Understanding employee engagement should be a top priority for today's HR and people leaders with research showing that engaged employees are healthier, happier, more fulfilled or more motivated.

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen employee engagement levels plummet with employee levels of commitment, motivation and general satisfaction declining and employees reporting they are 'less engaged' at work.

Do you understand the importance of employee engagement? Why don't you test your employee engagement knowledge by taking our quick quiz?

Read our top 3 employee engagement articles on the Employment Law Hub:

• Maintaining Effective Communications with Remote Working
• Becoming an Employer of Choice
• Attracting and Retaining Talent through Employee Wellbeing Initiatives

Mastering Small Business Employee Engagement

We have exciting news to share! Our CEO Barry Phillips and MD Jayne Gallagher have just written a book entitled "Mastering Small Business Employee Engagement – 30 Quick Wins and HR Hacks from an IIP Platinum Employer".  

The book, which contains a specially added section on motivating homeworkers, tells the story of the Legal Island journey and the many things Barry and Jayne learnt on their way to being crowned an IIP Platinum employer putting Legal Island in the top 1% of UK employers.

Packed full of great tips, advice, templates and policies it features a brutally honest account of the many initiatives that worked (and indeed those that didn’t) on their way to building a workforce that has over the past two decades produced time and again outstanding events and services.