Hospitality

Following allegations of drink-spiking in Parliament, Mike Clancy considers how employers should protect staff from sexual harassment.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to every branch of McDonald’s in the UK warning that owners could face action if they fail to protect staff from sexual harassment.

New research from the Living Wage Foundation reveals that nearly one in six (15.7%) jobs paid below real Living Wage in 2024, 800,000 more than in 2023.

Starbucks is axing 1,100 jobs globally as it aims to increase efficiency and simplify its organisational structure.

More than two-thirds of hospitality businesses will reduce their staffing levels due to an increase in employer national insurance that comes in in April.

Gig economy apps Temper and YoungOnes warned they may be operating illegally by providing "freelance" workers to business.

McDonald’s has faced stinging criticism this week after signalling it was rowing back on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.

Whisky shop worker's claim that an air kiss amounted to sexual harassment is dismissed at the employment tribunal.

McDonald’s boss to answer MPs' questions after new allegations of harassment emerge, despite company’s efforts to stamp out toxic culture.

Uber Eats drivers for McDonald’s in Northern Ireland have been exposed to discrimination, bullying and exploitation, according to the Worker Info Exchange.

Nearly two-thirds of UK hospitality workers (65%) say they experience stress at work, with most (95%) also unable to switch...

TGI Fridays will pay its workers the money they are due after being made redundant, despite reports it had refused.

Travelodge has said it will allow staff the option to choose hours and work that suits them as it launches a recruitment drive to fill more than 270 jobs.

Allocation of Tips Act: Rules on how gratuities and service charges are fairly distributed among workers come into force on 1 October.

The government's plans 'have the potential to make real inroads in the problem of insecurity at work, and would particularly benefit low-paid workers'.