The Spanish government has announced that it will recognise riders for delivery firms such as Deliveroo, UberEats, and Glovo as salaried staff. The landmark ruling represents a first in Europe, at a time when rising unemployment is forcing more workers into the gig economy.

HR departments were once the middlemen in companies – they found the talent, trained them up, and gave them a way to communicate complaints. But their role is no longer about managing processes, it’s about building connections between people and empowering them to do their best work.

With more people working from home than ever before, teams are feeling distant and disjointed, which can make employees feel unnoticed and undervalued. Beyond Thank You wants to help companies show their remote workers that they’re just as important at home as they were in the office.

As an incredibly demanding but often low-paid industry, many workers within hospitality experience mental health issues – which frequently go unnoticed and unsaid. As the stresses of COVID-19 have intensified, a breaking point has been reached and support groups are springing up to address this.