According to new research from Group RiSk Development GRiD), the trade body for the group risk industry, six in ten employers are in favour of implementing the new National Living Wage, which currently stands at £7.20 an hour. While the introduction of a new mandatory National Living Wage from April 2016 has had some businesses concerned about the overall impact on their bottom line, 62% have said they are in favour of the proposal, with just one in five (21%) saying they disagreed. The research, undertaken in September 2015 across 500 UK bu... Continue reading

International Workplace's HRLM team have put together a festive advent calendar which can be emailed directly to your inbox for the 24 days leading up to Christmas. This advent calendar will be full of quality HR articles, discounts, sparkle and of course Christmas cheer, there might even be some festive singing from the team included too. Make sure you don't miss out on this one of a kind advent calendar by emailing your name, company and email address to editorial.team@internationalworkplace.com  ... Continue reading

Winter is now here and has brought with it icy cold temperatures. This sudden change in temperature may have taken your office by surprise and made your Monday morning even more challenging. Temperatures in the indoor workplace are covered by the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and these state that employers must provide a ‘reasonable’ temperature in the workplace. So what is a ‘reasonable’ temperature? The Approved Code of Practice suggests the minimum temperature in a workplace should normally be at least 16 ... Continue reading

The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh has experienced rapid growth since 1980 and is currently ranked as one of the top exporters in the world. The RMG industry has provided employment for approximately three and a half million workers and made a substantial contribution to the economy. However this growth is shadowed by the lack of safety and the industrial accidents which happen in these factories. The International Labour Organization (ILO) Programme on Improving Working Conditions in the Ready-Made Garment Sector has been dev... Continue reading

A week after Equal Pay Day, research has shown that women working full-time are paid less than men in 90% of sectors, with those working in financial and insurance sectors among the worst affected, research shows. Ninth November 2015 represented the point at which women are effectively working ‘for free’, in comparison to their male counterparts, as a consequence of the Gender Pay Gap – with some earning almost 40% less than men. The report – Opportunities and outcomes in education and work: Gender effects – released today by the UK... Continue reading