Technology & Data

System overload | BMW HR portal reportedly crashes following launch of severance programme

'Affect their credibility' | AI stigma leaves civil servants reluctant to admit to using it

Future of hiring | More than half of UK employers don't use AI in recruitment

Widening gap | Employers warn AI recruitment tools are worsening the UK's human skills gap

'Tools they need' | Land Registry invests £2.3m in AI system to support hybrid working

Comms controversy | Football club admits email to long-serving staff 'should have been handled better'

'Potential harms' | Employee monitoring tech faces review amid privacy & wellbeing concerns

Digital burnout | 95% of HR leaders report rising workloads as AI training demands grow

Hiring slowdown | Graduate job postings fall to lowest mid-year level since 2020

'Doesn't seem right' | Andy Burnham urges employers to rethink virtual interviews & AI screening

Pre-GPT | Workers are becoming nostalgic for life before generative AI

'Clear answers' | Burnham Government's AI reset must build trust among small firms, FSB says

'Abused his position' | Council worker spared jail after four-day snooping spree on personal data

Capital gains | London workers are outpacing the rest of UK on AI skills

• Promoted by General Assembly

Skills Compact | Major finance firms join 'once in a generation' scheme to upskill 250,000+ employees on AI & more

Comms controversy | How a GIF in a work group chat led to a harassment ruling

'Future ready' | London-based tobacco giant cuts 5,500 jobs as AI transformation gathers pace

'Effective & competent' | HR professional wins first court case using AI lawyer

'Practical & accessible' | Lloyds targets more than 1,000 new AI roles as it expands agentic AI capability

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'Onboard & train them' | HR could become responsible for managing AI workers, Accenture boss suggests