Trade unions
TSB staff to receive £1,000 bonus to help meet bills
Spanish bank Sabadell has announced it is to pay UK staff of subsidiary TSB a one-off £1,000 bonus.
Unions take legal action over agency worker strike regulations
Eleven trade unions and the TUC are taking legal action over new regulations that allow organisations to use agency workers during strikes.
Virgin Trains bypassed trade union in pay negotiations, tribunal finds
Rail workers whose union claimed Virgin Trains bypassed collective bargaining negotiations when the company made a pay offer directly to the workforce are in line to receive compensation totalling £4.8m.
Information & consultation
Network Rail pushes ahead with consultation over job reforms
Train operator Network Rail has started its legal consultation with unions over proposed modernisation reforms. The proposals are a central issue in the current rail strikes, the most recent of…
The heat is on and so is some British ‘compassion’
Some sound advice for working in high temperatures as the first heatwave of summer hits the UK; plus why UK workers are so ‘compassionate’.
Top 10 HR questions May 2022: Bank holidays
With the Platinum Jubilee long weekend, last month’s most-asked questions include queries about bank holidays, annual leave, sickness, and more…
Employee engagement
Queen Elizabeth II national mourning: Five HR issues
National mourning period: What HR issues will employers face as workers request time off at short notice or flexibility with hours?
Are you a ‘quiet quitter’?
The great resignation has a new companion: the ‘quiet quitter’. But how do we know who is a quiet quitter and what do they mean for HR?
Gartner: ‘Workplaces need to heal to become more human’
HR teams are dealing with a fragmented workforce thanks to a combination of post-pandemic burnout, says Gartner.
Industrial action & strikes
Union begins strike ballot of 150,000 civil servants
PCS union members in more than 200 government departments are being balloted for strike action over pay, pensions and redundancy terms in the civil service. It follows the government’s rejection…
Unions take legal action over agency worker strike regulations
Eleven trade unions and the TUC are taking legal action over new regulations that allow organisations to use agency workers during strikes.
Queen Elizabeth II: Mail and rail strikes suspended
Unions cancel planned industrial action as mark of respect following death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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