Global AI skills surge amid ‘pronounced’ gender divide
AI is the fastest-growing skill in the UK and globally, but data from five million learners has revealed an emerging gender skills gap that must be addressed if the...
Read moreDetailsAI is the fastest-growing skill in the UK and globally, but data from five million learners has revealed an emerging gender skills gap that must be addressed if the...
Read moreDetailsMPs and the CIPD have called for miscarriage bereavement leave to be included new employment laws as a report from the government's Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) found that...
Read moreDetailsA growing number of Gen Z and millennials are expressing interest in taking year-long breaks from work, known as 'micro-retirements', to enhance their wellbeing and achieve better work-life balance....
Read moreDetailsHR teams are struggling to reconcile flexible working with their efforts to ensure workplace wellbeing, research has found. And the wellbeing of younger workers represents a particularly complex challenge...
Read moreDetailsA psychologist from Manhattan Mental Health Counseling has set out 10 indicators that HR can monitor to help them avoid the perils of a toxic work culture. A study...
Read moreDetailsThe board of tech giant Apple has criticised a shareholder demand that the employer cease its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, calling it an attempt to "micromanage" the...
Read moreDetailsAfter the excesses of the festive period, many people see the New Year as a good time to review their finances and get spending back under control. Financial wellbeing...
Read moreDetailsChief financial officers (CFO) are facing a talent crisis this year as research shows their top concerns are about staffing shortages, reduced top line growth and the need to...
Read moreDetailsMore than three quarters of professional employees are actively job hunting as 2025 gets underway. This is in spite of a drop in confidence in labour market opportunities. Research...
Read moreDetailsNearly half of mid-market businesses are exploring how salary sacrifice could help them counter the hit of employer national insurance tax rises, a survey has found. Research with 500...
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Return-to-office mandates are a topic that’s generating plenty of heat in the media, but how closely do the headlines match workplace reality?
In this episode, one of a three-part series of 10-minute podcasts, hosts Claire Churchard and Steve Herbert discuss data that shows remote or home working is on the rise.
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