Adam McCulloch

A former worker on railway project High Speed 2 lost his job after accusing management of disguising the true price of the long-delayed railway project.

Each business body has struck a very different tone with the IoD highlighting a ‘recovery in business confidence’, while the CBI found ‘little sign of summer cheer.’

The House of Lords will resume their detailed scrutiny of the Employment Rights Bill at committee stage on Tuesday 3 June.

The white paper says that people coming into the UK will only be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 10 years, not the current five. In most EU countries the application point is set at five years.

Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK, finds MAC study.

Mayfield: ‘There is a lot of fear. People who are fearful of disclosing their condition … and also fear on the side of the line manager, of saying the wrong thing.’

Businesses with employees who travel to the US are being warned that there is a new level of risk attached to trips to the country.

A sustained bounce-back in hiring this year remains possible but employers still have significant concerns about the strength of the economy.

An employee of electrical chain Currys has failed in his claim of race discrimination against the retailer after his mug had gone missing in the office.

The figures reveal a decrease of 26,000 young men but an increase among young women of 19,000.

The claimant joined Roke Manor Research in 2020 as a software engineer, but struggled with poor timekeeping. He was later diagnosed with ADHD.

Resident doctors (formerly junior doctors) will receive 5.4%, doctors 4% and nurses and other health care staff 3.6%.

The number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating is provisionally estimated to be 431,000 in the year ending December 2024.

The sharp decline in international student enrolment was not only a threat to the sector’s financial sustainability but to the UK’s broader economic prospects, it was claimed.

Staff at the finance giant have been warned via a memo that office attendance could lead to a pay cut via annual appraisals.