Emergency Volunteer Leave: what HR needs to know

Announced in the Coronavirus Bill last month, the government intends to introduce a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave...

The lasting effects of coronavirus on HR and business

The Covid-19 crisis will change how we work in future. Gartner’s Brian Kropp looks at the impact of the pandemic...

Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud

Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...

April 2020 employment law changes: eight tasks for HR

Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....

IR35 reforms postponed until April 2021

Changes to the IR35 off-payroll working rules in the private sector have been delayed by 12 months in response to...

Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed

Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement...

Soon-to-expire visas: do new Home Office allowances provide enough relief?

We examine how far rule changes go towards helping overseas citizens with soon-to-expire visas who are unable to travel.

Home Office warns of delay in EU settlement scheme decisions

EU citizens applying to remain in the UK following Brexit have been warned their application may take longer to be...

Frontline health workers granted visa extension

Home secretary Priti Patel has announced that frontline NHS workers whose visas are due to expire before 1 October will...

Opening doors: the benefits of recruiting ex-offenders

With research suggesting skills shortages in some sectors are at their highest level since 2008, an increasing number of employers...

Businesses find themselves in modern slavery limbo

With legal action hovering over British American Tobacco, and G4S shares being blacklisted by an investment fund, it’s clear that...

IR35: Time for the private sector to get its house in order?

Recent decisions by major employers such as Barclays and Lloyds to bring all contractors onto payroll have ruffled feathers in...

Huge rise in crop-picking job searches

Indeed, Monster and TotalJobs report surge in farm-related job searches from within the UK.

Coronavirus to put downward pressure on wage growth

Employers expect pay increases to remain low in the year ahead, as they consider the financial impact the coronavirus outbreak...

Ten key points about the sponsor licence system

Gaining a sponsor licence will be crucial for many organisations under the new immigration system; but it can be a complex procedure.

Apprentices can continue learning while furloughed

Apprentices who have been furloughed are allowed to continue their training as long as it does not provide a service...

Personnel Today Awards 2020 open for entries

Entries have opened for the 2020 Personnel Today Awards, recognising the HR professionals, teams and suppliers that have delivered outstanding...

Apprenticeship providers “on brink of collapse”

Private apprenticeship training providers are “on the brink of collapse” after failing to secure financial support from the Department for...

Unpaid work means women underpaid by £126bn

Unpaid work such as childcare, cooking and cleaning means the gender pay gap is much higher than official figures, according...

April 2020 employment law changes: eight tasks for HR

Each April, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the latest round of amended employment laws and deadlines....

Personnel Today Awards 2020 open for entries

Entries have opened for the 2020 Personnel Today Awards, recognising the HR professionals, teams and suppliers that have delivered outstanding...

Emergency Volunteer Leave: what HR needs to know

Announced in the Coronavirus Bill last month, the government intends to introduce a temporary right to statutory emergency volunteering leave...

The lasting effects of coronavirus on HR and business

The Covid-19 crisis will change how we work in future. Gartner’s Brian Kropp looks at the impact of the pandemic...

Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud

Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...

Financial wellbeing: why the time to act is now (webinar)

Wednesday 29 April 2020, 2:00pm BST

So far, 2020 has been an extremely turbulent time for people’s finances. 
Although the...

Mental health: why employees don’t ask for help (webinar)

ON -DEMAND | | As coronavirus has an unprecedented impact on people's lives, employees' mental health is in the spotlight. But admitting...

Coronavirus: What employers need to know (webinar)

ON-DEMAND | As the true impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic becomes apparent, employers are facing...

Personnel Today Awards 2020 open for entries

Entries have opened for the 2020 Personnel Today Awards, recognising the HR professionals, teams and suppliers that have delivered outstanding...

Personnel Today Awards 2019: The Co-op takes overall winner prize

The Co-op has won the “best of the best” trophy at the 2019 Personnel Today Awards.

Personnel Today Awards 2019: Great Western Railway on track with Managing Change Award

Train operator Great Western Railway got the green signal from the Personnel Today Awards 2019 judges, bagging the Managing Change...

Spain may launch permanent universal basic income

New income system will continue after the coronavirus crisis in the country abates, signals deputy prime minister.

US unemployment claims leap three million in a week

The US Department of Labor has announced that new unemployment insurance claims leapt by more than three million last week...

How Europe is supporting workers in the coronavirus outbreak

As chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to announce plans to support the wages of millions of worker we look at similar schemes in their infancy on the Continent.