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Sick pay from day one for employees with coronavirus

Mar 5, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Legal and Compliance

Employees, self-isolating to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, will receive Statutory Sick Pay from day one, instead of day four.

Workplace romance accepted by two thirds of employees

Feb 14, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Workplace Culture

Love in the workplace hit headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, however, apparently two thirds of UK employees think that colleagues who couple should not be sacked.

UK bosses letting employees down over workplace conflict

Feb 4, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Workplace Culture

Less than half of employees believe their organisation has effective procedures for resolving interpersonal conflict, according to a recent report.

Third of UK employees suffer from Sunday night fear

Feb 3, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Workplace Culture

One in three employees suffer from Sunday night fear and one in four of these call in sick as a result, according to a recent survey.

Getting on well with colleagues more important than good salary

Feb 3, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Workplace Culture

Getting on well with colleagues gives workers greater job satisfaction than having a good salary, according to new research.

Procrastination is costing UK businesses £21 billion a year

Jan 29, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing

The average Brit spends over two hours procrastinating at work each day, costing businesses £21 billion a year, according to a recent survey.

Bereaved parents in the UK will have a legal right to two weeks statutory leave from April.

Statutory paid parental bereavement leave to be introduced in UK

Jan 27, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing

Bereaved parents in the UK will have a legal right to two weeks statutory leave from April.

Why understanding employees’ money worries helps HR

Jan 20, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Retention

It’s no surprise that January is a tough time financially for many households. While the idea of ‘Blue Monday’ started as a marketing campaign, GoCompare’s research showed the average UK household expected to spend £719 on Christmas in 2019.

More than an hour a day wasted due to poor internet connection

Jan 20, 2020 | Health and Wellbeing, Workplace Culture

The average SME worker could be wasting 72 minutes a day, equivalent to two and a half working weeks a year, because of unreliable internet connection.