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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.

    • Coronavirus
    • Manufacturing
    • Department for Education

    Lifetime Skills Guarantee: free courses launch in April 2021

    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020

    Four hundred free training courses, ranging from engineering to healthcare, will be available to adults without a qualification at A-level...

    • Testing
    • Coronavirus
    • Vaccinations

    Self-isolating workers should have access to furlough

    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 9 Dec 2020

    The government should use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to encourage more workers to self-isolate and help people to...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News
    • Restrictive covenants

    ‘Unfair’ non-compete and exclusivity clauses to be curtailed

    by Rob Moss 4 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 4 Dec 2020

    The government has confirmed it intends to crack down on and potentially ban the use of non-compete clauses in employment...

    • Canada
    • Coronavirus
    • USA

    Private sector pay optimism grows for 2021

    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020

    Private sector workers are set to receive average pay rises of 2.4% in 2021, up from an average of 2.2%...

    • Brexit
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    Government to limit use of non-compete clauses

    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020

    The government is looking to limit the use of non-compete clauses in an effort to stimulate a more entrepreneurial culture,...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing

    Unilever to trial four-day week

    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020

    Unilever is to begin a year-long trial of a four-day week at its offices in New Zealand with the aim...

    • Coronavirus
    • Testing
    • Case law

    High Court: Government failed gig workers’ health and safety

    by Rob Moss 30 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 30 Nov 2020

    The government has failed to implement important EU health and safety protections for workers into UK law, a judicial review...

    • Right to work
    • Coronavirus
    • CIPD

    Dramatic fall in immigration could spark skills shortage

    by Rob Moss 27 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 27 Nov 2020

    The CIPD is urging the government to take steps to boost training and re-skilling of domestic workforce to compensate for...

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Pensions

    RPI phase-out will impact defined benefit pension schemes

    by Rob Moss 27 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 27 Nov 2020

    The phasing out of the retail price index (RPI) in favour of the consumer prices index plus the cost of...

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Minimum wage

    National living wage April 2021: 23-year-olds to receive increase

    by Rob Moss 25 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 25 Nov 2020

    The age from which workers become eligible for the national living wage will reduce to 23, the government has confirmed...

    • Coronavirus
    • Environment
    • Financial wellbeing

    Halfords to train 1,500 electric vehicle technicians

    by Rob Moss 19 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 19 Nov 2020

    Halfords is training staff to help close a skills gap in the servicing of electric cars, bikes and scooters.
    The...

    • Latest News
    • Executive pay
    • Pensions

    Executive pensions face tighter clampdown from investors

    by Rob Moss 17 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 17 Nov 2020

    Investors are clamping down further on executive pensions after the Investment Association updated its pay guidelines for companies.
    Board directors...

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Business travel

    Quarantine relaxed for turkey farm workers

    by Rob Moss 17 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 17 Nov 2020

    Turkey farm workers from outside the UK will not have to fully adhere to 14 days’ quarantine, after farming groups...

    • Case law
    • Coronavirus
    • Employee relations

    Workers’ right to picket continues under lockdown

    by Rob Moss 16 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 16 Nov 2020

    Workers taking lawful industrial action continue to have the right to picket their workplace during Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, following a legal challenge by Unite.

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Furlough

    Notice periods no longer covered by furlough

    by Rob Moss 13 Nov 2020
    by Rob Moss 13 Nov 2020

    HM Treasury has confirmed that statutory and contractual notice periods will not be covered by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

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