Cardiff University confirms proposals to cut 400 academic jobs – 7% of its total workforce – in an effort to secure long-term future.
Rob Moss

Rob Moss
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.
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Billions of pounds in defined benefit (DB) pension schemes could be invested as government eases surplus release restrictions.
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Gig economy apps Temper and YoungOnes warned they may be operating illegally by providing "freelance" workers to business.
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Offenders facing short prison terms could offered a job at Iceland Foods instead, executives at the supermarket have suggested.
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Median pay rise for autumn 2024 declined to 3.3%, according to Brightmine, as national insurance change begins to have an impact.
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Labour market statistics released in January 2025 show that real wages increased by 3.4% year on year, their quickest pace since 2021.
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Government confirms neonatal care leave and pay law will be enacted in April, subject to Parliamentary approval.
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An average worker in Burnley will earn in a full year what a worker in London will be paid by August, according to Centre for Cities.
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Food delivery platforms facing calls for greater transparency around the apps they use to manage couriers’ work processes and pay.
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MPs will table amendment for Employment Rights Bill to include statutory bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage.
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James Watt says UK is ‘one of the world’s least work-oriented countries’, in defence of his criticism of work-life balance.
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EHRC briefs MPs on impact of Employment Rights Bill, including compatibility of the rights regarding harassment and freedom of expression.
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The board of Apple is urging shareholders to vote against a proposal to rollback on its diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.
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Working parents increasingly stressed as number of employees who say employer is highly supportive of family life falls by nearly a third.
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Whisky shop worker's claim that an air kiss amounted to sexual harassment is dismissed at the employment tribunal.