How to know if your employer is serious about helping you find purpose in your work: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Paychecks are important, of course, but many people also want their work to “matter”. Whether this means helping people in your local area, or contributing to a global cause like reducing waste and fighting the climate crisis, 70% …
Fertility is becoming a workplace issue but employer support can create winners and losers: kj-create/Shutterstock Since the world’s first human baby was born by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in the UK in 1978, over 10 million IVF babies have been born globally. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have also become even more sophisticated, now including egg-freezing …
Managing stress at work: three things your employer could do for you: Shutterstock/fizkes Earning a living can be stressful. Whether it’s time constraints, difficult colleagues, a lack of autonomy, or an unreasonable workload, it’s hard to think of a job that doesn’t come with a certain amount of pressure. This can have a negative impact …
Quiet quitting: why doing less at work could be good for you – and your employer: Could quiet quitting be for you? 1st footage / Shutterstock In many offices (not to mention on Zoom, Teams and Slack), employees and managers alike are whispering about the “great resignation”. The UK saw a sharp rise in people …
Redundancy: what to know about your rights when an employer lets you go: Companies making redundancies should treat both dismissed employees and those that remain with compassion. Syda Productions/Shutterstock One of the biggest rail strikes in 30 years has been playing out in recent weeks as 40,000 workers protest the threat of job cuts. Their …
How to talk to your employer about trauma: Chanintorn.v / Shutterstock The impact of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a hidden chronic mental health issue in the workplace. A 2016 survey of UK adults found that one in five people between the ages of 18 and 74 said they had experienced at least …
Why it makes good business sense for your employer to look after your mental health: Shutterstock/fizkes In any given year, about one in five people will experience a mental health problem or illness. Fortunately, many employers have gradually come to realise that supporting mental health in the workplace is an important part of their role. …
No jab, no job: why your employer can’t sack you for not taking the COVID vaccine in UK: How the law can protect you. Pitinan Piyavatin / Alamy Stock Photo Charlie Mullins, the controversial chief executive of leading London plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers, recently announced plans to impose a “no-jab, no-job” policy for existing and …
How one South African employer helped its staff get healthier and why it’s worth doing: The workplace can make a big contribution to behaviour change. Darcelle Schouw Non-communicable diseases account for half of all deaths in South Africa. Cardiovascular diseases are the biggest contributor, followed by cancers, diabetes and respiratory diseases. Diabetes alone is the …
South Africa in the news: Top employer in SA announced: Top 10. Second place in SA went to professional services company EY South Africa and third to IT firm SAP South Africa. The remainder of the SA top 10, in terms of ranking, were Tata Consultancy Services, Microsoft, Nestlé South Africa, Accenture South …: “South …
Teck Resources Employer Information Session – a Africa interest event taking place on 2017-01-11 17:00:00 in Canada This session is open to University of Alberta Engineering Students & Alumni ONLY. Target Audience: Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Materials, Mechanical, and Mining Engineering Undergraduate Students and 2017 New Grads. NOTE: if you are interested in being considered …