Four in five HR leaders in financial services say their organisation is facing a skills crisis.

IR35 reforms in the private sector have posed significant challenges for organisations that want to use contractors for short-term project work.

Neo4j’s Amy Holder examines recent predictions that graph databases will be the basis for a new wave of more human-centric HR systems.

Fears over staff burnout have led dating app company Bumble to close its offices this week to allow staff some free time.

UK banking organisation NatWest Group has introduced employee discounts for a multitude of fertility treatments.

Bars, cafes and restaurants across the UK are continuing to report a lack of staff with many having to operate reduced hours because of the shortages.

Hospitality firms have increased pay by up to 14% to attract temporary workers amid staff shortages, a flexible working marketplace claims.

Supplied by National Rail, the tickets allow unlimited travel between two stations on any eight days in a 28-day period.

Baroness Dido Harding, candidate to be the new chief of the NHS, has pledged to make the health service less reliant on foreign workers.

Restaurant chain McDonald’s plans to hire 20,000 new roles in the UK and Ireland as it opens 50 new outlets.

Some furloughed staff feel the time off work has been ‘great’, former business secretary Dame Andrea Leadsom has said.

Average pay awards still lie below inflation at 2%, according to data from HR and reward consultancy Paydata.