This includes recruiting and retaining employees.

Walkers’ employment conference – ‘The War for Talent’ – was held last month across Guernsey and Jersey, with senior HR and business leaders canvassed on their strategies for hiring and keeping staff. 

The key findings in Guernsey included that: 

  • 100% of attendees were finding it difficult to fill vacancies – 66% at all levels, 20% mainly at junior level, and 14% mainly at senior level 
  • 73% were offering, or were planning to offer, increased flexibility / remote working to fill vacancies. 
  • 44% said work life balance is the workplace factor that matters most to them, 24% said cultures and values, 19% said compensation and benefits 

Sarah Ash, the Group Partner leading the Guernsey employment law team, said: “The move towards flexible working and work from home policies poses challenges for organisations – it is clear from the poll results that work life balance is a clear motivator for employees, and the employment law challenges arising from that in terms of effectively managing staff need to be taken seriously to mitigate legal risk.”