As October marks Menopause Awareness Month, it’s a timely reminder that many UK women still face a double burden: chronic workplace stress combined with the physiological shifts of menopause.
Anton Roe, CEO of MHR, shares how curiosity, mistakes and mentorship shaped his leadership journey.
Amazon confirmed yesterday (28 October) it will cut an estimated 14,000 corporate workers from its global workforce.
Around 1,200 staff at Imperial College London walked out on Monday (27 October) and Tuesday (28 October) to protest a 2% pay offer from university management.
A recent report raised concerns after Waitrose ended a volunteering arrangement with an autistic man who had contributed more than 600 hours of unpaid service, following his request for a few paid...
When the Worker Protection Act came into force in October last year, many saw it as a clear signal to employers to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment or face the consequences.
After a Financial Times report suggested that saunas could be the latest employee benefit trend, we asked for HR commentators’ views.
Our pick of the latest releases for HR professionals.
It's never been more important for HR professionals to successfully implement meaningful and sustainable wellbeing initiatives. But how?
A teacher has won £137,112 for discrimination and harassment due to her disability, after being told she “let colleagues down” by taking sick leave for an operation.
Pub chain J D Wetherspoon has been ordered to pay £25,412 to an autistic kitchen worker after an employment tribunal found that the firm failed to make reasonable adjustments during an investigation...
Complaints of racism in the nursing profession have risen by 55%, according to analysis from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), released on 27 October.
Centring company values can greatly enhance employee belonging, as Lara Bryant discovered when speaking to leaders of digital consultancy SoftServe.
Even the most committed employers can fall short in recruitment if everyday practices, habits and assumptions go unchecked.
An employment tribunal has awarded £32,583 to a former NHS worker who was removed from a training scheme for being too “slow and inaccurate".
E-commerce giant Temu has agreed to work with the greeting card industry to speed up the removal of designs which infringe intellectual property (IP) rights.
Afua Kyei, the Bank of England's chief financial officer, was named the UK’s most influential black person on 23 October in the 2026 Powerlist.
It's long past time for HR and payroll teams to rethink pay cycles and benefits.
The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies took home record-high pay packets for the third successive year, according to a report released by High Pay Centre on Sunday (17 August).
More than half of Gen Z and Millennials are considering a second job to help with the cost of living, according to research findings released yesterday (24 July) by benefits provider Boostworks.
The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.
