ESG

A sharp decline in opportunities for young workers to earn as they learn over the past 20 years is a key reason half of employers say workers aged 16-24...

Employers that have said they will not hire younger people or take on apprentices as a result of the rise in employer national insurance (NI) could be making their...

Negative attitudes to flexible working could be an obstacle to the government’s ambitious Get Britain Working (GBW) reforms, research has suggested. Earlier this week, the government published its GBW...

Networking has always been a necessary and useful tool to climb the career ladder, but could women-only networks be more of a hindrance than a help, asks Lee Higgins,...

More than half of the UK public support capping chief executive pay in relation to average employee wages, a survey has revealed. Research from the High Pay Centre (HPC)...

Employers have been urged to review pay and conditions for ‘green jobs’ as older workers remain reluctant to join a sector crying out for experience and skills. A report...

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials of benefits providers have become increasingly important to employers, according to Grid.  The industry body said that this is impacting decisions when...

For employees, pensions can seem complicated, or stuffy even, so to engage members successfully communications need to be about the message, not just its delivery, says Steve Watson, director...

Employment tribunals can slap an extra 25 percent financial penalty on employers that breach tougher sexual harassment laws coming into force on 26 October, 2024, a lawyer has warned....

Plans to launch a Bitcoin workplace savings scheme have been revealed by pension and investment advisory firm Cartwright. The eponymously named Cartwright Bitcoin Employee Benefits will enable employers to...