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The landscape of the modern workplace never seems to stop changing. Heading into 2025, wellbeing at work has become a cornerstone of organisational strategy and a key focus for HR leadership. The concept of staff health has far bypassed traditional health and safety protocols, with management teams and HR leadership embracing a more holistic approach, one which fosters mental, physical, and emotional health. 70% of people surveyed in our annual HR Salary Survey now work for a business that has an up-to-date and wellbeing strategy.

When most hiring managers think about temporary recruitment, it’s usually in response to an emergency: someone’s off sick, a project is stalling, or there's been a last minute resignation out of the blue. It’s a knee-jerk hire. Get someone in. Keep things moving. Fix it later.

If you’ve ever applied for a job, you’ll know that interview feedback can be like gold dust; that is, in short supply and hard to come by. Even if you do receive it, it typically comes via email and can include such gems as “you weren’t the right fit”, “you were pipped to the post” and “someone scored higher than you on the technical test”. None of these actually tell the candidate anything they are able to use.

We need to change the way we’re thinking about the idea of a four-day working week.

Growth and recruitment are always forefront in managers minds, but employee retention should also be something you keep as a priority. The overall staff turnover rate across the UK as of 2023 was approximately 34%. Whilst the finance industry tends to have a lower turnover rate compared to other sectors, retaining talent across accountancy and finance is critical; the costs of replacing staff can be a lot higher.

We’re sitting down with Lauren Pickard to talk about the very real impact the upcoming changes to employment law are going to have. Lauren works for CMP Legal, and is an Employment Law Specialist, Solicitor and Executive Director. CMP focuses on providing straightforward, simple, and honest legal advice in a world that tends toward the opposite. We work closely with Lauren to provide our readers with clear information about upcoming changes in the world of HR and employment law.