All Opinion articles – Page 54

  • James Kelly
    Opinion

    James Kelly: The science of motivation

    2017-09-18T05:01:00Z

    It is widely accepted that a successful organisation is one that invests in its employees and uses a range of motivational tools to increase production and profit. However, mastering the art of embedding a culture of motivation across the whole organisation can be challenging.So, why is it so hard to ...

  • Debbie Lovewell-Tuck
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: When is the optimum time to publish gender pay gap data?

    2017-09-14T11:33:02Z

    When Fujitsu and Acas reported their gender pay gap data earlier this week, they became the latest in a line of organisations to publish this information ahead of next April’s deadline.Employers including Deloitte UK, TSB, Virgin Money, and Schroders have also voluntarily reported their gender pay gap information ahead of ...

  • Julie CIPP
    Opinion

    Julie Hodgskin: Payroll and the General Data Protection Regulation

    2017-09-13T10:37:47Z

    Part of the process of preparing for the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be to perform a payroll information data cleanse. This needs to be planned and methodically carried out by 25 May 2018.The Information Commissioner’s Office has given us a tool to use in the form of ...

  • Cary Cooper
    Opinion

    Professor Sir Cary Cooper: Managing stress and getting a better work-life balance

    2017-09-11T08:40:10Z

    It was as long ago as 1851 when the social reformer John Ruskin reflected on the potential consequences of the Industrial Revolution: “In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: they must be fit for it, they must not do too much of ...

  • Liz Egan Macmillan
    Opinion

    Liz Egan: How to ensure staff and managers feel comfortable discussing cancer in the workplace

    2017-09-07T15:15:18Z

    Each year, almost 120,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer in the UK, according to figures sourced from the Office for National Statistics, Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, ISD Scotland, and Northern Ireland Cancer Registry for UK 2012 cancer incidence among those aged 15-64. And with survival ...

  • Professor-Olga-Tregaskis
    Opinion

    Olga Tregaskis: Workplace learning provides an opportunity to improve wellbeing

    2017-09-06T08:00:32Z

    The joy we feel when we master a new skill, the sense of accomplishment we get from a job well done, the buzz we get from helping others or the fading of our anxieties as we see solutions yield results. This is wellbeing.We might reasonably expect, then, that training that ...

  • Judith IOSH
    Opinion

    Judith McNulty-Green: A holistic approach can support staff health at all ages

    2017-09-04T14:07:49Z

    By 2030, it is expected that older workers, those aged over 55, will make up more than 30% of the UK’s workforce, according to Priorities for occupational safety and health research in Europe: 2013-2020, published in 2013 by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work.This is influenced by ...

  • debbie-lovewell-tuck
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Are government measures enough to curb CEO pay?

    2017-08-31T11:42:30Z

    Where do you stand on chief executive (CEO) pay? Do they receive a fair salary reflective of their role and responsibilities? Or have their pay and remuneration packages reached unjustifiable heights?Earlier this week, the government announced it is to introduce new laws requiring listed organisations to publish the pay ratio ...

  • Ian McKenna
    Opinion

    Ian McKenna: Advanced tools can help employees get more value out of their pension

    2017-08-30T14:00:48Z

    Over the next 18 months employers that only started providing workplace pensions when this became a legal requirement under auto-enrolment will see the cost of their contributions triple. From April 2018, the current 1% employer contribution doubles to 2, and then increases to 3% 12 months later. Also, employees will ...

  • Hannah Ford
    Opinion

    Hannah Ford: Avoiding the legal pitfalls around summer events and staff socials

    2017-08-29T10:22:23Z

    Summer events and staff socials can be effective ways of motivating or rewarding employees, building team morale, and increasing job satisfaction. However, when employees leave the confines of the workplace and enter a relaxed and social environment the risk of employee misbehaviour, and consequent claims, obviously increases.Employers should be mindful ...

  • Jo Brewis
    Opinion

    Jo Brewis: Employers need to know how to support staff during menopause transition

    2017-08-23T14:48:29Z

    The menopause is something all women experience. Symptoms typically begin during a woman’s forties, and include episodes of heavy or erratic periods, hot flushes, reduced concentration, insomnia and mood swings. The average age at menopause in industrialised countries is 51. The Equality Act (2010) protects both gender and age, and ...

  • Emma Cox
    Opinion

    Emma Cox: What can employers do to support staff with endometriosis?

    2017-08-23T14:46:24Z

    One in 10 women suffer from endometriosis, where cells similar to those lining the womb grow elsewhere, usually within the pelvis. Each month these cells react in the same way as those in the womb, building up and then breaking down, but they have nowhere to go, resulting in inflammation, ...

  • Nicky Payne
    Opinion

    Nicky Payne: The need for workplace support for staff having fertility treatment

    2017-08-23T14:45:14Z

    According to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, each year more than 50,000 women or couples in the UK have fertility treatment, such as IVF. IVF requires daily administration of intravenous hormones and time off work for multiple scans and blood tests, and unpleasant egg collection and embryo transfer procedures.For ...

  • Phil Richardson
    Opinion

    Philip Richardson: Employers’ legal obligations to staff undergoing IVF treatment

    2017-08-23T14:43:51Z

    With a growing number of people having children later in life and the make-up of the ‘traditional’ family unit growing ever more diverse, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) is becoming more and more prevalent.Those undergoing IVF treatment are likely to experience a high deal of stress and anxiety in relation to ...

  • Greg Burgess DMH Stallard
    Opinion

    Greg Burgess: Back to the drawing board on employment tribunal fees?

    2017-08-22T11:19:31Z

    The fact July 2017’s decision of the Supreme Court concerning the employment tribunal fees system made it on to the main evening news on all channels, shows just how significant the decision was.The court’s decision effectively said that the fees system was denying lower earners access to justice because the ...

  • DLA Piper
    Opinion

    Clare Gregory and Kate Hodgkiss: Global reward strategies - supporting diversity and inclusion legitimately

    2017-08-21T15:46:55Z

    From an employment law perspective, there are two primary issues to consider when creating a global reward strategy. The first is ensuring that the strategy does not breach discrimination laws in any country where it is implemented. The second is ensuring that the rewards provided comply with legally mandated minimums, ...

  • Samantha Mann CIPP
    Opinion

    Samantha Mann: Employers can learn from others that have reported gender pay gap details

    2017-08-16T15:45:02Z

    The 2017-18 fiscal year introduced a new obligation for employers in the private and voluntary sector requiring those with a headcount of 250 or more ‘relevant employees’ as at the snapshot date of 5 April 2017, and each subsequent year, to calculate statistics to demonstrate the gender pay gap that ...

  • Chris-Curry
    Opinion

    Chris Curry: The changing face of retirement in the UK

    2017-08-14T16:16:38Z

    The process of retirement in the UK has changed. It used to be a relatively simple process. As soon as you reached state pension age, your employer would thank you for your service, tell you that you were free to go and you would stop working and settle down to ...

  • Beverley Sunderland
    Opinion

    Beverley Sunderland: Tribunal finds holiday pay should include regular voluntary overtime

    2017-08-11T08:05:59Z

    In Lock v British Gas Trading the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed that commission must be included in the calculation of holiday pay where commission is intrinsically linked to the job. Six months later, in May 2017, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton confirmed ...

  • debbie-lovewell-tuck
    Opinion

    Lovewell's logic: Global lessons on work-life balance

    2017-08-10T11:11:57Z

    At the end of July, 900 Japanese organisations, including The Japan Times and Tokyo Metropolitan Government, took part in the country’s first Telework Day. The day was the first in a series planned by the Japanese government in the run up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, aimed at encouraging ...