The gender pay gap for board directors of FTSE 100 companies has narrowed slightly in the last year, according to research by law firm Fox and Partners, published today (18 November).
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has invited Americans who are “high-IQ, small-government revolutionaries” to apply for an 80-hour-a-week job in the new Department of Government Efficiency, for zero compensation.
It's time for HR to think beyond quick-win automations, and prepare the workforce by acquiring higher-order human skills.
A bar manager was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled, after blowing the whistle about colleagues drinking and using cocaine while on shift.
Management consultancy LHH hosted a panel debate yesterday (14 November) on how employers can understand and overcome the ‘motherhood penalty’.
The growth in the number of Gen Z employees in the UK workplace means that employers are facing a mental health crisis that will worsen unless they take steps to help their youngest members of staff.
Access to hybrid working seems to reflect social inequalities, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests.
A worker who called his colleague a “fucking m**g” during an argument in a Royton-based office was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.
The balance between pay and employer expectations has become a critical factor in attracting and retaining top talent.
'Our people aren’t leaving, so things must be fine', the thinking often goes. But this assumption doesn’t mean that your organisation will be ready for growth in a recovering economy in 2025. Far from...
Today (14 November) is World Diabetes Day. We asked our commentators how HR can support employees with diabetes.
Young adults, aged 35 and under, from working class backgrounds were four times less likely to work in creative industries than their middle-class peers, a report by social mobility charity the Sutton...
The growth in the number of Gen Z employees in the UK workplace means that employers are facing a mental health crisis that will worsen unless they take steps to help their youngest members of staff.
Access to hybrid working seems to reflect social inequalities, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests.
After a legal case in Holland which found that the oil company Shell does not have a “social standard of care” to reduce its carbon emissions, we asked HR if employers have an obligation to reduce...
Leaving the armed forces can be a daunting transition. It can be a lonely and isolating. How can employers help?
Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.
The employer-employee relationship is one of the most important financial relationships. With the recent period of high inflation and ongoing economic uncertainty, many workers find themselves in...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget has gone down poorly with employment experts, who have criticised its narrow focus on personal tax cuts and “bland and beige” policies.
There’s a reason trends go viral. It’s because they tap into the zeitgeist and vocalise something lots of us are thinking. This is certainly the case with 'loud budgeting'.
