Economics, government & business
Tesco asks former staff to return redundancy overpayments
Former Tesco staff who were made redundant last month have been asked to return redundancy sums that were overpaid to...
EU settled status: how employers can help their European staff
Last week Personnel Today ran an opinion piece which criticised the EU Settlement Scheme, the process that EU, EEA or...
Integrate learning into jobs, say L&D experts
Learning will need to be better integrated into employees' daily tasks, especially in busy environments: a key message from the Festival of Work
Festival of Work: Why job automation is an opportunity, not a threat
The implications of job automation was hotly debated by speakers at the CIPD's Festival of Work this week, where Gary Kasparov was among the key speakers
EU settled status scheme looks far from settled
Home Office cannot afford to ignore the lessons of the Windrush scandal and suffer the resulting reputational damage.
Ford ‘to close Bridgend site’ by September 2020
Ford will close its Bridgend manufacturing plant by September 2020 with the loss of 1,700 jobs, workers have been told....
MPs say EU settlement scheme risks Windrush re-run
The scheme could lead to the unnecessary and unlawful deportations of people who should be entitled to live and work in the UK.
Talk to the money: Why finance and HR must collaborate more
This HR-finance partnership is hugely valuable to organisations if they can get it right. But new research has revealed collaboration is proving difficult to instigate.
Proportion of workers in low-paid roles at a 40-year low
The government is on track to eliminate low pay by the middle of the next decade, analysis has found.
Address north-south jobs divide, says inequality report
More than half of the UK’s future job growth will be in London and the south-east, according to a report...
Expand shortage occupation list to meet skills needs
The shortage occupation list should be expanded to allow more migrant workers to fill a wider range of health, IT...
More firms commit to employing ex-offenders
An additional 230 organisations – including Greene King and Pret A Manger – have committed to hiring ex-offenders, as the...
Employees keen to get to grips with future of work
Companies need to do more to prepare employees for the future of work – but employees have a “keen sense...
Outsourced government workers strike over pay
Outsourced workers at two government departments are striking over low pay and changes to pay cycles which a union has...
British Steel collapse puts thousands of jobs at risk
British Steel is to go into administration, putting some 5,000 UK jobs at risk and endangering 20,000 roles in its...
