The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended a law firm boss who harassed five female employees between June 2016 and February 2019.
An employment tribunal has awarded a veterinary surgeon who regularly worked unpaid overtime £12,758.77 for constructive unfair dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages.
Transitions to chief HR officer (CHRO) roles are increasing, with global CHRO appointments jumping 25% from 2024 to 2025. Whether you're transitioning into the role, or supporting someone who is,...
A tribunal has ruled that a police sergeant harassed an officer after calling her ADHD meetings “a load of nonsense”, The Times reported on Thursday (21 May).
Less than four in 10 (39% of) employees understand how reward decisions are made, compared with 64% of employer representatives who believe they do, according to research from benefits provider...
The arrival of AI in the workplace is no longer a future debate for HR leaders. It’s an operational reality reshaping how organisations think about early careers, skills and development.
Bolt’s CEO has defended his decision to fire the entire HR team, claiming they were “creating problems that didn’t exist,” The Times reported on Wednesday (20 May).
All teams mess up. That is normal. In any fast-moving environment, mistakes, missed cues and poor decisions will happen. But when the same kinds of mistakes keep happening, the issue is rarely just...
Beyond training leaders to communicate well, we must train them to think and behave like storytellers.
Single parents have seen a 109% increase in flexible working requests being denied, despite the Flexible Working Act coming into force, according to research findings published yesterday (14 May).
Workforce breakdown is rarely sudden. More often, it builds quietly through money worries, reduced recovery, digital overload and pressures that never fully switch off. Alone, these things feel...
Bolt’s CEO has defended his decision to fire the entire HR team, claiming they were “creating problems that didn’t exist,” The Times reported on Wednesday (20 May).
Inaccessible workplaces and employers’ reluctance to make reasonable adjustments have ensured that work is “a hostile environment” for too many disabled people, the cross-party Work and Pensions...
Britain’s current leadership crisis highlights the most under-discussed modern leadership dynamic.
Nurses have reported 21,000 incidents of racist abuse over the last four years, a 78% surge, according to analysis from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), released on Tuesday (19 May).
TV presenter Ruth Dodsworth has described how her ex-husband denied her access to her own money, and turned up at work to check she was where she said she was, the BBC reported on Tuesday (19 May).
Shakespeare’s famous line from Romeo and Juliet – “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” – suggests that names do not matter. It is a good argument, but flawed.
Shell’s CEO warned that Europe could face energy shortages next month, and advised employers to restrict workplace energy use.
HR leaders are in a unique position to eliminate ‘debt as a default’.
A quiet divide exists in the workforce. On one side are employees who can absorb life’s shocks: an unexpected bill, a few days off sick, a broken boiler. On the other are those for whom a single...
After UK chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled her second budget yesterday (26 November), we dig into the implications for HR practitioners.