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Rob Moss is a business journalist with more than 25 years' experience. He has been editor of Personnel Today since 2010. He joined the publication in 2006 as online editor of the award-winning website. Rob specialises in labour market economics, gender diversity and family-friendly working. He has hosted hundreds of webinar and podcasts. Before writing about HR and employment he ran news and feature desks on publications serving the global optical and eyewear market, the UK electrical industry, and energy markets in Asia and the Middle East.

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    National living wage and national minimum wage rates confirmed for April 2022

    by Rob Moss 2 Dec 2021
    by Rob Moss 2 Dec 2021

    The government has confirmed that the national living wage will increase by 6.6% from £8.91 to £9.50 as it officially...

    • Latest News
    • Early careers
    • Department for Work and Pensions

    £2bn Kickstart scheme’s jobs may have been created anyway

    by Rob Moss 26 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 26 Nov 2021

    Rishi Sunak’s Kickstart programme to get 16- to 24-year-olds into high-quality jobs may be failing, and the jobs it creates...

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Lidl to create 4,000 jobs with 100 new stores

    by Rob Moss 24 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 24 Nov 2021

    Lidl has announced plans to create 4,000 new jobs across Britain by the end of 2025 after adding more new...

    • Northern Ireland
    • Coronavirus
    • NHS

    Northern Ireland: Stormont emphasises work from home message

    by Rob Moss 23 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 23 Nov 2021

    Northern Ireland ministers have today reinforced their message for people to work from home “where you can” in an effort...

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Skills shortages

    Immigration: Fast-track visa for award winners attracts no applicants

    by Rob Moss 23 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 23 Nov 2021

    A streamlined immigration route to attract prestigious award winners in science, engineering, humanities, the arts and digital technology has received...

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Military

    Soldiers and officers to be trained in sexual consent

    by Rob Moss 9 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 9 Nov 2021

    Soldiers and officers serving in the British Army are to receive sexual consent training in an attempt to tackle inappropriate...

    • Age
    • Latest News
    • Pensions

    Over-50s pushed out of workforce as 20,000 leave each year

    by Rob Moss 3 Nov 2021
    by Rob Moss 3 Nov 2021

    More than one in 10 (11%) over 50s have disappeared from the workforce in the past five years as a...

    • Latest News
    • Race discrimination
    • UK regional diversity

    ‘Calm down, calm down’: Liverpool bus driver’s racism claim struck out

    by Rob Moss 28 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 28 Oct 2021

    A Liverpudlian bus driver told to ‘calm down, calm down’ by an HR manager was not discriminated against, a tribunal has found.

    • Collective bargaining
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    • Employment contracts

    Collective bargaining: Union wins ‘unlawful inducements’ case at Supreme Court

    by Rob Moss 27 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 27 Oct 2021

    Unite has won a case at the Supreme Court on whether an employer can offer inducements to staff that ‘bypass’...

    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly benefits
    • Gender pay gap

    UK gender pay gap progress slow as motherhood penalty persists

    by Rob Moss 26 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 26 Oct 2021

    The UK’s gender pay gap has continued its downward trend but the pay penalty experienced by women over 40 perseveres,...

    • USA
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    Duchess of Sussex calls for federal paid parental leave in the US

    by Rob Moss 21 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 21 Oct 2021

    Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has written to the US Congress calling for paid leave for parents to be written...

    • CIPD
    • Latest News
    • Gender pay gap

    Gender pay gap widens and 10% of employers fail to report

    by Rob Moss 7 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 7 Oct 2021

    The median figure for the hourly pay gap rose from 9.5% to 10.4%, meaning women earn 90p for every pound earned by a man.

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Gender pay gap

    One in four companies still to report gender pay gap

    by Rob Moss 5 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 5 Oct 2021

    Thousands of employers have still to report their gender pay gap before today’s extended deadline (5 October 2021).
    Employers with...

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Gender pay gap

    UK gender pay gap reporting regime ‘has no teeth’

    by Rob Moss 4 Oct 2021
    by Rob Moss 4 Oct 2021

    Legislation aimed at tackling the gender pay gap focuses too much on monitoring the problem rather than actually fixing it,...

    • Latest News
    • Gender pay gap

    Most workers underestimate employer’s gender pay gap

    by Rob Moss 28 Sep 2021
    by Rob Moss 28 Sep 2021

    While nearly all workers agree that the UK has a gender pay gap, more than half (57%) do not believe...

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