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As the accounting profession continues to evolve and become more diverse, the advancement of women in accounting has become a major focus. According to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), women account for approximately 46% of all accountants and auditors in the UK.
There comes a time in many employees’ careers when they need to take a break or make a change but don’t necessarily want to move jobs.
The pandemic and subsequent social isolation shed new light on the importance of mental health in the UK workplace. With mental health issues becoming a common concern, companies are now asking whether employee benefits programmes that focus on mental well-being improve productivity and team morale?
Following our successful webinar with Hayley Barnard of MIX Diversity on unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we thought it would be useful to share some of the wisdom we learned from the event with you. Unconscious bias refers to ingrained beliefs, attitudes or perceptions, positive or negative, towards certain groups of people that exist outside of our conscious awareness.
Following the introduction of new regulations in 2015, women were given the option of exchanging their maternity leave for shared parental leave (SPL). After the initial two weeks leave new mothers are still obliged to take, parents can choose how to divide the remaining 50 weeks they’re entitled to between them.
We recently looked at how Millennials have changed the workplace in terms of work/life balance and their professional goals and expectations, while much has been written about how their attitudes differ from their Baby Boomer or Generation X employers.
Millennials tend to get a bad rap. They have often been labelled as lazy or entitled and glued to their smartphones. Contrary to popular belief, however, this is an extremely hard-working generation. With an awareness of the value of growing their skills, strengthening relationships and exploring opportunities, most don’t mind putting in the extra hours.
