Global mobility

Enhancing Employee Satisfaction in Global Mobility

HR

Employers set to compensate pay discrepancies?

Worker expectations push employers to address pay compression, survey finds
Market conditions and worker expectations are driving employers to make addressing pay discrepancies one of their compensation goals, according to a Robert Half survey of 376 C-suite executives. The firm found that 56% of respondents observed pay discrepancies between new hires and more tenured staff in the past year.

Immigration

Labour exploitation in the UK’s cleaning sector

New specialist resources for workers in the cleaning sector
FLEX has been delivering training sessions in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh, bringing together GLAA officers, statutory services, and local organisations supporting cleaners from all backgrounds, to build their understanding of key employment rights, risks and indicators of labour exploitation in cleaning work, and how to access advice and support.

Relocation

The “cultural shock” for digital nomads, is it different?

It seems pretty self-explanatory that being able to communicate would help you to feel less lonely. But many digital nomads don’t make the effort to improve their language skills before they depart – especially when it comes to regional dialects.

HR

More transgender employees are hiding their identities at work

Building trans-inclusive workplaces
The TotalJobs survey of 410 trans people showed two-thirds (65%) continue to hide or disguise their gender identity at work, compared to half (52%) in 2016. There are warnings that without supportive policies, practices and culture for transgender people, employers could find themselves in breach of their duty of care.

HR

Decline in freelance numbers across Germany

Following new regulation on the Inquiry Proceeding of Freelancers in Germany – or Statusfestellungsverfahren – the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) Deutschland has warned of a decline in freelance numbers across the country at a time when skills are in short supply.

Technology

Europe needs a holistic policy for raw materials

Europe’s transition to a sustainable and digital society is only possible with a strategic approach to the raw materials needed to manufacture chips, electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies, the EU’s internal market Commissioner Thierry Breton said on Monday (25 April).