The 2024 Global Benefits Attitudes Survey by WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has revealed that while many older UK workers are delaying plans to retire amid mounting financial concerns, another group of employees are taking a ...
Read More »The Big Stay: Fears around job security are preventing professionals from moving jobs
A recent poll conducted by Robert Walters, has found that an unprecedented number of professionals are choosing to remain with their current employer, a phenomenon which the recruitment firm calls ‘The Big Stay’. Over two-thirds of UK professionals (71 per ...
Read More »Traditional workweek no longer suits over three-quarters of UK professionals
Seventy-six per cent of UK professionals state that the current 40-hour workweek doesn’t suit them, according to a new poll carried out by talent solutions firm, Robert Walters. With half (51 per cent) stating that switching to a four-day week ...
Read More »Labour shortages continue for electrotechnical firms
Electrotechnical businesses continue to be held back by slow growth, partly blamed on a shortage of adequately skilled workers, finds survey. The latest quarterly survey of the UK engineering services sector, backed by leading trade bodies ECA, BESA, SELECT and ...
Read More »‘The Great Resignation’ has been replaced by ‘The Big Stay’, says CIPD
Workers are increasingly staying put in their current jobs and more employers are holding steady on staffing levels as the labour market slows, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook report. The survey shows more than half (55 per ...
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