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Own goal | Manchester United workers sue club after major HR breach
A group of 167 workers from Manchester United are reportedly suing the Premier League giants for up to...
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Tech fears | Is AI having a dramatically negative impact on worker quality of life?
Research conducted by the Institute for Work thinktank has found that technologies such as AI, robots...
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Data-driven wellbeing | KPMG launches 'energy check-ins' with staff flagged as burnout risks
Accounting giant KPMG has revealed plans to run 'energy check-ins' with employees who are at risk of...
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Live Blog | HR & employment experts react to the Chancellor's Spring Budget 2024
Follow HR Grapevine's live updates on the key takeaways for people leaders following the Chancellor's...
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'Catastrophic effect' | 'Distraught' staff left struggling to pay bills after months of errors in £30m payroll system
Council employees have been facing 'catastrophic' mental health concerns after months of incorrect...
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Voluntary redundancies | IBM asks HR staff to come forward for layoffs amid cost cutting
IBM has asked its staff to volunteer for redundancy amid another round of global job cuts, with a significant...
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'Hijacked the system' | Payroll assistant swindled employer out of £85k with fake expense claims
A payroll assistant conned her employer out of nearly £85,000 by making false expenses payments...
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Privacy concerns | Major leisure firm ordered to stop using facial recognition tech to track staff attendance
The UK's data watchdog has ordered a major leisure firm to end facial recognition and fingerprint...
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'Encouraging bad employers' | Tribunal fees a 'green light' for bad bosses to exploit staff, campaigners warn
This article explores mass calls from lawyers and campaigners to stop the reintroduction of employment...
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'Work your proper hours' | UK staff worked £26 billion of unpaid overtime last year
UK employers claimed £26 billion of free labour last year because of workers doing unpaid overtime,...
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Upskilling & mobility | Quiet Hiring: Managing your global skills strategy
Nadia Alaee, Head of People at Deel, explains how businesses can manage their global skills strategy...
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'Action needed' | 1 in 5 neurodiverse employees have faced harassment or discrimination at work
Only half of neurodivergent employees feel their firm has a supportive climate where people can talk...
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'Totally against it' | Alan Sugar hits out at WFH, saying concept 'bad for morale & learning'
The Apprentice boss Alan Sugar claims WFH is “bad for morale” and that employees can't learn while...
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Wellbeing | AstraZeneca wrongly sacked Dr whose mental health impacted behaviour to staff
An employment judge says AZ should have identified the role that mental health was playing in the conduct...
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'Find a balance' | Scottish Gov's 'work abroad' policy sparks flexible working debate
This article explores policies allowing civil servants in Scotland to work remotely abroad for up to...
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Admin pile-up | Quarter of UK firms spending up to 10 hours a week just scheduling interviews
This article features new data from jobs platform Indeed about the time being consumed by admin task...
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'Turnstile' tracking | EY's monitoring of staff office attendance 'not surprising for HR pros'
An employment law expert tells HR Grapevine the Big Four firm's 'turnstile' tracking system needn't be...
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'Excessively intrusive' | Amazon fined £27m by data watchdog over employee surveillance
This article explores the issue of employee monitoring in the workplace, following a huge fine for Amazon...
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Remote Row | Employment judge rejects senior FCA manager's bid to WFH
Remote working is back in the spotlight after the ruling of an Employment Tribunal Appeal, stating that...
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Wellbeing aid | UK firms plan to use AI to help employee mental health
AI is set to be adopted in workplaces across the country as employers consider new approaches to the...
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