Google owner Alphabet says it will no longer set hiring targets to improve workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)
Global HR
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President Trump claimed that one potential underlying reason for the crash was DEI policies and the Democrat party's role in encouraging them.
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Almost all federal employees have until 6 February to decide whether to resign, as Donald Trump reduces government headcount.
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Cardiff University confirms proposals to cut 400 academic jobs – 7% of its total workforce – in an effort to secure long-term future.
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More than 1,000 British jobs have been saved following the takeover of Titanic shipbuilder Harland & Wolff (H&W).
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Most senior HR and c-suite professionals in the UK expect the rapid retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion programmes in the US to influence the UK workplace.
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LinkedIn has been accused in the US of sharing users’ private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence models.
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The US government has issued a memo to federal agencies telling them to prepare to lay off staff who work in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility programmes.
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UK HR professionals are waiting to see how the inauguration of Donald Trump will have a ripple effect on UK diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
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An average worker in Burnley will earn in a full year what a worker in London will be paid by August, according to Centre for Cities.
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This year, organisations will see continued employee activism driving the adoption of responsible AI principles. Progressive organisations will embrace this.
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James Watt says UK is ‘one of the world’s least work-oriented countries’, in defence of his criticism of work-life balance.
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The board of Apple is urging shareholders to vote against a proposal to rollback on its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
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The CIPD is urging employers to offer flexible working provisions as more weather warnings are issued across the UK.
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The EU AI Act is due to come into force in February, and will impact any company that develops or deploys large language model tools in the EU.