Man who juggled four council jobs guilty of fraud
Government launches call for evidence on unpaid internships
Government launches call for evidence on unpaid and underpaid internships and work trials as it seeks to tighten rules.
Beware the unintended consequences of the NDA ban
NDA ban: there could be unintended consequences that are mostly to the detriment of whistleblowers and those who have been harassed.
Employees voting with feet as return-to-office pressure increases – CIPD
More than a million people have changed jobs because of a lack of flexibility, as half of UK employees feel...
Agency workers
Court of Appeal rules that Ryanair agency pilot is worker
A Ryanair pilot has won a landmark legal victory on agency worker status at the Court of Appeal.
Healthdaq: Shaking up health and social care recruitment
Healthdaq CEO Stephen McLarnon talks about winning Excellence in Public Service Award in 2024 and his company's work reducing agency worker spend.
NHS England cuts agency spend by £1bn
The NHS in England spent £1bn less on agency staff during 2024-25, according to figures obtained by the Guardian newspaper....
Absence
With HR absence rising, is your people team at risk of breaking?
When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR...
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.
Performance management
Performance management is broken: how can we rebuild?
The Employment Rights Bill creates an urgency to build more proactive, human-centred ways to manage performance.
Four-day working: ‘We need to start treating people like the adults they are’
Employer of record (EOR) provider Peak PEO has been moving to a four-day working week model since 2023 and introduced...
Workplace disputes: ‘Most employment tribunals could be avoided’
A radical departure from the adversarial approach of employers, employees, management and unions is needed – Pete Colby, Pragmatism.
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
Engineers prioritising benefits over pay
More than half of engineering professionals would happily trade higher salaries for better benefits, more meaningful roles or improved work-life...
Four-day working: ‘We need to start treating people like the adults they are’
Employer of record (EOR) provider Peak PEO has been moving to a four-day working week model since 2023 and introduced...
UK engineering and manufacturing firms face hiring struggles
Six in 10 hiring managers in the UK manufacturing and engineering sector have struggled to hire in the past year,...
Workforce planning
Overseas dentists ‘working in McDonald’s’ due to backlog
Dentists from overseas are being forced to work in McDonald’s due to bureaucracy preventing them working in the UK.
Preparing for a new era of workforce planning (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | Watch 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.