The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) is calling on businesses to boost leadership at all levels of the workplace. Launching its new manifesto at the end of last year, ILM cites research revealing employees lack confidence and inspiration from leaders at work. According to its manifesto, businesses must address the ‘leadership lag’ as a key priority in 2017, in order to boost success as the UK embarks on its post-Brexit journey. ILM, the leading specialist provider of leadership qualifications in the UK, found that over half of... Continue reading

Headline findings in the latest HR Outlook survey from CIPD reveal that many HR professionals believe leaders in their organisation don’t have the behaviours and skills needed to get the best from their people. Their technical, financial and operational competence is high, but many leaders are deemed ineffective at performance management, people management and developing people. Produced in association with Workday, the survey’s findings are based on responses from 629 HR professionals across all levels of seniority. The survey report prov... Continue reading

The Immigration Act 2017 will come into force in April and brings with it significant changes to the recruitment of non-EEA nationals under the Tier 2 category of the points-based system. Possibly the most widely used category within the points-based system, Tier 2 applicants range from general skilled workers and graduates to intra-company transferees. Home Office statistics indicate there were 91,833 Tier 2 visas granted in the year ending March 2016, with the information and communication, financial services and insurance, health and social... Continue reading

Hoping employees will simply ‘do the right thing’ and switch off their mobile phones whilst driving is not enough, says road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, which has renewed its calls for car makers and smartphone manufacturers to work with the government to develop a technological solution to distracted drivers. The call comes as the Department of Transport Minister plans to meet mobile phone manufacturers this month to hammer out proposals to tackle the growing issue of people interacting with their smartphones at the wheel. This is in a... Continue reading

Micro businesses (fewer than ten employees) and their employees can find managing ill health challenging, statistics from The Work Foundation suggest. The research shows that these employees are twice as likely to leave work and move onto Employment Support Allowance without a period of sickness absence than those in larger businesses. Despite this, rates of sickness absence are lower in smaller businesses: The Work Foundation finds that 2.3% of working hours are lost to sickness in organisations with between 25 and 500 employees, compared wit... Continue reading