Business & HR News Dorset: Dec 18
Keeping you up-to-date with what’s going on in the Bournemouth recruitment news
– here are the latest headlines in business, HR and the world of work for Dorset, the UK and beyond.
17th December
The Guardian: Dorset needs to be more competitive in an economy which is still “sluggish and relatively flat” following the recession of 2008-09
The Guardian: Workers’ rights? Bosses don’t care – soon they’ll only need robots
The Guardian: Is it ever OK to ghost your job – to leave work one day and never go back?
HR News: Is it because I am black? HR managers debate diversity
PersonnelToday: Manufacturers favour apprentices over graduates, says EEF
15th Dec
Personnel Today: New rights for agency and temporary workers revealed
The Guardian: Barbara Taylor Bradford: ‘Why would I stop working? I live by schedules’
Vogue: How to recycle your party dress
HR News: Do’s and Don’ts at the Office Party
HR News: 1000s of Business and consumers are victims of a ‘Friday job’?
14th Dec
PersonnelToday: ‘Wages worth third less in some areas than a decade ago’, TUC
PersonnelToday: Could your hiring processes be damaging your employer brand?
PersonnelToday: Ireland on track to end zero-hour contracts
13th Dec
PersonnelToday: Brexit ‘takes bite’ out of City banking vacancies
12th Dec
PersonnelToday: 2019 employment law: eight changes to look out for
Personnel Today: TUC wants 1m new manufacturing and tech jobs by 2030
11th Dec
The Guardian: UK workers get biggest pay rise in a decade
10th Dec
Bournemouth Echo: AIMCommunity is a charitable organisation involved in the arts, education and mentoring.
Bournemouth Echo: Debenhams fashion collection based on designer’s AUB work
The Guardian: City investors call on listed companies to pay living wage
HR News: Five wellbeing trends businesses should look out for in 2019
The Guardian: Human rights for the 21st century: by Margaret Atwood, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Dave Eggers and more
7th Dec
The Guardian: Bias in Britain: what can employers, the government and you do about it?
The Guardian Brexit will hurt low-paid workers. Freedom of movement is not the problem
Personnel Today:Capita to appoint workers to its board
Personnel Today: Drop snobby attitude to technical education’ demands Damian Hinds
Personnel Today: Academics from ethnic minorities experience 26% pay gap
HR News: Two-thirds of 18-35 year old workers have career wanderlust
5th Dec
Personnel Today: Christmas in the workplace: 10 common employer queries
3rd Dec
The Independent: Ted Baker staff demand end of ‘forced hugging and culture of harassment’
Personnel Today: ‘Total talent management’ could solve the productivity puzzle
Personnel Today: ‘Visa applications for non-EU nationals: What HR needs to know
HR News: Almost three-quarters of employees are doing a job they don’t want to
Personnel Today: Staff question level of mental health support offered by employers
1st Dec
The Independent: Nine in 10 companies say Brexit has made it harder to find staff
The Independent: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 500 jobs at Solihull plant temporarily in run-up to Christmas
The Guardian: ‘I took a huge salary hit so I can make my daughters my priority’
and in case you missed from November…
30th Nov
Bournemouth Echo: Cherries top of south-west business league
HR News: Professional Gig Economy Booms As War For Digital Talent Intensifies
The Guardian: UK agency workers lose out on £500m a year in missing holiday pay
29th Nov
Bournemouth Echo: Venus Awards should pay back money owed says councillor
Forbes: How Employees Experience Being Fired, And What You Can Learn From It
27th Nov
Forbes.com: 7 Digital Marketing Jobs That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago
Thanks as always to all of our news sources:
Bournemouth Echo, Forbes.com , HR News, Personnel Today, The Independent, The Guardian,
