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Sheila Attwood discusses upcoming changes to apprenticeships and the implications on employers.
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JP Morgan is grappling with desk shortages at its London head office after demanding its 22,000 UK employees fully return to the workplace.
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Train drivers on the Elizabeth line are to strike on four separate days over the coming weeks in a dispute over pay. The line, which runs between the east London …
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Barclays doubles its CEO’s pay to £10.5m as the bank’s top performers share a bonus pot of £1.9bn.
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Entries are no longer being accepted to a controversial scheme offering financial rewards for staff resignations.
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Ex-offenders
Removing employment barriers for ex-offenders at HMP Fosse Way
by Max Rumleyby Max RumleyMax Rumley discusses how a facilities management operation staffed by prisoners demonstrates the benefits of training and employment schemes.
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Oil giant Chevron Corporation is to make up to 8,000 employees redundant by the end of 2026 in a bid to cut costs.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s online CV exaggerated how long she spent working at the Bank of England.
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Employee benefit providers Benefex and Benify have merged to become one business known as Benifex. The global reward and benefits platform supports over 3,000 organisations in more than 100 countries. …
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Religious discrimination
Free speech: Kristie Higgs triumphs at Court of Appeal
by Rob Mossby Rob MossChristian school assistant sacked after sharing Facebook posts her employer deemed trans- and homophobic wins case at the Court of Appeal.
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Religious discrimination
Higgs’ victory has ‘profound’ implications for employers
by Rob Mossby Rob MossEmployment lawyers and other experts provide their reaction to the Higgs v Farmor’s School ruling and examine the implications for employers.
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More than a dozen MPs are calling on ministers to consider a four-day working week as part of the Employment Rights Bill.
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Law firm Hill Dickinson restricts employee access to artificial intelligence (AI) tools following a “significant increase” in usage.
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Zurich UK publishes its social mobility pay data, the first insurance company and one of just a handful of companies in the UK to do so.
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Goldman Sachs scraps an internal diversity rule that banned the bank from advising all-male and all-white boards on company flotations.