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COVID-19 has accelerated workplace trends of working from home as well as a ‘hybrid-working’ – a combination of home and office working, which is set to continue in 2021. However Adrian Lewis from Activ Absence warns employers need robust policies and tools in place to ensure this is managed successfully.

MRL Consulting Group, established in Brighton in 1997, and a host of local recruitment businesses have come together to raise over £10,000 worth of toys for the 2020 Salvation Army Christmas Toy Appeal.

For obvious reasons, the number of businesses operating remotely (either chiefly or exclusively) has skyrocketed this year, and it’s only the beginning.

Rewind to January 2020.

As competition for top talent intensifies, Nicolas Speeckaert, co-founder of skeeled, a provider of AI predictive talent acquisition software, says many companies are not using the best methods to assess candidates and make the best hiring decisions because they are placing too much focus on their past experience.

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A new survey into sickness absence rates and costs highlights an upward trend in the number of sick days an employee typically takes. With many employers underestimating the cost of absenteeism, this is something that Adrian Lewis from Activ Absence is urging employers to address.