Global HR

Google is to pay $118 million (£97.7m) to settle an equal pay lawsuit covering thousands of female employees in the US.

Fewer than one in 10 UK employees feels enthusiastic about their job, making the UK workforce one of the most dissatisfied in Europe.

The EU has agreed to launch a directive requiring larger companies to ensure corporate boards are 40% female.

Investments aimed at re-routing economies to improve social outcomes will drive employment across both advanced and developing economies, says the World Economic Forum.

Wages do not have to be held back to help avoid an inflationary wage-price spiral, a leading IMF economist has said.

International HR Day is here. But so is World Bee Day …

Overhauling the UK's 40-year-old statutory sick pay system could benefit the UK to the tune of £3.9bn and better support hundreds of thousands of workers, according to new proposals.

A banker who was accused of 'emotional terrorism' by colleagues has been awarded almost €1.7 million (£1.4m) for unfair dismissal.

Lower adoption of artificial intelligence in the UK has been blamed on AI skills shortages.

Spain is planning to introduce up to five days of 'menstrual leave' per month for employees who suffer severe period pain.

A vet who left the Department of Agriculture and Environment in Northern Ireland has received a £1.25 million settlement.

The Global Business Mobility visa route represents a major overhaul of the immigration system for businesses bringing in foreign workers. So what's changed and how has the sponsor system been adapted?

The agreement comes in the wake of the murder of a female garment worker in Tamil Nadu, allegedly by her supervisor.

Parents in Northern Ireland who suffer a stillbirth or the death of a child will soon be entitled to two weeks’ paid bereavement leave.

Chris Taylor speaks to Tracie Sponenberg, the chief people officer at the Granite Group, about why she consders herself 'business leader specialising in people' over an HR practitioner.