Writing a menstruation policy: a guide for HR
Side hustles – what employers need to know
As the cost of living crisis bites, many employees will be looking to take on extra work, away from their main employment. What are the implications of this?
IR35 reforms to be scrapped in April 2023
IR35 reforms are to be scrapped from April 2023, the Treasury has announced.
Managers distrust employees who work from home, reveals Microsoft
Bosses worry that employees working from home aren’t being as productive as they could be, while workers believe the opposite, according to new research from Microsoft.
Agency workers
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.
Liz Truss: What will the new PM mean for employment law?
Speculation is rife for what the new Prime Minister intends for employment law, but John Hayes believes the most likely outcome would be mere tinkering.
Harrods threatens to use agency staff if strike goes ahead
Harrods has told employees that it will consider using agency staff to cover shifts during industrial action if a strike over pay goes ahead.
Absence
More than 100,000 employees absent with long Covid
More than 100,000 people are missing work because they suffer from long Covid, according to the think tank Institute for...
Union calls for maximum workplace temperature as heatwave takes hold
The GMB calls for a maximum workplace temperature to be set to protect the health and safety of workers during heatwaves.
NHS to end full pay for Covid-19 sick leave in England
Special paid leave for Covid-19 sickness and self-isolation introduced for NHS staff during the pandemic will be withdrawn in England...
Performance management
Starling Bank treated asthmatic employee unfairly
An employment tribunal has found Starling Bank treated an employee with asthma unfavourably when it dismissed her.
Personnel Today Awards 2022 shortlist: Performance Management Award
We profile the organisations shortlisted for the Performance Management Award, sponsored by Lattice.
‘Low flight risk’ designer wins £100k age discrimination claim against Superdry
A fashion designer considered unlikely to leave her role by Superdry management has been awarded £96,200 after successfully claiming she...
Relationships at work
How an understanding of mental workload can boost performance
Andrew Mawson discusses what employers can learn from research into how the brain manages its resources to conduct tasks, and the factors that affect its performance.
‘We are saying: don’t go to office parties; go to office parties’
Recent days may have seen Little Britain star Matt Lucas considering a reprise of his social media hit, with office parties as the subject.
Worker accused of having sex in ambulance was fairly dismissed
An ambulance service worker lost her job after she was accused of having sex in an emergency vehicle.
Work-life balance
Candidates more likely to back out of job offers
Jobseekers more likely to back out of accepted job offers, mainly because they receive a better offer elsewhere.
EU member states to make carer work-life balance measures law
EU member states must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing the Work-Life Balance Directive into law.
Four-day week: what are the legal considerations for HR?
What are the legal and practical considerations of moving to the four-day a week working model?
Workforce planning
CIPD: Stop using degrees to screen candidates
CIPD calls on employers to stop screening for candidates with degrees and to hire according to skills and potential.
NHS workforce faces ‘greatest crisis in history’
The NHS in England is facing its ‘greatest workforce crisis in history’, according to a damning report from MPs.
The...
Staff shortages affecting business growth at three in 10 firms
Staff shortages are affecting UK businesses' ability to grow, with nearly three in 10 saying they have had to turn down work.