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  • An Exciting Journey of Parsing and Matching in 2018

    The beginning of a year is the best time to review how the last year has been for your company. RChilli did the same analysis and here are few of the insights.

  • Blue January, not just Blue Monday for employees: RedArc receives 29% more referrals in January due to mental health conditions

    Blue Monday (on 21 January this year) may have become somewhat trivialised, but it is true to say that the start of the new year remains a struggle for many employees: RedArc’s latest figures show a 29% average increase in the number of new patient/employee referrals for mental health conditions in January vs. December over a five-year time frame.

  • Prepare now for IR35 rule changes

    The public sector IR35 rules will be extended to include the private sector from April 2020.

  • Employee benefits ‘crucial’ to combat Brexit and Blue Monday

    Employee benefits are more important to businesses than ever and must not be overlooked as we approach Blue Monday and Brexit, leading recruiter Sellick Partnership warns.

  • New year? No fear! How employers can keep workers happy ahead of Blue Monday

    January can be a struggle for many of the UK’s workers, as life returns to normal after the revelries of the festive season. The combination of heading back to work, gloomy winter weather, and the financial consequences of over-indulging during the Christmas break can leave us all feeling low.

  • Lack of talent remains a major issue for hiring professionals, but majority still plan to increase their recruitment efforts this year

    A new report from CV-Library explores key hiring priorities and trends for 2019

  • Do you run or work for a business based in Essex that you are proud of?

    Might your company be applicable for a Queens Award for Enterprise?

  • Expert comment: May’s deal fails- What would no deal look like?

    Dr Jonathan Owens, Lecturer in Operations Management at the University of Salford Business School, and expert in supply chains, talks about what might happen next after Theresa May suffered a huge defeat in the Commons on her Brexit deal.

  • Differences in reporting on ethnicity pay must be recognised to repeat gender pay success

    Unless key differences with gender pay issues are recognised, there is a ‘significant risk’ that reporting ethnicity pay levels could be ‘counterproductive’, according to the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) in its response to the UK Government’s consultation on ethnicity pay reporting.

  • Coaching on the rise - Nearly 40% of millennials now coached during work hours

    Research conducted for the Sky Betting and Gaming Workstyles 2019 report*, indicates that there has been gradual growth in those receiving coaching at work, with 33% of Baby Boomers (age 54-72) saying they’ve been coached during working hours, 37% of Generation X (38-53)and 38% of Millennials (18-37).

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