Europe

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.

Centre for Cities hybrid working research shows full-time London workers now spend 2.7 days in the office, up from 2.2 days last year.

Downing Street says government plans to introduce a ‘right to switch off’ could boost productivity by allowing people time to rest.

Waitress sexually harassed and dismissed by her boss after only a month awarded nearly £43,000 at the employment tribunal.

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) must pay a former executive more than €550,000 in compensation for unfair dismissal.

Fewer than half of UK headquartered businesses are ready to meet the requirements of the European Union Pay Transparency directive.

Hiring intentions in London are outpacing the rest of the UK, but the REC believes it could be encouraging news for the whole economy.

Supermarket chain Aldi is set to open four more stores in London, creating 150 new jobs by the end of the year.

Council of Europe finds that unfair dismissal protections in Spain are insufficient and its legislation breaches the European Social Charter.

Irish government announces it will extend parents' leave benefit allowance from seven weeks to nine weeks as of next month.

Sales representative Mark Graham settles his disability discrimination case against Haldane Fisher builders’ merchant for £20,000.

German police officer loses appeal to overturn dismissal after he stole 180kg of cheddar cheese from an overturned refrigerated lorry.

Organisational resilience and business continuity under threat from new wave of geopolitical volatility.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has revealed he stops working at six o'clock on Fridays to spend time with family.

Report finds issues when it comes to getting professional qualifications recognised in the EU, including differences in costs.