Recruitment & retention

Stephanie Kelly argues that businesses should reappraise remote working to optimise collaboration and productivity among decentralised teams.

DWP reduces level of support it offers to claimants of universal credit because of a shortage of work coaches at its Jobcentres.

More than 15% of chief financial officers in publicly listed companies left their roles in 2024, according to research by Russell Reynolds Associates.

Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about ‘his behaviour towards her in a social environment’.

Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.

Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.

The University of Sussex has accused higher regulation regulator the Office for Students of mounting a ‘vindictive and unreasonable campaign’ against it.

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The government has tightened up visa requirements for migran workers in health and care. How might this impact a labour force in limbo?

The NHS is relying on workers who originally come from countries where there is a critical shortage of health specialists.

Job adverts for tech roles have plummeted in the UK over the past five years, with a 50% decline in tech job ads since 2019. 

The UK is an international outlier when it comes to economic inactivity, a new government-commissioned report has found. 

Ahead of an interest rate decision today by the Bank of England, the figures show wage growth including bonuses at 5.8% – broadly unchanged in the three months to January.

Eligible professions for Skilled Worker visas include ‘canine beautician’. If that isn't eyebrow-raising enough, it also includes ‘immigration officer’.

Employers in the care sector must now prioritise recruiting workers from England, according to new rules laid before parliament this week.