HR practice

Only a tiny proportion of employers still enforce ‘strict’ dress codes, according to research from Brightmine.
The company found that...

Facebook owner Meta has told staff it will cut around 5% of its global workforce, and will use the company’s performance management system to do so.

James Watt says UK is ‘one of the world’s least work-oriented countries’, in defence of his criticism of work-life balance.

The CIPD is urging employers to offer flexible working provisions as more weather warnings are issued across the UK.

Advertising giant WPP has informed its employees that they will have to return to the office for at least four days a week from April.

An MP plans to introduce a 'safe leave' Bill this week that would give victims of domestic abuse access to paid time off work.

Ruth Christy and Paul Fontes highlight the issues concerning whistleblowing and look at developments in the financial services sector.

An MP has led a debate on strengthening employee rights for terminally ill workers.

With Christmas just a matter of days away, John Mullally asks employers to consider their financial and mental wellbeing provisions.   

The CIPD calls for the government to engage in meaningful consultation to avoid negative outcomes from the Employment Rights Bill.

One hundred police officers are now working on a criminal investigation of current and past Post Office employees, civil servants and lawyers.

Zero-hours reforms should not apply to agency workers, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

One in four workers plan to quit their jobs in 2025 according to predicted attrition data from 10 million UK employees.

Physchological distance: Leadership consultant Nik Kinley examines the lessons we can learn from the Gregg Wallace controversy

Recruiters make pioneering use of toilet paper while a nicotine pouch company from Scandinavia tells us Brits to stop drinking so much tea at work.