by Caroline Robertson | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
We’ve all heard the word resilience; it’s been bandied around quite frequently since the pandemic and its disruption. The sheer speed, scale and depth of the change brought to personal and working lives is unrelenting and unprecedented. But are there lessons we can...
by Caroline Robertson | Jul 12, 2022 | ActifHR Blog
We’ve all heard about the great resignation, but did you know that there is another worrying trend currently happening in the UK? According to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), a record number of women aged over 50 are retiring earlier than...
by Caroline Robertson | Jun 13, 2022 | ActifHR Blog
In recent years there have been many changes to employment law and HR best practice has also shifted massively since Brexit and the pandemic. That’s why we recommend you review your employment contracts every 1-2 years, particularly if you have older contracts that...
by Caroline Robertson | May 4, 2022 | ActifHR Blog
Unconscious bias is when we make judgments or decisions based on our prior experience, beliefs, views, associations, thought patterns, judgements or interpretations, and we are not aware that we are doing it. In the workplace, this can result in managers: Making...
by Caroline Robertson | Apr 5, 2022 | ActifHR Blog
The pandemic brought big changes to how we work, the biggest of which was the rise in remote working. During the first lockdown companies transitioned from a mostly office-centric culture to embrace more flexible ways of working. In May 2020 for example, more than 60%...
