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Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
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    Government launches ‘landmark’ review of parental leave

    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2025

    The government has launched what it is calling a “landmark” review of parental leave and pay, including what the statutory...

    • National living wage
    • Benefits
    • Latest News

    Graduate pay versus the living wage: an HR headache?

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025

    Rising national living wage rates combined with stagnant pay growth now mean many entry-level graduate roles are perilously close to...

    • Zero hours
    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses

    Graduate jobs this summer ‘will be toughest since 2018’

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025

    New graduates coming into the jobs’ market this summer will face a real bun fight, research has warned, with graduate...

    • Hybrid working
    • Candidate experience
    • Competencies

    Employers struggling with soaring candidate deception

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025

    Employers are struggling to cope with a deluge of identity fraud, false credentials, use of AI, and even undisclosed convictions...

    • Age
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Employers bemoan Gen Z’s lack of ‘work readiness’ but fail to offer support

    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2025

    A third of employers (35%) believe a lack of ‘work readiness’ in Gen Z and younger generations will be one...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Two-thirds of workers still struggling to access GPs for health needs

    by Nic Paton 10 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 10 Jun 2025

    Almost two-thirds of UK employees (62%) say they are still finding it difficult to book a doctor’s appointment and as...

    • Benefits
    • Latest News
    • Health insurance

    Employers wrestling with rising cost of providing benefits

    by Nic Paton 10 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 10 Jun 2025

    The rising cost of providing employee benefits is focusing the minds of employers, as businesses grapple with economic uncertainty and...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Fit for Work
    • Latest News

    One-third have witnessed substance abuse at work

    by Nic Paton 3 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 3 Jun 2025

    One in three employees (34%) admit either to using or witnessing substance use or addictive behaviours during work hours, according...

    • Fit for Work
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability

    Half with MS have left a job because lack of support

    by Nic Paton 3 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 3 Jun 2025

    Half of people (50%) living with multiple sclerosis (MS) say they have left a job because of factors relating to...

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Latest News

    Uncertainty over law hampering legal use of medical cannabis

    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025

    A growing number of UK employees are now legally using medical cannabis to manage conditions such as chronic pain, anxiety...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Stress

    Employers ‘worryingly’ ignorant about stress risk assessments

    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025

    Employer awareness, understanding and compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress risk assessment requirements remains “worryingly” low, a poll...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Awareness weeks fuel spike in demand for mental health support

    by Nic Paton 19 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 19 May 2025

    Demand from employees for support around mental ill health rose by 10% in the weeks following Mental Health Awareness Week...

    • Employee relations
    • Ethics
    • Data protection

    ‘Polygamous working’ is a minefield for HR

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025

    ‘Polygamous working’, or secretly holding down more than one full-time job, may be on the rise, especially with remote or...

    • Counselling
    • Latest News
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Data highlights positive link between group income support and return to work

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2025

    Nearly three-quarters of workers (72%) who had to take time off for illness last year but were also working for...

    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence management
    • Reproductive health

    Period pain and absence harm women’s pay and progression

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2025

    Four in 10 women feel that the impact of period pain and menstrual symptoms has knocked their pay and progression...

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