According to this report by Deloitte, millennials are seeking stability. A turbulent 2016—punctuated by terror attacks in Europe, Brexit, and a contentious US presidential election—appears to have rattled millennials’ confidence.
The accelerating rate of change in business, the economy, and society challenges both business and HR to adopt new rules for leading, organizing, motivating, managing, and engaging the 21st-century workforce. The report reflects seismic changes in the world of business. This new era, often called the Fourth Industrial Revolution—or, as we have earlier labeled it, the Big Shift—has fundamentally transformed business, the broader economy, and society.
The ninth annual survey of employee attitudes to pay is based on a survey of 1,658 working adults, across all industrial sectors. The survey was carried out between 12 December and 21 December 2016 and is representative of the UK workforce in relation to sector, size and industry type. The findings are primarily analysed by sector, organisational size, managerial position and pay. On behalf of the CIPD, YouGov undertook this research among UK employees and builds on the data collected previously.
Survey findings reveal that there’s a lack of awareness among workers regarding the new state pension that was introduced last year, in terms of what they’ll get and when they’ll get it. The survey shows that the age at which staff can get a state pension is an important factor in their decision-making about when to stop work.
This report from the Resolution Foundation looks at the recent growth in self-employment, focusing on the sectoral make-up of the UK's 5 million self-employed workers, the drivers of this growth since the recession, how the self-employed are treated differently in terms of tax and employment rights and what policy challenges this raises.
This report from LexisNexis considers the gig economy from an employment perspective: what it is and how it affects lawyers and their clients.
TEEM, GE Current and iOffice consider the office of the future, what things to consider when building a workspace and how data is being utlilised in this report.
We hosted an event with Vodafone which looked at what is driving fundamental changes in the world of work and how businesses can adapt traditional ways of working to stay ahead.
This report from the Social Market Foundation and EDF Energy explores the number of jobs that are expected to open between 2016 and 2023. It looks at where they are expected to be created and the contribution of science, research, engineering and technology to this number.
Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realising automation’s full potential requires people and technology to work hand in hand.
This report from the Institute of Public Policy Research sets out five trends that will drive change in Britain the 2020s.