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Gender balance | Women take more FTSE 100 board seats but CEO numbers remain low
The number of women sitting on the boards of the UK's biggest businesses has grown, a new report shows,...
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'Foster connection' | Corporate events poised for strong growth in 2025, research finds
Four in five firms will increase or maintain current spending on corporate events...
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Confidentiality | Manchester United CEO threatens to sack staff over leaks to press
Manchester United employees have been warned by the club's chief executive that they are committing...
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‘Essential’ | European Central Bank extends 'work-from-anywhere' perk after glowing staff feedback
88% of employees said the freedom to work remotely in the EU and beyond positively impacted their work-life...
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'Win-win-win' | CIPD Trust launches guide to support HR in hiring refugees
New guidance outlines business benefits of hiring refugees, including tackling skills shortages and creating...
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Trust & transparency | HR pros back AI in hiring, but corporate guidelines are holding them back
HR departments are increasingly implementing AI within hiring as employees also capitalise on the technology...
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'Structural bias' | Racial disparities in WFH raise concerns about equity of return-to-office mandates, study finds
Racial disparities in WFH raise concerns that RTO mandates will not be enforced equitably, according...
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L&D | Workers feel growing pressure to re-skill amid job security concerns
More than half of UK workers fear their jobs won't exist in five years...
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Bridging the gap | CIPD leads research on how HR can support ethical AI adoption
AI can help deliver growth but understanding of impact on jobs, skills needs and organisational strategy...
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Hundreds of millions | Counting the taxpayer cost of whistleblowing failures
Ignoring whistleblowers has cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Symptoms unaddressed | IKEA four-day workweek didn't alleviate long-term burnout, study finds
The research from Ghent University at IKEA Belgium urges employers to be cautious in assuming compressed...
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RTO | Barclays tightens office attendance rules amid ongoing WFH debate
Barclays is clamping down on working from home by increasing the number of days that staff must come...
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Movers Index | Commuting rebounds but travel patterns shift: What it means for employers
British workers are heading back to the office in greater numbers, but their commuting habits are changing...
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Future of work | AI-led automation of jobs could deepen UK inequality, report warns
A 'groundbreaking' new report has shed light on the concerning impact that AI and automation have on...
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HR cuts | People Managers among hundreds of roles being axed at Morrisons
Morrisons has become the second supermarket in less than a week to announce a major round of job cuts,...
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‘Overdue an update’ | 200 more UK employers make permanent switch to a four-day work week
The five-day working week is 'no longer fit for purpose,' asserted the 4 Day Week Foundation's...
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£70k payout | Disabled worker sacked after taking sick leave while awaiting reasonable adjustments
An NHS trust has been ordered to pay more than £70k to a former employee who was dismissed after taking...
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Typos & low output | Museum social media worker wrongly sacked for quality & quantity of work wins £22k
This news article looks at how an employer's shortfalls in a dismissal process has led to a five-figure...
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Davos 2025 | PwC Chairman: We should treat AI as a 'digital colleague'
The timely words came while Goldman Sachs rolled out an AI agent for 10,000 staffers, described by a...
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'Not proper work' | WFH has set UK back 20 years, says ex-Asda, M&S boss
The former boss of Asda and M&S says WFH is not "proper work” and has set the UK's productivity back...
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