HR & Management

Nice-to-have or ?need-to-have It’s time businesses decide on diversity

As the dust settles on this year's Gender Pay Gap reporting season, it's time to take stock of the results and consider the ways in which businesses can start making changes now to ensure they are fit for the future. Because in this day and age, hiding away from diversity and inclusion obligations could mean the difference between growth and acceleration, and being left behind.

5 ways to upskill the staff in your SME, keep them loyal, and build good PR for your brand

As a business owner, it's crucial that you're able to attract and retain talented members of staff. To do this, you must start by giving them the tools they need to prosper and gain new skills under your leadership. To say that you can help develop your staff and their skillsets is great PR for your brand on a recruitment level. Here are five major ways in which you can upskill the staff in your SME.

Setting the standard: Aligning company benefits to the modern workforce

Modern businesses are increasingly challenged to keep pace with the growing expectations of their workforce. However, with the talent pool becoming more diverse, tailoring offerings to meet their needs is a challenge. Let's begin the discussion by thinking about a strategy on how to attract, manage and maintain the brightest talent in a competitive employment market, without breaking the bank.

Is leaving work early actually a sign of effective time management?

Within the world of work, it's taken as a given that those employees who leave work 'on time' are seen as underperforming compared to their counterparts who exceed their stated work hours. But why is this" Is this a productive cultural trend to encourage in the workplace Moreover, are we as employers unknowingly encouraging this practice of presenteeism to our the detriment of our own businesses?

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