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HR software platform Breathe, used by over 8,000 SMEs in the UK, has found that toxic workplace culture is costing the UK economy £15.7 billion per year, as 1 in 5 (21%) employees quit their job due to poor company culture. Could covid-19 further exacerbate this issue?  After surveying 2,503 SME decision makers and employees, Breathe has just released, ‘The Cul...
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Weekly10 want to make people happier and more successful at work, with their regular, lightweight 10 minute check-in for employees. When you work in a big company, it is very easy to feel like your role in it is unappreciated and like you don’t have a voice. Managers are busy with their own work, and grabbing them to talk to can seem selfish, and so we often end up not sharing whatever issu...
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BODYSWAPS use VR and AI to help companies empower their employees to become the best versions of themselves... If you work in a human resources or learning & development department, you will know how important it is to have the right attitude and say the right things. People come to you as the solution to their problems. Chances are, if they come to you, they won’t have anywhere else to...
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Ethical Angel is on a mission to combine a high-touch HR service with technology to engage and develop employees through volunteering, payroll donations, and the causes that matter to them. A lot of people complain about millennials and their work ethic, but whether people like it or not, employees are changing as younger generations join and dominate the workforce. Employees are b...
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Personably - The SaaS startup that makes the onboarding experience for new staff members easier than ever before... If you are hiring a new member of staff, chances are most of your efforts go into the recruitment process - whether that’s advertising the vacancy, selecting a recruitment agency or the interview itself. And that of course is understandable - after all you need to have the rig...
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How are you going to find and hire employees to make your startup a success from the offset? Here are 5 main qualities you could search for in your potential candidates... Daniel Ross is part of the marketing team at Roubler.com — a scheduling and payroll software platform founded in Australia. Their mission is to change the way the world manages its workforces. Here, Daniel shares his thou...
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On May 25th 2018, the much anticipated GDPR comes into effect marking a host of changes to how we collect, store, manage, protect and dispose of data.  While there’s been much panicked discussion around crippling fines (up to €20 million or 4% of annual global turnover ) there’s been less about the changes that will incur these fines. The new regulations place equal liabili...
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“Bring Your Full Self To Work” – a new pledge for businesses to support mental health in the workplace has been launched by Sanctus, a startup who are on a mission to change the perception of mental health. Launched on World Mental Health Day, (#WorldMentalHealthDay) founding signatories include Redbull, education technology co. Makers Academy and recruit...
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Startup and Corporate Collaboration news: HR tech startup hibob and leading UK Insurance provider Aviva have announced a corporate brand partnership to help small and medium sized companies set up their workplace pension schemes. Startacus took a look at the details:  With rollout of the auto-enrolment pension scheme set to be fully complete in the next 12 months or so, UK companies with at ...
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Today’s guest post is all about how startups and small businesses can manage workforces that don’t want to do the traditional Monday to Friday, nine to five. I’m going to look very quickly at the types of flexible working options available, why you might want to consider them and how to manage flexible workforces. What is flexible working? Flexible working is basically any type...
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