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Nearly half (48%) of all firms said finding the right staff was their biggest recruitment challenge over the festive season.
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BT faces additional costs of around £100 million following last week’s Budget announcement by the chancellor.
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Roz Adams, the counsellor who lost her job at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, awarded £69,000 – nearly double the amount anticipated.
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Employment judges decides Man City must pay Benjamin Mendy’s unpaid wages after he was cleared of sexual offences.
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Asda is cutting 475 jobs at its head offices and ordering staff back to the workplace as it restructures the business.
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Nissan is slashing 9,000 jobs globally while its chief executive has taken a 50% pay cut in a bid to curb its losses.
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Senior doctors and consultants across Scotland accept 10.5% basic pay increase backdated to 1 April following negotiations.
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According to analysis from the TUC, the disability pay gap is now 17.2%, meaning that non-disabled employees now earn £2.35 an hour more than disabled workers.
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Infertility
Fertility at work: Employers can make all the difference
by Seema Duggalby Seema DuggalDuring National Fertility Awareness Week, Seema Duggal explains the profound affect fertility issues can have on employees.
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Race discrimination
Black scholar ‘denied’ job interview loses race discrimination claim
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA black scholar at the University of Cambridge who was denied an interview for a more senior role has lost a claim for race discrimination at tribunal.
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Almost one in six ‘sandwich carers’ find it difficult to cope financially, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese has called for HR professionals to find their role in building ‘responsible’ business amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
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The CIPD Trust has helped more than 500 people get into or return to work, according to its annual impact report.
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Ethnicity
Church of England: lack of role models hinders progression for ethnic minorities
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA report into institutional racism in the Church of England has concluded there is a “lack of diversity in leadership” in the Church.
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A delivery driver who swore at a colleague during an argument at work wins his unfair dismissal case and is now in line for compensation.