One in three workers in the UK is already aged over 50. There are predicted to be a million more workers over the age of 50 by 2025. They have so much to offer in terms of knowledge, experience and contributing to the diversity of a team. Not to mention high levels of loyalty. But what's the best way to value, support older employees, and ensure they have the right opportunities to develop?
Join us for an exclusive BSI member event where we’ll hear from Oxford University’s Fellow in Economics and Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI, Dr Daniel Susskind. Daniel will be discussing the question of just what the future of work might look like as AI becomes ever smarter and more prolific.
February’s Update Standards magazine is your go-to information source for changes to the standards that affect you and your business. including changes in areas such as tensile testing of metals, video surveillance system code, information security management systems and penetrant testing.
Coinciding with the release of a new user guide for 2022, these top tips will help ensure you’re getting the most out of your BSOL subscription, beginning with the all-important search function.
Do the members of your team all need access to the same standard? The good news from the BSI Shop is you can now buy up to 10 digital licenses of the same standard. Plus, each license will grant the user convenient access to the document on up to three devices. And that's not all.
We caught up with a leading diversity & inclusion expert to discuss how things have changed since the 1990s, why diversity is an asset for organizations of all sizes, and how the new BS ISO 30415 D&I standard will influence attitudes to the issue.
As the Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 revealed, globally only 61% of the public trust business. So, what can organisations do to show they are worthy of trust?
Read why good governance is essential for building and maintaining trust, and also for encouraging good decision making, maintaining regulatory compliance, attracting talent, and helping to manage risk.
Open discussion of the menopause has long been taboo. A woman might not have discussed menopausal symptoms with her closest family, let alone her line manager. But silence can be devastating for women struggling to cope with symptoms, and damaging for businesses that lose key talent - almost 900,000 women in the UK are reported to have left their jobs in 2019 because of menopausal symptoms.
Start the year with January’s Update Standards magazine and you’ll be right up-to-date with the standards that affect you and your business. Nearly 90 pages of up-to-the-minute information, with an easy-to-use reference index to help locate your sector’s standards quickly.
Who makes standards? People like you. People who want to make the world a better place. We welcome all applications - you only need to have relevant knowledge and experience, or to represent a relevant group of stakeholders. The goal is to have a balance of views. The more different viewpoints feed into a standard, the more inclusive and robust the standard is likely to be.
