The TUC says employers should offer furlough to parents affected by school closures and who lack childcare as a result.
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Many aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic divide opinion in the workforce, and vaccines are a hot topic at the moment....
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Insolvency Service data reveals November redundancy slowdown.
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Many organisations had extensive wellbeing programmes in place long before the pandemic hit this year. But with a largely remote...
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Public sector workers hit by a pay freeze are already paid less than their counterparts in private sector employers, according to a report by the Resolution Foundation.
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Organisations that shied away from flexible working for years suddenly shifted to an entirely remote workforce back in March, but...
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New data suggests women in the UK are disproportionately more stressed by their work situation than men.
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Vaccination and data protection: What do employers need to think about?
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherThe roll-out of the Covid vaccine has got employers thinking about whether they will collect, and how they might manage data around workers’ vaccination status.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak says extending furlough to end of April will offer ‘certainty for millions of jobs and businesses’. Loan schemes will also be extended until the end of March.
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A fifth of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 are still exhibiting symptoms five weeks or more after being...
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As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments across Europe have implemented extraordinary measures to help employers and staff to...
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The government should use the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) to encourage more workers to self-isolate and help people to...
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Two in five (38%) business leaders in the UK have turned to alcohol or drugs to cope with mental ill...
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Experts look back over the past nine months and gauge lessons learned.
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Four in five jobs still do not advertise flexible working options despite the huge shift to home working during the...