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workingmums.co.uk announces 2021 Top Employer Award winners
workingmums.co.uk has awarded its 2021 Top Employer Awards which recognise employers who have gone above and beyond during the pandemic. read more
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The workingmums recruitment section covers all the latest news, opinion, guides and best practice on a range of recruitment issues - with a particular focus on flexible recruitment. Find out which companies are doing particularly well with recruiting flexible staff, which methods they use and what their success stories are.
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The workforce in the UK is changing. By 2020 1 in 3 workers will be over 50, and by 2030 half of all adults in the UK will be over 50.
workingwise.co.uk is a job and community site specially focused on older workers looking for flexibility and improved work-life balance, and the employers who recognise what they have to offer.
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Embedding Diversity & Inclusion
The workingmums.co.uk's Top Employer Awards ceremony yesterday included a wide-ranging... read more
Recruitment
Hiring intentions rise in many sectors
CIPD/Adecco survey shows increase in hiring intentions on last quarter. read more
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Transitioning out of lockdown toolkit
The Transition Out of Lockdown Toolkit is now available for HR professionals and business owners.
Taken from years’ of experience of best practice around long-term leave and flexible working, workingmums.co.uk has pulled together all the areas businesses need to think about now and going forward.
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Recruitment
Report calls for Government action on skills shortages
A new report from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development calls for immediate short-term action to stem acute skills shortages in... read more
Recruitment
City sees increase in jobs and jobseekers
City job vacancies are growing while the number of jobseekers is twice the rate of vacancies, according to the latest figures from Morgan McKinley. read more
Recruitment
Skills shortages highlighted in care and financial services
New reports highlight staff shortages in the care and financial services sectors amid pressure to do more on diversity and inclusion. read more
Recruitment
Call for urgent action to plug labour gap
As ONS statistics show record vacancies, an expert has called for more focus on support to get parents, older workers and the disabled back to work. read more
Gender Equality
Getting more women into logistics
Manpower speaks to workingmums.co.uk about its Women in Logistics programme that aims to get more women into HGV driving by addressing some of the... read more
Childcare
Shortages across sectors are all linked up
The fuel crisis is just one of many interlinked staffing problems we are facing - and not just in the short term. read more
Recruitment
Planning ahead for seasonal recruitment: the benefits and challenges
Due to Covid-19 and skills shortages, businesses are left with many unfilled positions, but how does this affect seasonal recruitment? ... read more
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Gender Equality
workingmums.co.uk launches white paper on women and work during Covid
workingmums.co.uk has launched a white paper based on its roundtable on women and work during Covid held in January. read more
Managing Staff
Creating empathetic workplaces
workingmums.co.uk hosted two recent workshops on how empathy can be used to create more engaged, productive workforces. read more
Diversity
workingmums.co.uk publishes white paper on the impact of Covid on women at work
workingmums.co.uk has published a white paper based on a recent virtual roundtable with leading employers focused on the impact of Covid-19 on women... read more
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Leading the way on job shares
Hannah Essex and Claire Walker at the British Chambers of Commerce talk to workingmums.co.uk about working and moving role in a job share partnership... read more
Gender Equality
UK gender pay gap legislation ‘has no teeth’
A new report from the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership says the UK, once a leader on addressing the gender pay gap, has fallen behind because... read more
Gender Equality
‘Now is the time for action on racial equity’
WM People's new Top Employer Award judge Bukola Adisa speaks about the need for more action on racial and gender equity in the workplace. read more
Employment Rights
Job share partner is not up to scratch
My job share is an agency worker on a one-year contract. I have had numerous concerns on her ability to perform the role and have raised the issues... read more
Diversity
Why being neurodiversity-aware is good for all employees
Diversity Network's Neurodiversity Focus Day this week focused on good practice for getting the best out of neurodivergent employees and discussed why... read more
Diversity
‘Slow progress on diversity at the top levels in broadcasting’
A new Ofcom report notes that, despite progress at lower levels, diversity at the top of broadcast organisations is still low. read more
Gender Equality
‘More women leaving hospitality sector than joining’
New research from WiHTL finds that, over the course of the pandemic, more women have been leaving the hospitality, travel and leisure industry than... read more
