What should you do if you have problems surrounding annual leave during the summer? Unauthorised time off? Competing summer holiday requests? Returning late from leave?
Are you employing seasonal workers over the summer? Does their contract of employment accurately reflect their working pattern?
Read the full article from Empire HR how to tackle these types of issues.
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Firms asked to increase older worker numbers by 12% by 2022 6 June 2017
Aviva, Barclays, Atos and five other firms have agreed to promote over-50s employment by publishing data about the age of their workforce.
According to a BBC report these firms are responding to a call from the government's Business Champion for Older Workers, Andy Briggs. In February, he asked firms to increase older worker numbers by 12% by 2022.
Mr Briggs warned that by then, there will be 14.5 million more jobs, but only seven million younger workers entering the workplace. He said older workers were vital in filling the UK's "colossal skills gap".
Mr Briggs, who is also chief executive of Aviva UK Life, wants more companies to commit to his pledge and publish data about the age of their workforce to help ensure his target of one million more older workers by 2022.
"Businesses can show leadership here, through committing to real change and actively seeking to recruit more over- 50s into their organisations.
By being open about the progress they are making, they can also lead the way in demonstrating the benefits of having a diverse team of employees that represents all sections of society."
Mr Briggs said the average age in the UK is now 40, 10 years older than it was in 1974. By 2030, it is estimated half of all adults in the UK will be over 50.
The eight companies that have signed up are: Aviva, Atos, Barclays, the Co-operative Group, Home Instead Senior Care, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), Mercer and Walgreens Boots Alliance.
In the newly published data , the figures for Atos show 33% of its workforce are between 50 and 64. Aviva employ 18.3% in this age group, Barclays 17% and the Co-op Group 26%.
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Financial wellbeing webinar 7 June 2017
Listen to a recorded webinar which discusses the impact of financial stress on health and ask what employers should be doing to support employee financial wellbeing.
Workplace Savings & Benefits hosted a debate on the impact of financial stress on health and can now be listened to on demand.
WSB talk about how this issue is increasingly being recognised by employers, who are concerned about the number of individuals experiencing debt and money problems – issues that often make their way back into the workplace in the form of lower productivity, stress and sickness absence.
The difficulties of balancing the often competing demands of the workplace and our personal lives can, inevitably, leave even the most organised and competent people feeling unable to cope.
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