Category: Research

April 18, 2024

Sixty-two per cent more flexible jobs were advertised in January to March 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to data drawn from analysis of job posts and search data by flexible jobs platform Flexa. The increase in […]

April 17, 2024

HR decision-makers (HRDMs) believe AI will speed up recruitment, but they don’t think the process will get easier in the next five years, according to a new report. Indeed surveyed 16,671 working people, including 2,487 HRDMs, across 11 countries to […]

April 11, 2024

Four years ago, the world of work underwent a tectonic transformation with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conventional norms of work, entrenched in commutes and linear office hours, were suddenly upended as the virus rendered the physical aspect […]

April 3, 2024

More U.S. adults are using ChatGPT, with 23% of adults saying they’ve used it as of February 2024, up from 18% in July 2023, according to a March 26 report from Pew Research Center. Twenty percent of employed respondents said […]

April 2, 2024

Four in 10 organisations are anticipating more employee relocations or assignments in 2024, according to a new report from WHR Global. Its Global Mobility Benchmark Report revealed that 33% of employers are expecting “slightly higher” volumes of relocations this year, […]

March 27, 2024

“Of course, the takeaway is not that we should increase harassment toward white men,” Cech said in the university’s article discussing the study findings. “Rather, white men who have had the unfortunate experience of being bullied or threatened at work […]

March 19, 2024

Most employers haven’t adapted their practices to support the shift to flexible work, with 3 out of 4 workers saying their employer hasn’t provided training to handle it, according to a March 19 report by TechSmith Corp., Global Workplace Analytics […]

March 15, 2024

According to the Department of Labor (DOL), recent years have seen an enormous increase in the amount of child labor violations within the United States. For example, the DOL found child labor violations affecting 5,792 children in fiscal year (FY) […]

March 6, 2024

HireVue’s global trends report for 2024, which is based on a survey of 6,000 hiring professionals including 900 in the UK and more than 2,300 job candidates, finds that organisations are putting more emphasis on candidates’ potential than their past […]

February 27, 2024

The recent trend of layoffs across various industries, including major companies like UPS, Salesforce, and SAP, has sparked discussions about the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in these decisions. While some of these companies have hinted at AI’s role in […]

February 26, 2024

According to the latest monthly jobs market data from Adzuna, vacancies fell below 900,000 in January for the first time since April 2021. There were 867,000 roles advertised on the job search engine – a year-on-year decline of 14.6%. Fewer […]

February 19, 2024

The latest research from campaign group Pregnant Then Screwed found that 45.9% of parents have had to raid their savings to cover nursery or childminder fees, as their salary does not cover it. Half of single parents have had to […]

February 15, 2024

About 43% of workers across generations are worried that another employee with better skills in generative artificial intelligence could replace them in their role in the next year, according to a Feb. 12 report from D2L, a learning technology company. […]

February 13, 2024

The annual increase in regular weekly earnings without bonuses was 6.2% in October to December 2023, according to the Office for National Statistics’ February labour market figures. But when adjusted for inflation using the CPIH measure, regular pay rose by […]

February 7, 2024

Insubordination. IP disclosure. Misconduct. Breach of restrictive covenant. All of these are legitimate reasons to fire someone, but what do HR managers and business owners need to know about the legal technicalities surrounding employment termination? Components of a legal termination […]

February 6, 2024

In the decade ahead, CHROs and their colleagues will need to navigate several disruptions due to increasing adoption of generative AI in the workplace, according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management and The Burning Glass Institute. […]

January 29, 2024

Gen Z will be hard to ignore as Glassdoor predicts Zoomers will overtake Baby Boomers in workforce numbers this year. “Recognizing the unique challenges that Gen Zers face in assimilating into a company’s culture is the initial step to effectively […]

January 23, 2024

Health insurer Vitality found that employees lose an estimated 43.6 days annually to health concerns including musculoskeletal conditions, depression and poor sleep quality. This rises to 59.7 days per worker for those under 30, who despite being more physically active […]

January 16, 2024

Its survey of 3,000 full-time UK employees asked what motivated or deterred people from applying for a certain job, and found that the majority felt work needed to fit around their life, with 72% stating that their career must allow […]

January 16, 2024

On October 26, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) issued its most recent standard (the “2023 Rule”) for determining when two (or more) entities are considered “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act.  The 2023 Rule supplants […]