Tag: Employee Engagement

Sumsub and TELUS Digital partner to strengthen remote employee verification

Sumsub has partnered with TELUS Digital to provide the company with enhanced tools for verifying and onboarding remote employees, ensuring a more secure and efficient hiring process.“The growing sophistication and instances of fraudulent activities, ranging from VPN usage, fake IDs,...

Aldi expands UK operations with 1,600 new jobs and increased wages  

Supermarket chain Aldi has unveiled plans to create 1,600 new jobs across the UK as it continues to expand its presence with new store openings. The retailer will open locations in areas including Cambridgeshire, Greater Manchester, and Lytham in Lancashire,...

After shadow IT, shady AI creations could create operational chaos

Business IT departments have long fretted about unofficial applications in offices and networks. Now shadow artificial intelligence poses a new challenge, as workers create smart tools, content, images and ideas. All with a little help from their friendly AI. The campaign...

Majority of zero-hours workers trapped in insecure jobs for years   

Two-thirds of employees on zero-hours contracts have been working for the same employer for over a year, with one in eight stuck in these precarious conditions for more than a decade. Meanwhile, almost half (45%) have been with the same...

UK employees work 215 hours of unpaid overtime each year

UK professionals are logging an average of 215.8 hours of unpaid overtime annually, with 42% receiving no compensation for their extra work. According to new research by HiBob, this equates to £4,022 worth of unpaid labour per employee, based on...

Over 60% trust machines for critical decisions in the workplace

According to a recent CIPD survey of over 2,000 respondents, as many as 63% of professionals are open to trusting artificial intelligence (AI) to make significant workplace decisions. However, 35% remain wary, favouring human intelligence over AI regarding important workplace...

One week of Trump: The death of DEI is much misreported

New White House occupant Donald Trump is off to a busy start. He appealed to his voluble base by launching a much-expected war on woke, jousting with Mexico, tarrifying (sic) Columbia and creating other threats to the global business landscape....

HR leaders explore generative AI to boost productivity and efficiency

A recent Gartner survey of 105 HR leaders highlighted the growing interest in generative AI within human resources, though widespread adoption remains in its early stages. The findings reveal that only 5% of HR leaders have fully implemented generative AI...

Sainsbury’s to cut 3,000 jobs

Sainsbury’s has announced plans to overhaul its operations, which could result in 3,000 job losses as the company closes most of its in-store cafes and hot food counters and reduces management roles by 20%.Simon Roberts, the retail giant’s chief executive,...

Does office attendance boost employee wellbeing?

How often should employees work in the office? New research from infinitSpace reveals a clear link between in-office attendance and employee well-being. According to a survey of 1,210 UK hybrid and fully office-based employees, those who worked in the office...