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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.

    • Carers
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    More support for carers needed to keep staff in work

    by Rob Moss 11 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 11 Aug 2020

    Research by Carers UK has shown that employers are seeing the health, wellbeing and productivity of their workforces adversely impacted...

    • Coronavirus
    • Hospitality
    • Self-isolation

    Mayors launch campaign for self-isolation ‘wages’

    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2020

    Time Out to Help Out campaign aimed at ensuring employees are paid their full normal wage if they are requested to self-isolate and are unable to work from home.

    • Apprenticeships
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Government to double nursing apprentices with £172m funding

    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 10 Aug 2020

    Healthcare employers will be able to take on up to 8,000 nursing degree apprentices over the next four years.

    • Brexit
    • Agency workers
    • Coronavirus

    Hiring continues to fall but pace slows

    by Rob Moss 6 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 6 Aug 2020

    The rate of decline in recruitment activity is slowing, starting salaries are falling and worker availability is on the up as the Bank of England cuts the severity of its forecasts for the UK economy.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    One in nine WH Smith staff face redundancy

    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020

    WH Smith has announced around 1,500 jobs may need to be cut as the newsagent tackles the impact of the...

    • Case law
    • Latest News
    • Gig economy

    CitySprint loses third worker status case

    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 5 Aug 2020

    The IWGB is calling on government to better enforce employment status laws after the union took CitySprint to tribunal three...

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses

    Hays Travel ‘devastated’ as it cuts 880 jobs

    by Rob Moss 3 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Aug 2020

    The travel company that took on many Thomas Cook branches when it went bust last year has announced it is...

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Half of furloughed staff have returned to work

    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2020
    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2020

    More than half the workers to have been furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic are already likely to have returned to...

    • Shielding
    • Coronavirus
    • Health and safety

    Return to workplace still urged despite growth in infections

    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020

    Employers are encouraged to bring workers back to workplaces if it is safe to do so, even though the government...

    • Coronavirus
    • Agency workers
    • Hospitality

    ‘Alarm’ over gaps in worker support goes unheeded say MPs

    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020

    Repeatedly raised concerns over gaps in support for workers and businesses during the coronavirus crisis continue to go unheeded, a...

    • Latest News
    • Information & consultation
    • Job creation and losses

    Furlough costs reach £32bn

    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020

    The value of claims paid from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has reached £31.7bn, according to the latest data...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender
    • Legal sector

    How PR is the missing link in recruitment media

    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 29 Jul 2020

    Black Lives Matter, gender diversity, workplace culture. The way employers communicate about these issues matters more than ever. James Clench,...

    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News
    • Movers and shakers

    Nikki Humphrey appointed executive people director at John Lewis

    by Rob Moss 28 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 28 Jul 2020

    John Lewis Partnership has appointed Nikki Humphrey as executive director for people, replacing Tracey Killen who has retired after 38...

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Spanish holidays: how should employers handle staff quarantine?

    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2020

    Employers should prepare policies that outline how they will handle employees who are forced to quarantine after travelling abroad.

    • Financial services
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Four in five senior applicants in financial services are men

    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 27 Jul 2020

    Women made up just 21% of employees being put forward for senior roles at financial services firms last year, compared...

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