Coronavirus

The UK’s median absence rate has risen slightly meaning that the typical employee now takes 6.4 days off sick each...

The summer holiday season raised questions for employers about the impact of self-isolating and quarantining after returning from abroad. A...

Introducing a four-day working week with no loss of pay in the public sector would create up to half a...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme continues to wind down today, with employers now having to contribute to furloughed workers’ wages....

Scotland’s first minister is to set out proposals for ‘new green jobs’ with fair pay and conditions as the country...

During August, we have been telling the stories of occupational health nurses who have come to the aid of the...

The government will begin a campaign next week to urge workers back to offices after claims from business groups that...

Troubled sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to make around a third of its workforce redundant as demand from commuters...

The government plans to train a wide range of healthcare staff, from midwives to physiotherapists, to deliver the coronavirus vaccine...

Town and city centres will become permanent ‘ghost towns’ if employers and the government fail to do more to get...

Workers on low incomes in parts of England with high rates of Covid-19 will be able to claim £13 per...

Gatwick Airport plans to slash headcount by around a quarter as passenger numbers fail to recover.
The proposals could see...

A private testing clinic has recorded a 75% increase in requests for corporate testing as businesses gear up for the...

The city centre businesses that once relied on the passing trade of office workers are under threat as business districts...

Retailers in the UK cut jobs at the fastest rate since 2009 over the last 12 months, according to the...