Wednesday, 4 November 2026Updated 3 min ago
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Culture, inclusion, belonging and trust at work.
Asda, Burger King and Travelodge have joined an employer alliance aimed at supporting employee financial education. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and customer experience firm Foundever have also joined the Employer Alliance for Financial Education, which has been launched…
Refurbishment and fit out firm Collins Construction has transitioned to an employee ownership trust (EOT). The firm’s seven shareholders sold the business to an EOT, securing its long-term independence and creating an ownership structure designed to protect it for future…
Most benefits packages handle the diagnosis part well. The harder part is what employees can lean on in the years before it, and after.
For five years, the former Meta employee had been feted as a high performer by her managers. She had even received a rare equity award in recognition of her performance, which had never fallen below an “exceeds expectations” rating. Imagine her surprise, then, when she was…
When it comes to inclusive hiring, the real measure of success isn't whether they accept your job offer, it's whether they feel they can stay.
Most people agree the best-qualified person should be hired
candidate.fyi today launched its full agentic hiring platform, the largest release in the company’s history. The platform gives talent teams a lineup of AI agents that coordinate interviews, answer candidates around the clock and turn every interview into usable intelligence…
This isn’t the first time a pop culture phenomenon has tanked worker output.
HR professionals might consider employee engagement the glue that holds company success together. No matter what you talk about – productivity, leadership, professional growth, retention, recognition, culture, well-being – everything ties back to employee engagement. Not to…
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO ! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast…
Staff at the East Lancashire Blood Sciences department of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) have begun strike action over holiday pay irregularities. The employees work at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and the Burnley General Teaching Hospital. They are employed…
From noting a job well done to celebrating milestones, experts share why recognition is an essential part of company culture.
Recognition and rewards platform Motivosity aims to help businesses establish a people-first culture with peer-to-peer and leader-team member acknowledgment opportunities.
ProCook has been named one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for retail, hospitality & leisure, recognising its commitment to its people and workplace culture. HR Grapevine speaks to its People & ESG Director to find out how it has kept the accolade...
Mark Airs/Ikon Images Leaders tend to talk about culture in abstract terms: values, norms, trust, belonging, and the like. But employees watch for the moments that show how culture actually manifests. During meetings, who gets interrupted? Employees notice whose sentences are…
Business leaders are confident about the UK’s AI prospects, but employees remain considerably more cautious, with concerns about jobs persisting even among those benefiting from the technology...
A startup's tattoo-for-interview stunt reveals how recruiting practices shape candidate trust, employer branding, and expectations about company culture.
Based on Nick’s final draft, I’d use: Post Excerpt: When performance slips, leaders often look first at the people involved. But what if unclear roles, competing priorities, approval structures, or incentives are reinforcing the very behaviors they’re trying to change? Nick…
Layoffs affect more than those who lose their jobs. Employees who remain can experience grief, uncertainty, increased workloads and a loss of trust. Managers have a vital role in helping teams adjust. From honest communication and clearer responsibilities to rebuilding…
I have spent almost 30 years studying organizations, work, jobs, and HR, and every year there’s a new theme. There was digital transformation, employee wellbeing, hybrid work, diversity and inclusion, women’s rights, and now AI. What’s the real direction here? One might argue…