biggest increase was seen in the age category 35-44, which saw an increase of more than 20% compared to the previous year. Only a quarter of apprenticeship starts in 2018/19 were from people aged under 19, down from 28% in 2017/18. In line with these findings,...
by Sarah Rice | Feb 6, 2020 | Skills & Education
School children are not being given the skills needed to succeed in a world where artificial intelligence will transform the labour force, according to research. The research paper from ESCP Business School, The AI Republic, states that in order to prepare future...
by Sarah Rice | Feb 5, 2020 | AI & Technology
Two thirds of workers say they are more productive when they work flexibly but are being held back by technical troubles, according to a recent report. New research from 99&One, carried out by Censuswide, surveyed more than 2000 UK flexible workers. It found that...
by Sarah Rice | Feb 4, 2020 | Strategy & Leadership
Over a third of decision-makers are unaware of recent changes to how holiday pay is calculated, according to a recent poll. HR and employment law business Citation commissioned OnePoll to ask 500 UK decision-makers if they knew about the recent changes to how holiday...
by Sarah Rice | Feb 4, 2020 | Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Less than half of employees believe their organisation has effective procedures for resolving interpersonal conflict, according to a recent report. Managing conflict in the modern workplace, a new report from the CIPD, is based on two large scale surveys, one of...