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Tech giant Microsoft is to reduce the size of its global workforce by 3%, despite strong results in its latest quarter.

The operators of the two largest UK bioethanol facilities have warned the government that last week’s trade deal with the...

The UK-US deal on tariffs agreed yesterday will save ‘thousands’ of jobs, according to prime minister Keir Starmer.

An executive order issued by President Trump signifies a major reversal for protections from discrimination and may have significant ramifications for the workplace.

Workers in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the UK have a heightened level of anxiety over the spread of US corporate culture in Europe

Closer alignment with the EU was becoming an urgent priority for many businesses, the IoD poll found.

JCB has said it will expand its US operations in response to President Trump’s tariffs – with the effect on UK jobs as yet unclear.

Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.

It is unlikely that Trump has any legal authority to move against the agency because the agency's funding and programmes are authorised and funded by Congress.

Ice-cream firm Ben & Jerry’s has said its chief executive, David Stever, was being removed by its parent company, Unilever, over the company’s political and social activism.

Google is to pay $28m (£21.5m) to settle racial bias claims against the business, according to lawyers involved in the case.

Fewer UK-owned global companies will proclaim their commitment to DEI because of how that might impact their position in the US.

US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.

Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’

Apple CEO Tim Cook has hinted that the company could change its stance on diversity and inclusion practices amid a swathe of anti-DEI orders.