15 Employee Appreciation Ideas for the End of the Year
The best employee appreciation ideas share three traits. They are specific, they arrive on time, and they come from someone the person respects. A generic voucher fails all three. A note that says “that late fix in March saved the launch” passes all three, and costs nothing. Below are 15 employee appreciation ideas for the…
6–9 minutes25 Holiday Party Ideas for Work Your Team Will Actually Show Up For
Every December, someone in HR gets the same question: what are we doing for the party? The best holiday party ideas for work are the ones people want to attend, not the ones they attend out of duty. This list of office holiday party ideas has 25 options. Seventeen are free or cheap and need…
7–10 minutesFrom AI agents to better jobs: five ideas worth taking home from UNLEASH Paris 2026
From Josh Bersin’s vision of HR in 2030 to a practical new role at Workhuman, UNLEASH Paris 2026 offered plenty for HR leaders to think about, and ideas they can use now.
4–6 minutes12 Virtual Team Building Activities for Remote and Hybrid Teams
Half your team is at home. Half is in the office. Everyone has done the virtual quiz, and nobody wants another. Good virtual team building activities fix that. They get people talking, laughing and working together without a webinar feel. This guide gives you twelve: four free ideas you can run on any call, and…
7–10 minutesHR 2030: Josh Bersin on HR’s past and future
From shrinking labour markets and AI-powered employees to an HR function run by interconnected digital agents, Josh Bersin took us through the past, present and future of HR at UNLEASH in Paris.
6–10 minutes15 Team Building Games for Work (That People Won’t Groan At)
Most team building games for work get a bad name for a reason. Someone picks a game that needs a stage, a long story or a lot of nerve. Half the room then wishes it were Friday. It shows in the numbers. In a 2025 YouGov poll for Acas, 31% of British employees disliked team-building…
7–11 minutesAI is starting to redraw the org chart: four companies changing how work gets done
Within three days, HENNGE launched a company with no dedicated employees, BMW set out plans for 20% leaner management structures, Millennium expanded personalised AI twins and Whitbread described AI as its “third workforce”. Together, they offer a glimpse of what happens when AI moves from being a tool inside a job to becoming part of the organisation itself.
4–7 minutesFlexible Working Requests Get a Reasonableness Test, and Records Will Carry the Weight
Refusing flexible working requests will need a written, reasoned file from autumn 2027, and the Acas consultation on the code is open until 17 December.
4–7 minutesLeaders Say AI Is Saving Time. Workers Are Less Convinced.
Vertage research finds 71% of leaders say AI adoption has increased capacity, against 43% of workers. What HR should ask about the time AI frees up.
2–3 minutesEmployer mental health support reaches 91% of staff, but only 37% would use it
Employer mental health support is offered to 91% of staff at large UK firms, yet 37% would use it. The barriers are trust and consequence, not speed.
3–4 minutesOffice Christmas Party London: 6 Ideas Beyond the Pub
An office Christmas party London teams still talk about in January needs more than a booked table and a bar tab. December pubs are loud and packed. The quieter half of the team often slips home by nine. This guide covers six bookable Christmas party ideas London teams can act on, all from suppliers in…
5–8 minutesAI and Labour Relations: Employers Expect Organising, Few Feel Ready
Only 9% of employers feel very prepared for AI and labour relations, yet 87% expect unions to use AI fears to organise, a Littler survey finds.
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