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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.
workingwise.co.uk
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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Gender Equality
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
Returner programmes in a post-pandemic environment
Now that more returner programmes are back onstream after a pause during Covid, workingmums.co.uk looks at the latest best practice. ... read more
Recruitment
How to address the skills shortage and build the talent pipeline
The skills shortage issues facing employers today are likely to be here to stay due to demographic and other trends. Employers need to adapt, a... read more
Recruitment
‘Skills shortages could affect Covid recovery’
Two new surveys highlight the rise in vacancies over the last few months and issues around skills shortages. read more
Recruitment
Should care home workers be forced to be vaccinated?
Lucie Mitchell investigates divided views about whether care home workers should be compulsorily vaccinated. read more
Recruitment
New analysis shows jobs and vacancies divide
New analysis highlights that, amid skills shortages in some sectors and regions, many unemployed people are struggling to find work. read more
Recruitment
Unemployment fears as furlough scheme winds down
Experts warn quarter of a million jobs could be lost as furlough winds down as a report says that many are still working below their pre-Covid hours. read more
Recruitment
NHS and social care staff burnout ‘threatens future of services’
A parliamentary report calls for a complete overhaul of workforce planning in health and social care to address burnout. read more
White Papers & Research
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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Flexible Working Practices
Class divide widening on flexible working, says TUC
A TUC survey calls on the Government to modernise flexible working legislation and ensure it works for all forms of flexibility. read more
Diversity
Study finds gender inequality on boards higher outside FTSE 350
A new study finds fewer women on boards outside the FTSE 350. read more
Gender Equality
‘Mediocre’ male managers block progress of women in finance
A new study suggests “mediocre” male managers are blocking women's development in the finance world, with women saying men are better at office... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Parents worry about less flexibility after restrictions ease
A Working Families survey shows significant numbers of parents are worried about redundancy after furlough and less flexible working when restrictions... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Audit director on a flexible contract
Jenny Birch from PwC talks about her promotion to Audit director on a part-time contract. read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘Managers less keen on remote working than employees’
New ONS statistics shows a mismatch between managers and employees on the future of homeworking. read more
Diversity
Diversity in Retail group launched
Diversity in Retail has been launched by a group of high-profile founding members committed to sharing best practice and advancing diversity in the... read more
