Employers must dismantle the assumption that older workers are overqualified and too expensive to hire, said Lucy Standing, founder of not-for-profit organisation Brave Starts, at a London-based event...
The latest episode of the HR Most Influential Podcast is out today (Thursday 30 April), featuring insights from Danny Harmer, chief people officer for the insurance business Aviva, on how to cultivate...
Since 8 April 2026, UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) has fundamentally changed how it monitors sponsor compliance. The shift is from periodic audits to continuous, automated data-matching – and most HR...
Salaries in the UK HR industry rose by 1% in 2025, lower than the national average increase of 5.3%, according to a report by recruitment platform Reed, published on Monday (27 April).
Arriva bus engineers in Luton began a week-long strike on Monday (27 April), following concerns about alleged workplace sexual harassment and the dismissal of a union representative.
Profiles linked to effective processes can assist in solving a range of business issues. But by linking them to AI platforms you can take employee learning to a more sophisticated level than ever...
A Manchester employment tribunal has awarded a former chief HR officer at the Co-op more than £100,000, in a major equal pay and sexism case.
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) have long been used to protect commercially sensitive information, but in recent years they have come under scrutiny for their misuse in cases of workplace harassment,...
A court has jailed a couple – one of whom works in HR – for stealing the personal data of Transport for London (TfL) employees and submitting fraudulent tax rebate claims totalling £650,000, MyLondon...
If HR professionals cannot explain how its AI system reaches decisions, they should not be using AI. Are you prepared to stand by AI’s outcomes?
Most organisations don’t have a learning problem, they have a behaviour problem. Despite significant investment in learning and development (L&D), many programmes fail to translate into meaningful...
HSBC is first UK bank to offer its staff British Sign Language (BSL) for Beginners training, it announced on Monday (27 April).
Richard Caring, the boss of London-based private members club Annabel’s, said he made a “dumb mistake” after using £70,000 of staff’s tips to pay managers’ bonuses, the Guardian reported on Friday (24...
My career in organising mass-participation events, from owning the Manchester Marathon to my time with the Tour de France, has given me a unique perspective on the profound psychological power of a...
Half (52%) of workers would consider leaving their role if a close colleague resigned, a survey by Ireland-based chocolatier Lily O'Brien’s revealed on Thursday (23 April).
Blogger Leyla Karim pretended to work for a year as an experiment, to see if anyone at her corporate office job would notice, she admitted in a Substack article.
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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.
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