Choice of event, how it is run and how ‘corporate’ it feels all feed into the mix for team-building events
Emergency call operators face abuse from ‘frequent flyer’ callers - while sticking to prescribed guidelines
Communications Workers Union gets agreements worth 8% for the postal workers and 11% for those in the telecom operator
Number of vacancies in professional roles down by 13.8 per cent on the final quarter to 2023, say Morgan McKinley
Claims emerge in court case taken against company by communications regulator ComReg
Students who outsource their thinking to AI tools pose a risk to future employers and more
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2024/04/15/chatgpt-essay-cheats-are-a-menace-to-us-all/
Wild Geese: Paul Finnegan, New York city
Interviews with multiple TikTok employees based in Dublin have revealed concern over the fairness and transparency of the redundancy process at the social media giant
More employers are offering help but they need to avoid the risk of ‘meno-washing’
There is no quick path to desk-based nirvana but there are things we can do to improve our experience at work
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2024/04/12/five-secrets-of-workplace-success/
Most of the €3m fund allocated to retraining staff was unspent and returned to Government at the end of last year
Vanessa Rodrigues-Linhan said she was cornered by patient with dementia who was ‘touching himself’
Timing is critical as intervention by a manager on a task late in the day is seen by workers as unhelpful
New figures show compulsory workplace saving could deliver a decent pension
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2024/04/11/running-out-of-time-on-auto-enrolment/
EY numbers suggest workers could retire with strong savings for retirement under new compulsory pension scheme
Call for State supports to businesses to be targeted as many seem unable to ‘wean themselves off’ wide range of help
Class is a bigger barrier to career progress than gender or ethnicity in some City firms
Women feel less supported than men amid wider mismatch between employer initiatives and employee needs
Wild Geese: Mark Duffy, Stockholm
Researchers say entrepreneurs often ignore the early warning signs of failure as they cling to common myths about starting a business
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2024/04/04/start-ups-ignore-the-figures-at-your-peril/