New legislation around zero-hours working risks enveloping agency workers and pushing companies into promoting ‘false self-employment’, MPs hear.
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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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White-collar workers in their forties and fifties are more likely to experience career crises than lower-skilled workers in the same age group
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The rise in employers’ national insurance contributions from this April is likely to cause an overall slowing of long-term wage growth.
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Retailers such as Greggs, Iceland and frozen ready-meal firm Cook are to take a leading role in supporting offenders gain employment.
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Sainsbury’s has announced it will increase wages by 5% from £12 an hour to £12.60 by August.
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McDonald’s has faced stinging criticism this week after signalling it was rowing back on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
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The case brings into sharp focus the complexity of employment status – something that the Labour government has promised to simplify.
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Prejudice over regional accents is rife in the legal profession, a KC has claimed, and should be made a legally protected characteristic.
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The fall in vacancies was at the steepest recorded in more than four years, with the fall in demand for permanent staff being more severe than at any time since August 2020
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According to the latest report by job search engine Adzuna, this growth signals renewed employer confidence as the year closes.
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The companies say they will cut up to 7% of their combined employee base.
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Volkswagen has agreed a deal with the IG Metall trade union that will avoid further strikes, plant closures in Germany and immediate compulsory redundancies.
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The Post Office's ‘flipping’ practice saw staff sacked then rehired as contractors on inflated rates.
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MAC annual report points to need for nuanced approach for reducing immigration while filling roles with domestic workers.