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Employers have been warned to get their house in order and ensure their workplace is “winter proof” before the predicted snow and frosts hit the UK later this month, writes HR Magazine this week. The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has made the warning with forecasters predicting an end to the unseasonably mild conditions across… Read article/comments
Job opportunities across the UK are up in one of the biggest month on month increases for nearly two years, according to the Reed Job Index for October. October’s Reed Job Index shows recruitment has increased 7% from September this year. This reverses the decline in job demand in Q3 of this year, and brings… Read article/comments
Improving pay may be the top reason people give for wanting to move jobs in the current climate but employers that neglect concerns about trust in senior leaders, stress in the workplace or job satisfaction risk losing their top talent, according to a report published this morning by the CIPD. The CIPD’s quarterly Employee Outlook… Read article/comments
More than one in 10 employers say they do not expect to increase staff wages next year, compared to 9pc this year, the statistics from pay consultancy XpertHR show. For thousands of employees, a pay freeze will effectively mean a pay “cut” when the rising cost of living is taken into account. Even the typical… Read article/comments
In a survey of 6,000 businesses, almost half (45%) said that it was very or quite difficult to find the right member staff for a position, according to the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). Despite unemployment reaching 2.57 million, and expectations that this could increase due to public sector cuts, many firms claim candidates do… Read article/comments
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