For the first few months of the pandemic, organisations were in crisis management mode dealing with the immediate impact of the changes. However, almost two years in, organisations have started to look to the future.
Sven Elbert, Senior Analyst for Human Capital Management (HCM) and Talent at Access People partner Fosway Group, explores the ten digital HR trends that will emerge in 2022 and beyond.
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- Human Resources
Many people leaders are all too familiar with the additional HR challenges that can arise at Christmas time, from constant enquiries about payday to dips in productivity, last-minute annual leave requests and potential Christmas party fallout.
But that’s all in the Christmas past for many, who likely manage (and therefore pre-empt) any festive related HR issues in their HR software. So that’s Christmas present handled too.
But how do HR managers prepare for a Christmas future yet to come, and avoid being haunted by failed HR strategies that came before? Can you judge how successful your HR strategy has been this year for example, and make decisions on where to focus next year?
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- Human Resources
Are your staff and leadership team on the same page when considering what next regarding home working? As an HR professional, the chances are you’ll be aware of a variety of differing viewpoints within your business. But that presents a dilemma when it comes to balancing business requirements with personal preferences.
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- Human Resources
Many businesses are aware of the pent-up demand for holiday across their workforce. It’s been a challenging year and across the UK as we make good progress towards achieving more normality and freedom in our daily lives, it’s understandable that so many of us are now thinking about taking time off from work.
Various announcements about the prospect of travel both in the UK and abroad have prompted plenty of people to finally start making plans for holidays over the coming weeks and months. And all of this presents a potential issue for line managers and HR staff to deal with.
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- Human Resources
Are you one of the many HR leaders who is still waiting for the internal investment to upgrade to a modern HR software package? If so, you’re not alone. In this article, we offer a potential solution to turbo-charge your business case and finally get the commitment you need to move forwards.
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- Human Resources
Do you really know the reasons behind absence amongst your staff?
Did you know that the true reasons behind issues such as stress can actually be very complex, but often still within the employer’s control?
79% of UK workers report commonly feeling stressed by work, with 12.8 million working days lost due to stress, depression or anxiety each year. Behind the terminology, it’s important to dig deeper to find out what’s really going on. A hidden issue sometimes comes down to inclusion. Yet, how is that possible when you’re ticking all the right boxes for diversity?
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- Human Resources
Costing employers an eye-watering £2.4 billion, 70 million work days each year are lost due to mental health problems. Stress, depression and anxiety alone account for 12.8 million lost work days each year, nearly double those lost due to the common culprit of sick days – musculoskeletal problems.
Your approach to mental health matters for many reasons. Obviously there is a huge absence management connection. However, it also impacts productivity, as well as your reputation and more. Yet mental health is often still seen as the elephant in the room.
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- Human Resources
Managing staff absence during coronavirus is posing some unique challenges. For a comprehensive explanation, covering everything employers need to know, download ‘The complete guide to managing staff absence during coronavirus’. Here we give you a quick overview, showing just how much absence management is affected by current affairs.
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- Human Resources
As an employer, you have a duty of care to your employees. That includes when they are working at home, even if that’s only temporary during coronavirus. It’s in the business’s best interests too; healthy employees mean less absence.
Whilst in the office you may have a raft of strategies to promote good health, ranging from free fruit through to gym membership and even occupational health services. However, you’re suddenly facing a very different situation. Here we reveal some tips for helping your employees stay healthy when working from home.
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- Human Resources
If there’s one business linked to every individual in the UK it is Royal Mail. Our loyal posties are there, delivering our post, day in day out. And they are still there right now during the coronavirus crisis. However, because of our dependence on them, we really notice when something’s a challenge in their business. And that’s happening right now. Staff absence is hitting Royal Mail hard, to the degree they need to “manage these severe absence levels – which are growing” with a “range of mitigations.”
Like many UK businesses, there’s no escaping the fact that absence management is undergoing a radical shift in Royal Mail. They’re putting in place strategies to manage it, including making changes to their sickness policy. Other UK businesses could really learn from them.
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- Human Resources
