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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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‘Should not create problems’ | Lloyds Banking Group tells staff to meet office attendance requirements - or risk losing bonuses
Senior bank employees are expected in the office at least two days a week.
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‘Treating us like children’ | JPMorgan & WPP staff push back against return-to-office mandates
JPMorgan has shut down an internal forum where staff criticised the controversial return-to-office...
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'People are scared' | HR experts react as McDonald's rocked by new harassment & bullying scandal
This article explores new claims of bullying, harassment and abuse of employees, by colleagues and managers,...
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Dimon’s demands | JPMorgan to order staff back to office five days a week
JPMorgan is planning to order staff back to the office full-time, upping requirements for many of the...
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Finances | Support working parents with childcare & commuting, thinktank urges
This news article explores calls from a thinktank to better support working families financially in a...
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'Being seen is important' | WFH women could miss out on career progression - Nationwide CEO
The building society boss says a physical presence is "really important"...
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Report on jobs | Demand for staff falls off after Labour budget
Demand for staff fell last month after the new Labour government's first budget...
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'Benefits evident' | 4 day week improves staff health but clashes with business needs, new trial finds
A new study suggests that a four-day working week could improve employee wellbeing and even extend life...
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‘We’re grown-ups’ | Yahoo staff delighted by HR's move to ditch 'spoon-fed' performance reviews, CPO says
Yahoo's decision to abandon twice-yearly traditional performance reviews in favour of ongoing, manager-led...
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