Call-handler sues Met Police over reinstatement of offensive colleague
WFH for important meeting was acceptable, tribunal rules
An IT director who insisted on working from home for an important meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled....
Bank holidays: six things employers need to know
We look at common questions on employers' minds regarding bank holidays. Northern Ireland marks the Battle of the Boyne on 12 July.
Flexible working for teachers initiative extended
More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention.
Agency workers
Court of Appeal hears Ryanair pilot’s worker status case
Court of Appeal hears test case on the employment status of a Ryanair pilot that could have major implications for aviation and other sectors.
Employment Rights Bill: Agency workers and zero-hours contracts ban
The government has responded to a consultation on including agency workers in a ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts.
Agency workers to be included in zero-hours clampdown
Agency workers included in ban on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts, as government tables amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.
Absence
Cancer carers feel pressure to return to work early
Almost half of cancer carers (48%) say they felt pressure to return to work as soon as possible after taking...
Top 10 HR questions April 2025: increases to wages and tribunal awards
April saw increases in the potential compensation tribunals can award, including guidelines on 'injury to feelings' awards.
Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll
Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...
Performance management
Six ways to kickstart conversations about team stress at work
If HR teams want to keep on top of, or ideally even ahead of, workplace stress, they need to get...
Workplace stress: Why it’s time to rebrand resilience
Workplace stress is the silent productivity killer. But the solution shouldn’t be just about ‘fixing’ the individual. It’s about fixing...
Prioritising performance management: Strategies for success (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | Watch our webinar to learn about actionable strategies to embed performance management into the core of your organisation’s culture.
Relationships at work
Worker Protection Act: Time for a ban on workplace relationships?
What do the new legal obligations under the Worker Protection Act mean for workplace relationships and policies around them?
BP staff must disclose colleague relationships
New policy requires staff to declare BP colleague relationships regardless of whether they feel there is a conflict of interest.
Former BP chief exec did not reveal colleague relationships
Bernard Looney is to be dismissed without notice and will not receive further salary or benefits, which would have amounted up to £32.4m.
Work-life balance
HSBC employees warned of office attendance link to pay
Staff at the finance giant have been warned via a memo that office attendance could lead to a pay cut via annual appraisals.
Fewer workers would comply with a return-to-office mandate
Less than half of UK workers would comply with a full-time return to office mandate, according to researchers at King’s...
University of Salford launches Better Working Lives cluster
The University of Salford has launched a new research cluster focused on cultivating better workplaces and the impacts of evolving trends.
Workforce planning
Preparing for a new era of workforce planning (webinar)
3 June 2025 | Register now for our webinar to discover ways to prepare for a new era of workforce planning.
Succession planning now ‘more of a priority than AI and risk’
Compared with 2024, the number of directors that cited succession planning as a difficult issue to oversee has more than doubled in the US.
Handling headcount conundrums as hiring confidence dips
With surveys suggesting hiring confidence is at a low, Simon Fowler proposes a pragmatic and long-term approach to managing headcount.