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More employers in the UK need to offer flexible working and promote shared parental leave if we want “total equality” across the UK workforce, according to employment relations minister, Jo Swinson. Speaking at an ACAS and the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) briefing in London yesterday, Swinson said more businesses must start to… Read article/comments
Generation Y would choose workplace flexibility, work/life balance and the opportunity for overseas assignments over financial rewards, a study published by PwC has found, writes Tom Newcombe for HR Magazine. The PwC NextGen survey of 44,000 workers, in conjunction with the London Business School and the University of Southern California, reveals Generation Y are more… Read article/comments
For anyone interested in working parents there is no doubt this has been a big news week writes Andy Philpott for HR Magazine (21/3/13). Yesterday was dominated by the announcement of a new childcare voucher scheme that will allow households where both parents are in employment to claim up to £1,200 per child towards the… Read article/comments
Many organisations are not offering their employees flexible working opportunities, according to new research, writes askgrapevine.com recently. One year on from O2’s Olympic flexible working pilot, the mobile operator’s study of more than 400 businesses and 2,000 employees reveals that while staff are ready to embrace new ways of working and understand the benefits, it… Read article/comments
It’s a term that can send shivers down the spine of even the most seasoned recruitment consultant, not necessarily because it spells competition, but mostly because the facts and statistics stack up for themselves, it rarely rarely works out! You have decided to leave your role and have every good reason behind you – it… Read article/comments
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