How to be an active listener while working remotely
Since the pandemic, our attitude and approach to working from home has changed. Pre-pandemic figures show that just 9.4% of the UK population worked from home in 2019. Fast forward to 2022 and working from home has become the new normal, with data revealing that 38 per cent of those aged between 30 and 49 […]
Supporting employees and colleagues during Ramadan
Across the UK, from the 2nd April until the 2nd May, thousands of Muslims will be fasting during daytimes to mark Ramadan – with many continuing to work during this period as well. Ramadan is the most important and sacred month in Islamic culture. The month requires spiritual discipline and is a reminder of things […]
How to celebrate neurodiversity in the workplace
In honour of Neurodiversity Celebration Week (21st-27th March), we’re sharing some tips on how workplaces can celebrate and promote neurodiversity. What is neurodiversity? For anyone unsure of this relatively new term, neurodiversity, describes the diversity of human brains. It recognises that all humans are different and don’t think alike. The phrase is used to identify […]
Managing Covid in the workplace as restrictions end
Currently, if you test positive for covid you are advised to stay at home for five days but as we learn to live with it from the 1st April that guidance will also end and anyone with symptoms will be asked to “exercise personal responsibility”. UK employers and organisations must adopt, adapt and introduce workplace safety […]
International Women’s Day 2022: supporting women in the workplace
Today is International Women’s Day and is marked every year worldwide on the 8th March as a celebration of all of the wonderful women in society. Each year, there is a different theme and for 2022, and as advised earlier the theme is #BreakTheBias, which is asking us to envision a world free of bias, stereotypes, and […]
Recruitment pet peeves and how to avoid them from a recruiter’s perspective
With a reported one in four Brits looking to change their job, in what has been dubbed ‘The Great Resignation’, many of us will be looking for a new challenge this year. Whether this has been brought on by burnout from the pandemic or just natural next steps in moving roles, many will be updating […]
