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Hugh's Law | Campaigners urge firms to offer paid leave to parents of critically ill children
More than 40 UK businesses have committed to offering their employees paid leave...
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'Strategic direction' | Channel 4 job cuts plan prompts HR warning over redundancy mistakes
Channel 4's reported plans to cut more than 300 jobs have prompted legal experts to warn employers...
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Heat Check | Victoria Smith will become City of London Corporation's CPO in November
Victoria Smith has been appointed as Executive Director of HR and Chief People Officer for the City of...
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NEET idea | Major retailers back plan for 100,000 jobs for young people out of work
Tesco, John Lewis, Waitrose, Currys and Costa Coffee are among the employers participating...
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'Firmer ground' | UK hiring confidence more than doubles despite rising costs & uncertainty
UK employers are continuing to recruit despite political change, rising operating...
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'Justifiable' | Next wins tribunal appeal to overturn £30m equal pay ruling
Next has overturned a ruling that it should equalise the basic pay of shop and warehouse staff, after...
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'Expensive to get wrong' | 7 in 10 employers falling short on disability and neurodiversity training
New findings also reveal additional shortcomings on whistleblowing awareness and protected...
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'NETER crisis' | 1 in 5 over-50s locked out of work as campaigners demand government action
People aged between 50 and state pension age are more likely to be outside education, employment, training...
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'Tools they need' | Land Registry invests £2.3m in AI system to support hybrid working
The Land Registry is investing £2.3m in an AI-enabled customer service platform that will allow its...
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Enormous challenges | Volkswagen Group eyes up a further 50,000 job cuts under its Future Plan 2030
Automotive giant Volkswagen has announced its intentions to reduce its workforce by a further 50,000...
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Heat Check | Victoria Smith will become City of London Corporation's CPO in November
Victoria Smith has been appointed as Executive Director of HR and Chief People Officer...
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Enormous challenges | Volkswagen Group eyes up a further 50,000 job cuts under its Future Plan 2030
Automotive giant Volkswagen has announced its intentions to reduce its workforce...
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Heat Check | Roberta Duarte to re-join Maersk as CPO following Werfen tenure
Roberta Duarte, currently Chief People Officer for global medical tech company Werfen,...
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Heat Check | Paula Coughlan to join Sainsbury's as CPO in 2027
Sainsbury's has announced the appointment of Paula Coughlan as Chief People Officer...
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'Technical issues' | Minimum wage breaches list exposes hidden payroll risks for HR
HR and payroll teams have been warned that administrative mistakes, salary deductions...
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ADHD | HR worker was 'set up to fail' after being made to do payroll from a 'cupboard'
A hotel's only in-house HR worker was stripped of the duties she excelled at and...
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Hiring | Apprenticeship demand outstrips vacancies as hiring shifts into new professions
Employer demand for apprentices may have fallen from its post-pandemic peak, but...
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Money & wellbeing | Financial stress hits productivity as workers struggle to understand benefits
Financial anxiety is affecting employees' ability to work effectively, while many...
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Apprentices to experts | Chancellor invites budget ideas from every level of Treasury staff
Apprentices, IT workers and junior officials will have the chance to pitch ideas...
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'Generational fault line' | Youth unemployment in UK dips as ONS releases latest findings
The Office for National Statistics has released its latest NEET findings, which showed...
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'KickStarter' | Sainsbury's launches work experience programme creating 10,000 opportunities
Sainsbury's has announced KickStarter, its latest work experience programme, which...
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Workplace stability | London Fire Brigade becomes 300th Living Hours employer in UK
London Fire Brigade has today announced its commitment to providing secure working...
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Fresh start | UK grocer Morrisons to provide 1000 apprenticeship opportunities by 2030
Morrisons, the UK Grocer, has launched the Fresh Start Programme, which will offer...
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Broadband to blue sky | Kathleen Maes takes the helm as Gatwick CHRO
Kathleen Maes has taken the helm of London Gatwick's HR operations as Chief Human...
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'Impact, not intention' | BBC's Strictly settlement shows why HR must act early on bullying concerns
The BBC's reported five-figure settlement with Amanda Abbington highlights the...
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'Stark reality' | UK labour market stuck in 'low hire, low fire' cycle as vacancies fall
Employers and the Government have been urged to stimulate recruitment as falling...
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Comms controversy | Football club admits email to long-serving staff 'should have been handled better'
The Premier League club has apologised over how it communicated contract decisions...
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£3bn dilemma | Think tank proposes guaranteed 30 hour work week amid zero-hour contract reforms
Workers without fixed hours who regularly work between 20 and 30 hours a week face...
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'Deteriorating wellbeing' | Could better management ease the UK's workplace mental health crisis?
Research found that employees working under better-quality line managers reported...
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Next generation | A-level results 2026: Why employers must protect the routes beyond university
Employers are being urged to look beyond grades and protect the apprenticeships,...
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Home alone | Working from home is fuelling loneliness - how can HR rebuild connection?
Working from home has transformed where and how millions of people work, but new...
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'Potential harms' | Employee monitoring tech faces review amid privacy & wellbeing concerns
Employers could face new rules governing the use of keystroke logging, biometric...
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KPMG, REC report | UK jobs market shows 'rays of light' as permanent hiring downturn ends
Permanent staff appointments held steady in July following 45 consecutive months...
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'Message is clear' | Is health and wellbeing just a tick-box exercise? More than half of employees think so
New research has raised questions over whether employers' health and wellbeing...
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Workplace conflict | Acas proposes major grievance procedure overhaul with focus on early resolution
Employers and workers would be encouraged to address workplace concerns informally...
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Digital burnout | 95% of HR leaders report rising workloads as AI training demands grow
Already stretched HR and L&D teams are being left to manage growing skills, governance...
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‘From the beach’ | Bank of England plays down criticism of 'work from abroad' HR policy
The Bank of England has addressed complaints about a policy which permits staff to...
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