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Can labour-market inequalities be reduced by negotiating at the company level?
Pierre Courtioux, Research Director at the Economics Research Centre (EDHEC) probes if labour-market inequalities can be reduced by negotiating at the company level
Drone training professionals discover sharp rise in women enrolling on UAV courses
RUSTA, which offers Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved National Qualified Entity (NQE) drone training courses, noticed an upsurge in women across the UK registering on its courses in the last 12 months
NHS pledges action to eliminate ethnicity pay gap
The NHS will work towards eliminating the gender pay gap and ensuring top managers are as diverse as the staff they represent
Biffa joins global alliance in the fight against Modern Slavery
Biffa, a recycling and waste management provider, has now become a founding member of the Slave-Free Alliance and is raising awareness during Anti-Slavery Day
Recreational angling puts £1.4bn into English Economy
Freshwater anglers contribute an estimated £1.4 billion annually to the English economy, supporting up to 27,000 full-time equivalent jobs, through their spending on the sport
Cybersecurity professionals see salaries increase 6% in one year
Acumin Consulting has today unveiled its annual Salary Survey of UK cybersecurity professionals, detailing the typical salaries attained in roles across the sector
Third of UK workers not given the flexibility and support required to do their...
A third of UK workers believe they are not given the flexibility and support they need to do their job properly, according to a YouGov survey commissioned by leading HR and payroll supplier MHR
Is social media an effective recruitment tool for SMEs?
John Williams, Head of Marketing & Research at Instant Offices, has provided insightful ways on how SMEs can use social media as an effective recruitment tool
Average UK Wage: What salary should you be earning at your age?
There’s a direct correlation between age and salary – for most of your life they will increase together as you learn new skills, gain more experience and increase your potential. But it also depends on several variables, including your industry, development, skill set and even gender. Here’s what you need to know according to Instant Offices
EU may cease accepting Part-66 Engineering licenses post-Brexit
Recently the UK government warned that the European Aviation Safety Agency may cease accepting UK aircraft engineering licenses after the official Brexit deadline. This could impact how employable UK engineering graduates are, as well as damage the economy
Research into working conditions: Most employees can work smarter
Open Access Government lifts the lid on a recent survey about working conditions today which reveals that most employees can work smarter, given the chance
Tiredness and fatigue epidemic is affecting employee work productivity
New research, from Westfield Health, has found over one in ten of working brits have purposefully taken a nap at work, and over a third say their mental wellbeing is reduced due to tiredness and fatigue
What will smart working look like 10 years from now?
Alison White of PLACEmaking and Barney Smith of Perform Green take a look at exciting future technology solutions and what ‘going to work’ will look like 10 years from now
Higher education: Preparing students to be work-ready
Alison Watson, Programme Leader for BA Business at Arden University shares her views on how the higher education sector is helping to prepare students to be work-ready
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians to launch new national resource centre
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians is launching a new training facility for aspiring opticians, the ABDO National Resource Centre, to gain qualifications and pursue a career in optics
What does the pay gap look like in Britain?
The latest data by the Office for National Statistics has found that, while the gender gap in the UK has been steadily closing with the gap reported to have reached a record low in 2017, the average woman in the workplace still earns 9.1% less than the average man
Ways to improve employee productivity with workforce innovation
Employee productivity plays an important part in your business' success. This is why you need to follow these tips from Peter Davidson to improve workforce innovation
Freelancers will dominate UK workforce despite job uncertainty concerns
Whilst freelancers will soon be the UK’s dominant workforce, there is still uncertainty around job security and a big issue with the gender pay gap
Unemployed households plummets by 637,000
More children than ever before are now living with a working adult as new data shows that the number of UK households without a regular income falls to 1.27 million
As the UK employment rate rose to 75.6% in the 3 months to June, the number of households where no...
Unemployment rate falls further, with record low youth unemployment
The unemployment rate has fallen further this month, to 4%, and the proportion of young people who are unemployed and not in full-time education is at a record low of 4.7%