Off-Payroll Workers Facing Crackdown
A Government clampdown on ‘off-payroll’ workers could change the way that companies use freelance workers and contractors. According to leaked reports, chancellor George Osborne is due to outline plans to reduce tax avoidance in this month’s Autumn Statement. The measures, which have not been officially confirmed, are expected to result in a heavy clampdown on […]
Volunteering Initiatives Boost Engagement
We’re approaching the season of goodwill, which means that many businesses will be turning their attention to volunteering initiatives for their staff. Pre-empting this, the CIPD and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) have launched a joint study into employer-supported volunteering (ESV). The aim of the study is to identify how ESV schemes can […]
Room to Improve Internal Mobility Programmes
Research finds that businesses can do more to recruit talent from within. A survey by management firm Futurestep polled over 1,000 employees between September and October of this year. 87% of the executive-level employees said that having a strong internal mobility programme would definitely help with talent attraction and retention. Despite this, two-thirds of the respondents reported that […]
Recruitment on the Rise
Increasing confidence in the economy is leading to a planned rise in recruitment for the rest of the year, according to a new survey. The 2015 Hiring Intentions Survey by recruitment firm Robert Walters found that over three quarters (76%) of hiring managers are planning to recruit by the end of the year. This is a […]
Stricter Visa Rules for UK Employers
The number of highly skilled migrant workers coming in to the UK has been steadily falling following the implementation of tighter visa rules in 2011 according to a new study by the Migration Observatory. UK employers are suffering from the effects of tighter visa restrictions shrinking the pool of available talent, according to a new study […]