Adam McCulloch

There a couple of points that can be made about the conclave in an HR context. But only a couple.

The government is to cut the length of postgraduate teaching apprenticeships from 12 to nine months to bring them in line with the school year.

Workers could be awarded compensation after their death if businesses breach a ban on zero-hours contracts.

The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has told its senior staff to return to the office five days a week.

A strategic adviser on artificial intelligence has been appointed at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

British Steel plans to recruit more than 180 workers, just weeks after ministers rescued 2,700 jobs at the Scunthorpe-based company.

The largest oil and gas field operator in the North Sea is cutting 250 jobs because of what it calls the ‘punitive’ fiscal regime in oil and gas.

A mini-heatwave has enveloped the UK and HR has come up with another word in its unceasing battle with low productivity. Are the two developments linked?

Allegations of bullying were made against the professor by a former member of his team after they resigned in 2018. Prof Ahmed said the allegations were a ‘malicious retaliation’.

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.