Recruitment & retention

Teachers in England could launch strike action if the government does not offer a higher pay rise for the next...

SME hiring falls from 24% of companies in Q4 2024 to 20% in Q1 2025, while 17% have cut back on staff, according to the BCC.

Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank Respublica.

Of all businesses surveyed about right to work checks, 80% answered at least one compliance question incorrectly, and are at risk of non-compliance.

Almost half of UK companies are scaling back on recruitment in response to the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.

'Army' of young people to be trained for green energy jobs and apprenticeships needed to deliver clean power by 2030. 

Employment tribunal finds part-time lecturer at London-based Capital City College (CCC) faced less favourable treatment.

External whistleblowing protections do not extend to external job applicants, after a ruling by the Court of Appeal.

For the very first time, the Home Office stated, employment checks would be extended to cover businesses hiring gig economy and zero-hours workers.

More than one in seven UK employees have experienced some form of workplace abuse, according to a wide-ranging survey into...

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.