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What can HR do to protect against the rising tide of data breaches and cyber-attacks?
Posted: 22/08/2024
Recent guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has shown substantial increases in breaches of employee data (at a five-year high to 2023), with ransomware attacks specifically showing the biggest rise. Many recent breaches were aided by human error or recklessness from employees, with some rare cases caused by malicious......>>
How sport is missing a trick for female athletes
Posted: 16/08/2023
Some 860,000 fewer girls than boys play team sport in England, more than the combined capacity of all 20 Premier League football stadiums, according to a recent survey from the charity Women in Sport. It found that 22% fewer girls than boys play team sport, with 61% of teenage girls saying that they feel judged when participating.......>>
Taking the ‘human’ out of HR: the risks of letting artificial intelligence say ‘you’re fired’
Posted: 13/06/2023
Enhancements to artificial intelligence (AI) can improve efficiency with timely HR processes involving hundreds of employees or candidates. By removing the human bias from a decision, an employer may also actually be making a fairer decision based on objective data (if the data and criteria themselves are fair). However, humans should not......>>
Will the FIFA Football Agent Regulations reform the role of the football agent for the better?
Posted: 01/03/2023
The first stage of the FIFA Football Agent Regulations 2022 came into force on 9 January 2023. The regulations will ‘govern the occupation of football agents’ and represent a wide-ranging reform to the way in which agents will work in football. When fully implemented in October 2023, the most significant changes will be the re-introduction......>>
How can a social housing employer help its employees with the cost-of-living crisis?
Posted: 01/03/2023
Soaring inflation and a likely recession have caused employees to feel extreme financial pressure. Some are striking over pay and conditions in a range of industries. In these challenging times, social housing organisations can take various measures to help not just their tenants, but also their staff......>>
Supreme Court ruling on holiday pay calculation for part-time workers creates headache for employers
Posted: 03/02/2023
The Supreme Court ruled in July 2022 on the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel that the previous, commonly used practice of pro-rating a part-year worker’s annual leave entitlement based on hours worked was not lawful. However, a new government consultation could reverse this position. Many organisations have, until now, calculated holiday accrual......>>
Jake Daniels shows coming out in football’s coming home
Posted: 27/05/2022
In October 2021, Adelaide United midfielder Josh Cavallo became the only active top tier male footballer to come out. On 16 May 2022, there were further positive strides taken as 17-year-old Blackpool striker, Jake Daniels, made the brave decision of announcing to the public that he was gay......>>

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