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A report from international development organisation the World Bank that exposes a ‘massive’ gender gap across the global workforce.

What do HR experts and labour market observers make of this year's Spring Budget?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed the Treasury will cut the main rate of National Insurance by a further 2 percentage points to 8%.

Tesco pay rises by 9.1% as it reaches agreement with the Usdaw union to take the supermarket's hourly pay above the 2024 ‘real’ Living Wage. 

Busy Bees Nurseries group people director Charlotte Hutchings discusses how the company will recruit more childcare workers and the power of apprenticeships.

How should employers prepare for the new right to unpaid carer's leave, which comes into force in April 2024?

Most of the organisations that took part in a 61-company, six-month trial in the UK of the four-day week, have...

One in five parents with a child under five has had to withdraw money from their pension to cover the cost of childcare.

Two in five working parents are looking to switch jobs in 2024, according to the latest Modern Families Index.

Department for Education launches recruitment drive and trials £1,000 ‘golden hello’ to attract workers into early years education.

Thousands of parents are struggling to access the codes they need to obtain 15 hours of free childcare.

HR analysts at Gartner have revealed nine workplace trends they believe will dominate 2024.

The government has threatened to withdraw funding from local councils if they ignore its warnings against adopting a four-day week.

A trial of a four-day work week in Portugal found that almost all employers that took part rated the experience positively.

Civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week.