Apprenticeship levy-paying employers are only using an average of 55.5% of available funds; the regime is not working as well as employers perceive it should finds research.
Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh is editor of OHW+ and HR and wellbeing editor at Personnel Today. Ashleigh's areas of interest include employee health and wellbeing, equality and inclusion and skills development. She has hosted many webinars for Personnel Today, on topics including employee retention, financial wellbeing and menopause support. Prior to joining Personnel Today in 2018, she covered the road transport sector for Commercial Motor and Motor Transport magazines, touching on some of the employment and wellbeing issues experienced by those in road haulage.
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Providing inadequate toilets at work for women was sex discrimination, an appeal judge has ruled.
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Employee grievances are on the rise, a survey finds, as cost-of-living pressures bite and relationships at work become strained.
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Tech sector redundancies continue as PayPal reveals plans for mass job losses as it battles economic challenges.
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EE has a new bank holiday working policy, where employees who work the five non-festive bank holidays will be entitled to five additional days off.
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The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill has been voted through the House of Commons, but ministers have been accused of pushing it through without proper scrutiny.
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Decision to reduce the amount of compensation owed to a disabled civil servant who was dismissed because of his absence record was not discriminatory.
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NHS England is to set out a workforce plan to ensure the health service is able to cope with future challenges, its chief executive has said.
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The government has launched a £1m fund for new ideas to help more people access occupational health, especially those employed by SMEs or the self-employed.
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There needs to be a shift from treating people when they become too ill to work, to preventing them from getting ill in the first place, a group of MPs have been told
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Employers should be legally required to offer mental health first aid training, an MP has proposed.
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A report claims that delays in assessments for the Access to Work scheme mean many people with sight loss are having job offers withdrawn.
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A think-tank says employers should have to inform staff about how changes to their working hours affect savings.
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One in three young people have turned down a job offer because the employer's ESG commitments were not in line with their values.
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There has been an increase in the number of workers experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm, according to a survey.