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Two-thirds of employees are using wrong and potentially harmful terms to discuss suicide, according to MHFA England.
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Home Office errors relating to pay rates for skilled workers could lead to costly overpayments for those recruiting overseas talent.
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With the UK’s skills system ‘in a mess’ according to Keir Starmer, the UK’s new skills strategy could do worse than look at how schemes similar to Skills England have fared in the Netherlands.
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A new law which was expected to give people the right to request predictable working hours has been ditched.
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The government’s plans ‘have the potential to make real inroads in the problem of insecurity at work, and would particularly benefit low-paid workers’.
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The EHRC has issued new guidance on how best support disabled employees with hybrid workers.
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The Low Pay Commission prepares to reduce the pay gap between 18-20-year-olds and those aged 21 and over as part of its new government remit.
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Recruitment & retention
Reimagining the employee lifecycle as a public sector employer (webinar)
by Rob Mossby Rob MossON-DEMAND | Watch our webinar examining the employee lifecycle as an “infinity loop”, one that attracts, develops and retains staff while supporting them through life events.
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Local government staff in England and Wales are voting on whether to take strike action over pay in a six-week balloting process.
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A public services workforce commission that would bring together unions, employers and academics to fix the UK’s ‘broken public realm’ has been proposed.
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Benefits
Employee Benefits Live 2024: Unknotting your global benefits tangle
by Zoe Wickensby Zoe WickensMerlin Entertainments’ Janet McKenzie will present the closing keynote on the first day of Employee Benefits Live 2024.
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Stafforce is opening seven new sites as part of its UK expansion plans, which it describes as “making a significant investment in its future”.
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BenefitsLatest NewsPay & benefitsPayrollWork-life balance
Young workers hard to manage, research finds
Young employees are causing problems in the workplace, with seven in 10 employers admitting they struggle to manage them.
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Retail giant Amazon has awarded a pay deal for its tens of thousands of UK employees worth nearly 10%.
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Maternity and paternity
Private sector employees miss out on enhanced maternity pay
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherMore than 2.5 million women working in the private sector are missing out on enhanced maternity pay, according to data from Brightmine.