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‘Bullying colleagues’ | Asda clashes with union over extra 'coaching' for lowest-performing staff
Asda will offer staff coaching to help its 'slowest staff' become more efficient...
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'Huge milestone' | HR experts react to ban on NDAs in cases of workplace abuse
New legislation will stop confidentiality clauses from being used to silence victims...
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Digital security | Disgruntled IT worker jailed for cyber attack on his own employer
Employee hacked his own firm after being suspended...
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Definitely, maybe an HR issue | Staff productivity could nosedive as Oasis fans try to score last-minute reunion tickets
Workers could spend hours on re-sale websites, experts say...
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EAP | Poor mental health drives 1 in 3 employee helpline calls, data shows
Britain's poor mental health continues to be the main driver of calls to employee assistance helplines,...
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'Not logged on' | WFH employee caught lying about working hours was fairly sacked
An employee falsified her timesheets by at least 53 hours...
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'Worrying paradox' | HR professionals have highest absenteeism in the UK workforce
Workers in the HR sector have the highest rates of absenteeism in the UK, new data has revealed. An expert...
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‘Chilling effect’ | Black employees most likely to be targeted by workplace surveillance - report
The IPPR called for new legislation to give employees a 'genuine voice' over how they are monitored...
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£30k tribunal | Employee forced out for working from home to supervise gardener
HR questioned a senior worker's priorities after choosing to work from home to oversee some gardening...
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Laziness & credit-stealing | These are the top triggers for workplace anger - and what HR can do about them
From colleagues not doing their jobs properly to overbearing bosses, what riles up your coworkers?
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'An accident' | Worker sacked after exposing genitals on Teams call
Employee's accidental exposure 'damaged' firm's reputation, tribunal hears...
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'Stepping back' | Gary Lineker leaves BBC after social media controversy
Bosses called the star's position “untenable” after a recent social post...
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TikTok talk | How social media shapes the way we talk to colleagues
Research uncovers the extent of social media's influence on workplace dynamics...
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WFH study | Remote working fails to spread jobs more evenly across UK - report finds
Hopes that working from home would help struggling UK regions attract high-skilled workers are not being...
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Work-life balance | 4-day week set to take over by 2030 as UK workers predict its rise
Over three-quarters of UK employees believe a four-day week would improve their work-life balance...
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ONS latest | UK jobs market weakens as employer caution deepens
New figures suggest employers are becoming more hesitant to hire in the face of rising costs...
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'Let down' | NHS bosses apologise to staff over 'toxic' workplace culture
NHS bosses in Scotland have apologised to staff after a report found evidence of a toxic workplace culture...
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'Proactive steps' | Co-op staff told to keep cameras on during meetings after cyber attack
Workers have been told to keep their cameras on during remote meetings...
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Emails & logins | 21 million screenshots of worker activity exposed in employee monitoring platform breach
A privacy breach on the employee monitoring platform has left emails, internal chats, and confidential...
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Worker safety | More than half of whistleblowing reports come from HR
HR reports make up more than half of whistleblowing reports, according to data...
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