Post Office scandal police probe to draw in employees, lawyers and civil servants
Zero-hours reforms should exclude agency workers, says APSCo
Zero-hours reforms should not apply to agency workers, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
UK attrition rates to increase in 2025 as one in four plan to quit
One in four workers plan to quit their jobs in 2025 according to predicted attrition data from 10 million UK employees.
What the Gregg Wallace controversy can teach us
Physchological distance: Leadership consultant Nik Kinley examines the lessons we can learn from the Gregg Wallace controversy
Agency workers
Zero-hours reforms should exclude agency workers, says APSCo
Zero-hours reforms should not apply to agency workers, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
Recruiters issue ‘urgent warning’ over Employment Rights Bill
As key consultations on the Employment Rights Bill draw to a close, the recruiters' body warned that the Bill was 'undercooked' and needed changing.
Care firms granted sponsor licences despite labour violations
Abolition of the sponsorship system would address imbalance in power between workers and employers, finds study.
Absence
Charities urge ministers to increase statutory sick pay
A group of campaigners has written to the government urging ministers to increase the rate of statutory sick pay.
Acas urges flexibility for employees during Olympics
Acas has urged employers to be flexible when allowing staff time off to watch the Olympic Games.
England v Spain Euros final: employers offer workers time off
Businesses are looking to give workers time off on Monday, in the aftermath of the England v Spain Euros final....
Performance management
Who made the best background music, Mozart or Mercury?
The links between music, attention span and digital interference are still not fully understood. But now the search for the...
Presence and productivity: does office time really make a difference?
Does being in the office mean productivity is higher, or can employees achieve better outputs at home?
One in four managers say teams are more demanding
A quarter of UK managers say their team members have become more demanding in the past year, according to research from Perkbox Vivup.
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
UK’s mediocre work-life balance rating revealed
UK lags behind Spain, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan and Norway when it comes to work-life balance.
Presence and productivity: does office time really make a difference?
Does being in the office mean productivity is higher, or can employees achieve better outputs at home?
Return to office mandate: has Amazon signalled the start of the post-diversity era?
While some companies are moving back to the office, others are expanding flexible working practices.
Workforce planning
International nurse recruitment slows in the UK
Number of nurses and midwives who can practise in UK has reaches record 841,000, but international recruitment slows, according to NMC.
Number of nurses quitting early increases by 43%
Number of urses quitting within the first decade of their job has increased by 43% according to RCN analysis of NMC data.
Government consults on zero hours measures for agency workers
Government launches consultation on how reforms around zero-hours contracts should apply to agency workers.