Recruitment & retention
World’s largest fund drops G4S over modern slavery fears
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, has sold its shares in UK-based security company G4S because of the risk of human rights violations against its workforce in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Labour would retain freedom of movement for NHS staff
A Labour government, post-Brexit, would retain freedom of movement from the EU for NHS medical professionals, shadow health secretary Jonathan...
IR35 will lead to temp talent drain, survey claims
Three-fifths of employers are concerned they will miss out on temporary talent when the IR35 off-payroll rules are extended to...
Half of all FTSE 100 executive hires must be women to meet target
One in every two FTSE 100 executive appointments over the next year will have to go to a woman if...
Labour proposes free retraining to tackle ‘skills crisis’
Labour will provide free lifelong retraining for all if it gets into power in next month’s general election.
It pledged...
Living Wage increases to benefit 210,000 workers
The Living Wage has announced its new rates with the headline figure for outside London rising to £9.30, an increase of 3.33%...
Younger workers: the political battle ahead on the minimum wage
As younger workers' minimum wage rates look likely to increase, Johnny Runge examines the reality of how employers pay, for example, a 25-year-old versus a 24-year-old.
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: Innovation in Recruitment
The Personnel Today Awards 2019 take place on 19 November. Here we round up the contenders for the Innovation in...
Home Office holds up NHS overseas doctors scheme
Plans to expand a scheme that allows medical trainees from overseas to learn and work in the NHS, have been...
Personnel Today Awards 2019 shortlist: HR Supplier Partnership Award
The 2019 Personnel Today Awards take place on the 19 November. In a series of articles profiling all our finalists,...
Full-time gender pay gap widens to 8.9%
There has been a marginal increase in the gender pay gap for full-time employees over the past year, but it...
Youngest and oldest regions of UK revealed in new research
A new analysis takes a regional view of age and could well inform companies' recruitment and location decisions in years to come.
Christmas dinner under threat due to labour shortage
Labour shortages could impact the UK’s Christmas dinner, including “pigs in blankets,” after warnings from the British Meat Processors Association....
Majority of recruiters think candidates exaggerate skills
Recruiters are confident they can deliver and their candidates are high quality, but according to research in Europe and north...
Young people increasingly struggle to move out of insecure work
It is becoming harder for younger workers in insecure or temporary jobs to move into good quality permanent work.
