The Twelve Pitfalls of Christmas: an employer’s guide to the festive season

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During the Christmas period employers face a minefield of HR challenges.  Workplace Christmas parties bring up issues of conduct and discrimination. For example, employees may misbehave, or fail to turn up the next day. Holiday and overtime issues also commonly arise at this time. Annual leave requests can be concentrated around the same days, while …

Valuing the Mature Workforce: Why UK Businesses Need To Get Age-Smart

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Over the next decade, the changing age profile of the workforce will be the most significant development in the UK labour market, as a third of workers will be over 50 by 2020.  It is anticipated that within 15 years, nearly a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 or over. Against a …