Statistics

One in five Brits quit their job due to toxic workplace culture, according to Breathe’s Culture Economy 2020 report

And one in 10 spend over six hours in online meetings every day!

Workers more likely to be engaged where charitable initiatives are in place

IES recommends five priorities of action and for government to bring together a ‘Cobra’ for jobs to work together on designing, co-ordinating and mobilising a response to the Covid-19 recession

The outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) had a detrimental impact on staff recruitment across the UK in March. The latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey signalled that permanent placements and temp billings both fell at the steepest rates since 2009 as firms cancelled or postponed plans to take on new staff.

According to new analysis from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, searches for ‘immediate start’, ‘work from home’, ‘temporary’, ‘home-based’ and ‘remote’ jobs have soared in the past seven days, as Brits adapt to the new norm and scramble for job opportunities that they can do from home

There has been a positive shift in the interest for contractors from firms, following the announcement of the postponed new off-payroll rules (IR35), according to recruiter Robert Walters.

How supportive are you of your employees’ wellbeing? According to the latest research from CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, two-thirds of Brits (61.7%) say being happy is the most important part of a job, but 87.9% feel their employer could do more to improve morale in the workplace.

Employee benefit packages are failing to meet the needs of half of UK workers, contributing to workplace disengagement, a new study has found.

72.1% of hiring professionals believe that ongoing skills shortages are impacting their recruitment efforts, rising to 94.7% in the retail industry, 83.9% in distribution, 83.1% in manufacturing, 81.7% in engineering and 76.2% amongst those in the construction industry.