The Centre for Ageing Better is calling on UK employers to ensure they have more age-friendly employment policies and practices, as a survey published today suggests thousands of organisations are unprepared for an ageing workforce. [...]
Ensuring older workers are able to stay in good-quality employment is essential to the future of the UK economy and will relieve pressure on public finances, according to a new report by the Centre for Ageing Better published recently. While overall numbers of workers aged over 50 have increased in the last decade - due in part [...]
Joining the Scottish Network for Leadership, Inclusion & Diversity could be for you. Established in 2014 by Standard Life, the network connects businesses who recognise the importance of embedding I&D within their organisations. It offers a [...]
SSE has announced that it is one of 104 companies from ten sectors to join the inaugural 2018 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI). Launched today, the reference index measures gender equality across internal company statistics, employee policies, [...]
A new survey has found that pay for people working in HR roles in much of the UK lags well behind London, by as much as 24%. The annual HR Salary Survey by Croner Reward [...]
The working population drastically underestimates the number of co-workers who care for loved ones, leading to a shortfall in support, according to new research by Carers UK released for Carers Rights Day, today. The research [...]
Almost two thirds of mums are interested in retraining and 58% have considered setting up their own business, according to Workingmum's annual survey. The transition to parenthood brings huge upheaval and the survey of over [...]
Joanna Lumley, Ray Winstone and Richard Wilson, are just some of the celebrities of stage and screen that lend their star quality to a series of short films released today to help promote military veteran [...]
Despite almost two-thirds (65%) of British employees saying they would consider an extended leave away from work, it seems they are unlikely to take such a break and instead risk burnout. New independent research commissioned [...]
With an equal number of women entering the workforce as men, you may think that cracks are starting to form in the proverbial glass ceiling. However, recent research by The Knowledge Academy has revealed the [...]