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Hundreds of thousands of care workers were short-changed by up to £3,698 in pay last year, new data reveals

Deloitte UK announces it is equalising parental leave, the first of the Big Four accounting firms to do so.

The average weekly wage for a full-time working woman in Yorkshire and the Humber was £567, much lower than the national average.

Four in five (80%) of carer employees said that additional paid carer’s leave would help them to balance work and caring responsibilities, according to new research.

Personnel Today asks whether the new wage threshold and dependants ban are working only too well – and may cause lasting damage to health services.

An appeal by British Airways relating to associative discrimination and its practice of ‘fire and rehire’ has been thrown out by the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Time women spend out of paid work for caring responsibilities one of most significant contributing factors to gender pensions gap.

Carers UK calls for caring to be made a protected characteristic after finding that many unpaid carers have experienced discrimination.

British Airway takes on government and equalities watchdog at EAT over associative discrimination case relating to ‘fire and rehire’ during the pandemic.

Skills for Care’s Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England warned that the vacancy rate was still three times higher than that of the wider economy.

Telecoms giant BT Group is to roll out a new family leave policy for its UK employees from 1 January 2025.

New legislation offers employees the right to unpaid carer's leave. But a growing number of employers are going above and beyond this, and reaping rewards in terms of engagement.

The Lib Dems have pledged to fund mental health checks to reduce levels of long-term sickness.

Sharp fall in health and social care visas threatens services and growth, warns immigration expert.