Corporate social responsibility and sustainability

New and updated

• Emergency volunteering leave policy during the coronavirus outbreak

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the Government's indication that it has "no plans" to introduce emergency volunteering leave because there is "sufficient current supply of staff and volunteers in the health and care system".

• Letter confirming that a worker is taking emergency volunteering leave during the coronavirus outbreak

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect the Government's indication that it has "no plans" to introduce emergency volunteering leave because there is "sufficient current supply of staff and volunteers in the health and care system".

• How COOK is helping people overcome barriers to employment and get back into work

  Date:

  13 May 2020

  Type:

  Case studies

  COOK speaks to XpertHR about its RAW Talent programme, a scheme designed to help those in most need - including the homeless, prison leavers and other people with barriers to employment - back into work.

• Emergency Volunteer Leave: What HR needs to know

  Date:

  9 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  Announced in the Coronavirus Bill last month, the Government intends to introduce a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave to enable workers, employees and agency staff to take unpaid leave to volunteer in health and social care.

• Who is entitled to take emergency volunteering leave during the coronavirus outbreak?

  Type:

  FAQs

• How much emergency volunteering leave can a worker take during the coronavirus outbreak?

  Type:

  FAQs

• What are the notice and evidence requirements for a worker to take emergency volunteering leave during the coronavirus outbreak?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Do employers have to pay workers who are on emergency volunteering leave during the coronavirus outbreak?

  Type:

  FAQs

• How AmcoGiffen introduced a formal volunteering policy offering paid time off for charitable activities

  Date:

  15 January 2020

  Type:

  Case studies

  AmcoGiffen talks to XpertHR about introducing a formal volunteering policy and the impact this has had on employee engagement and company reputation.

• XpertHR benefits and allowances survey 2019: Childcare benefits, long-service awards and other benefits and allowances

  Date:

  24 June 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Away from health-related benefits, company cars and pensions, there are a host of other benefits available to employers to boost the package they offer to employees. We investigate some of the other benefits available.