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Unpaid overtime in UK workplaces, impacting employee retention and business performance

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An embedded culture of overwork and unpaid overtime in UK workplaces is taking a severe toll on business and workers, according to new research released today by Protime UK. The research, conducted among 2,000 UK employees, found excessive workloads and unrealistic expectations from managers are driving a work environment that undermines employee, motivation, productivity, retention […]

Recession slowing labor market and worsening talent shortage

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Workers and employers in the UK remain cautious as recession and a tightening of the labour market look set to continue in 2023, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. Despite employers beginning to rein in hiring ambitions and, in some sectors, make redundancies, the tendency of […]

Employee engagement highest in environmentally conscious organisations

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Prioritising environmental and societal impact is becoming the leading indicator of employee engagement. Employees who feel that their organisations are environmentally-conscious are 2.3 times more engaged at work 80% of employees feel that their organisation cares about having a positive impact on the environment in data collected from 35,000 respondents Out of those, 84% would […]

Friendly colleagues make an organisation a good place to work

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Friendly colleagues make an organisation a good place to work, new research by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr reveals. The research found out that most people (85%) can name at least three positive aspects that make the company that employs them a good place to work. Majority of people feel their employer provides a […]

Top 5 employee retention tips

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Gareth Hoyle, Managing Director of Marketing Signals shares his top tips for employee retention. All quotes by Gareth. Over the past couple of years, work has changed for businesses across the globe. This change, at times, hindered the ability to keep employees satisfied and to want to stay employed within their company. This phenomenon of […]

UK job ads reach a record number in July

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The total number of active job adverts in the UK reached 1.85 million in July, a record high for 2022 so far. The Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) Labour Market Tracker showed the number of new jobs being posted remained stable throughout July, at between 180,000-200,000 per week. The last week of July saw 182,000 […]

Unlimited vacation – the latest tool in the retention toolkit?

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Unlimited Vacation – sounds too good to be true. But is it the grand holiday we want it to be or the latest tool to help retain employees? Kiki Stannard, Managing Director at ZEDRA discusses It’s well known that employers are determined to keep their best and brightest employees, particularly those who work the hardest […]

Ten ways to secure employee retention amidst The Great Resignation

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Whilst staying at a company for five, 10 or 20 years used to be perfectly normal protocol, since 2021 The Great Resignation has highlighted what has quietly been happening for the last decade; valuable employees are dictating what will keep them in their role because they are astutely aware of their own value and employers […]

Poor workplace culture: Almost a third of staff willing to quit their jobs

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Toxic workplace culture can cost businesses serious money, raising turnover rates and a damaging reputation. More employees are speaking out about toxic or hostile workplace environments, and the act of ‘outing’ companies has become far more common. A recent report by BreatheHR revealed that more employees are leaving their jobs at SMEs due to poor workplace culture. […]