Adam McCulloch

Hundreds of workers at the energy regulator Ofgem are being balloted over strike action in a dispute over pay and jobs.

The results from a survey of over 270 UK HR decision makers suggests that most (94%) are affected by work stress and find at least one aspect of their job stressful.

University of East Anglia staff began nine days of strike action yesterday (1 May) over a threat of compulsory redundancies and lack of financial transparency.

Unite union members at Red Handling and Redline Oil are set to strike in May and June, with some overlap in the industrial action.

The IER argued that the proposals concerning fire and rehire would still allow employers to dismiss and re-engage staff under vaguely defined ‘likely financial difficulties’.

Business optimism has risen to its highest level since September 2024 according to the Institute of Directors.

The talks represent Acas’s first major involvement in attempts to end the full strike since it started, on 11 March.

More than a quarter of workers are worried that artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, according to an Acas study.

AI could add £400bn to the UK economy by 2030 through increased productivity but only a small proportion of this boost would occur unless the country embraced the new technology

Employment Rights Bill: companies fear the difficulties of implementing so many changes at one time.

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

An employment judge who delayed providing written reasons in a case for six months has been issued with formal advice for misconduct.

In a letter to Labour’s shadow foreign secretary MPs and peers asked for a bespoke youth visa scheme for UK and EU citizens under 30. 

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

Compared with 2024, the number of directors that cited succession planning as a difficult issue to oversee has more than doubled in the US.