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ESG Reporting: What are the Governance Factors?
In our fourth article on ESG reporting, we’re exploring governance and how it can help to identify risks and opportunities for recruitment companies. Firstly, we’ll take a look at what corporate governance is and why it’s important, before outlining what you can do to improve in this area. What is corporate governance? The governance component
Flexible working requests: workers could get new powers
Employees will be given the power to request flexible working from the first day of their employment, if new Government proposals are given the green light. In early December Minister for Small Business, Kevin Hollinrake, unveiled the plans which intend to give more workers access to flexible working, creating a happier and more productive workforce.
ESG Reporting: What are the Social Factors?
The drive towards a low-carbon economy has rightly seen companies focusing on the environmental side of ESG reporting. While this is encouraging, the general consensus is that more also needs to be done by businesses in all sectors to assess the risks and opportunities in social matters. Therefore, in this third instalment of our five-part
Long-Term Incentive Plans
Bonus schemes, after work socials and wellbeing programmes are all great examples of how to keep your team engaged but is that enough to keep your high performers locked in and driven to achieve the overall business goals? Long-Term Incentive Plans (LTIPs) can form part of a sustainable strategy to reward and retain the top
Spotting the signs of stress
Two recent events got me thinking about mental health and the importance for recruitment business leaders to spot the signs of stress. The first was World Mental Health Day on Monday October 10, which had the theme of making mental health and wellbeing a global priority. The day served as a reminder to us all
ESG Reporting: What are the Environmental Factors?
Climate change has moved from a fringe issue to a keystone of today’s business models. For recruitment companies, there may be a misconception that combatting climate change is reserved for industries that have a large environmental footprint like logistics, agriculture and the energy sector. However, companies in every sector should strive to be more environmentally
Webinar – Recruitment Landscape: Turbulent times but is it all doom and gloom?
Following the complete U-turn with the mini budget, confidence is low, everyone is feeling stretched, could we be heading towards a recession? The speed of inflation is putting the economy in a precarious position with prices likely to continue to rise, the financial viability of organisations is potentially at risk. We’ve been here before with
What is ESG and why should it be important for recruitment companies?
Despite there being a lot going on in the world at the moment, one topic that has prominently featured is ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) Reporting. In the first of our five-part series on ESG reporting, we’ll start by answering the what and the why, namely: what is ESG reporting and why is it important
Recruitment Landscape: Turbulent times but is it all doom and gloom?
Following the mini budget which was bold but risky, could this accelerate growth within the economy or are we heading for a recession? The speed of inflation is putting the economy in a precarious position with prices likely to continue to rise, the financial viability of organisations is potentially at risk. We’ve been here before
Crypto – How is it Taxed in the UK?
For many governments around the world, they’re still getting to grips with how crypto transactions should be taxed and the UK isn’t an exception. On one hand, you have crypto tax havens like Portugal which has an effective nil tax rate for capital gains on crypto, which is very different from India on the other
Four-day-week trial: what are the early results?
More than 3,300 staff in 70 businesses changed their working pattern to four days, with no loss of pay. Dubbed the world’s biggest trial of a new workplace routine, the six-month pilot is being organised by 4 Day Week Global, in partnership with the thinktank Autonomy and the 4 Day Week UK Campaign. The experiment
Legal ruling changes holiday pay for permanent part-time workers
Recruitment businesses dealing with permanent part-time workers that work irregular hours or part of a year need to be aware of a recent legal ruling on holiday pay. On Wednesday July 20 the Supreme Court passed down a judgment which means permanent part-time workers that work irregular hours or part of a year, such as
