Retail

Ikea is set to award its salaried employees a 5% pay rise in 2024, as well as adopting the new Living Wage rates for its hourly-paid staff.

Metro Bank is considering shedding 20% of its workforce and reducing opening hours as part of a strategy to save around £50m a year.

Does the four-day week grant employees the flexibility and skills development opportunities they desire? Or is it too rigid?

An equal pay claim brought by shop floor workers at Tesco has moved a step closer to resolution.

Morrisons is set to change pension contributions for hourly-paid staff, lowering its employer contribution, a union has claimed.

As retail workers report a surge in violence and abuse, businesses are calling on the government to do more.

Employers have been slower to staff up for Christmas than usual, as fears over demand for goods and the sluggish economy affect recruiters.

Number of searches for Christmas jobs increase by nearly a third on this time last year, as businesses ramp up seasonal hiring.

Marks & Spencer said it would recruit 114 people to its scheme, compared with 29 this year.

Amazon is to increase the minimum starting pay for its UK frontline operations staff twice over the next six months.

Tesco has introduced 26 weeks' paid kinship leave for employees granted Special Guardianship Orders, among other family-friendly policies.

Race discrimination: Ralph Lauren worker's manager referred to the United Colors of Benetton in comments about her mixed heritage.

Canadian billionaire Doug Putman has pulled out of a deal to save hundreds of Wilko stores, citing cost as a barrier.

More redundancies at Wilko have been announced, despite administrators finding a buyer for a number of the high street retailer's stores.

Tesco's chief executive Ken Murphy has called for more stringent laws against violence towards shopworkers.