Recruitment & retention

While 68% of workers say their employer is supportive of their family needs, this rises to 90% for those with back-up childcare.

Job candidates crave transparency in the use of ADM in recruitment, wanting to know when and how automatic decision-making is used.

Information Commissioner's Office launches AI and biometrics strategy with new ICO codes of practice in the pipeline.

The quality of candidates was not always a prime issue, with many failed applications being down to overly complex application processes.

There were 1,400 extra full-time equivalent secondary school teachers recruited in the year to November 2024, a rise of 0.7%.

Recruitment drive will see specialist criminal law barristers and solicitors supported back to work for Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

The education secretary has written to Skills England setting out the government’s priorities for skills development in the year ahead.

Around two-thirds of students never gain any work experience before they leave school, yet many regard virtual programmes as a poor relation.

The white paper says that people coming into the UK will only be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 10 years, not the current five. In most EU countries the application point is set at five years.

Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK, finds MAC study.

A sustained bounce-back in hiring this year remains possible but employers still have significant concerns about the strength of the economy.

More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention.

The number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating is provisionally estimated to be 431,000 in the year ending December 2024.

Understanding the neuroscience behind a personal connection to employees can make reward and recognition budgets go further.