10 EMPLOYEE RETENTION MYTHS BUSTED

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

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whitePaper | March 31, 2020

Many companies struggle to support their employees’ physical and mental health in traditional, sedentary office environments. According to a recent study, assessing ergonomics and making workspace adjustments can provide a 12% boost in productivity, not to mention improved employee wellness.

whitePaper | August 24, 2022

Many HR professionals will have undertaken benchmarking programmes to understand and check that their policies and procedures satisfy legal requirements and compare favourably to industry standards around areas such as flexible working, zero-hours’ contracts, and staff benefits.

whitePaper | July 9, 2022

For organizations with flexible work models from the hybrid to the fully distributed the head of remote role is growing in popularity. The people in this role are responsible for managing the virtual employee experience and implementing best practices for remote work throughout their organizations. Not all companies need a head of remote, but all companies do need someone to advocate for the wellbeing of their remote workforces.

whitePaper | September 14, 2022

Providing equal opportunity for all people is at the heart of being a great workplace. To be truly supportive, employers must recognize a person’s value and compensate them equitably based on their skills, their experience, and the work they perform, no matter their gender or diversity intersection.

whitePaper | June 22, 2022

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are on-chain organizations that utilize decentralized voting to coordinate pools of capital and people. A top priority for DAOs is to engage contributors (people), direct and inspire their work on the creation of new intellectual property, and compensate them for their work. DAOs are built to operate with far less top-down ownership, incentivizing community members to drive outcomes, and thereby promoting a broader diversity of initiatives and outcomes than traditional companies. This makes them appealing as an organizing structure for ecosystem-driven products and systems, such as decentralized finance platforms, community-led investment funds, creative mediums, and limitless other opportunities. However, in order to fulfill their potential, DAOs must operate within existing legal frameworks.