The owner of Tetley’s tea, Tata Consumer Products, has launched legal action against factory workers who they accuse of trespassing on company property amid industrial action.
Nearly three quarters (70%) of women feel unsupported by their employer during menopause, research from HR consultancy Hoomph has revealed.
Time pressure and risk avoidance often create blind spots that can lead to bad decision-making when handling whistleblowing reports. How can we avoid this?
NHS Foundation Trust failed to make reasonable adjustments for an administrator who struggled to concentrate in a noisy office following a brain haemorrhage, a tribunal found.
The UK’s last coal-fired power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, closed on Monday (30 September), as part of the government’s efforts to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels.
A series of allegations of sexual abuse have been made against the late Mohamed Al Fayed, former Harrods owner, by junior members of staff. We asked HR leaders how to address abuses of power and...
It’s not enough to say, 'but we’ve always done it this way', when 'this way' is literally unpaid labour.
The NHS had introduced a virtual reality (VR) training programme to promote inclusion of employees from ethnic minority backgrounds.
A part-time administrator was unfairly dismissed after she mistakenly sent an email to a customer describing him as a “twat”, a tribunal ruled.
This year's HR Most Influential thinkers and practitioners have shared their insights into how HR professionals can boost their career through learning, in a brand-new interactive supplement for HR...
Many companies unintentionally overlook the unique needs of employees with disabilities when planning benefits packages, despite the fact that 24% of the population lives with a disability, according...
More than a third of Muslims (36%) and almost half of Jewish employees (47%) surveyed believe that discrimination has increased since last year's escalation of the Israel-Gaza conflict, a study by...
Management at McDonald’s and a bread factory that supplies large supermarkets failed to spot slavery victims who were forced to work in their midst, the BBC reported.
Offering a range of employee benefits can bolster reward and drive engagement, but can be a challenge to deliver. Could AI be the solution?
The number of jobseekers per vacancy is at its highest level in three years, at 2.09 jobseekers per vacancy, the latest job market figures from job postings platform Adzuna revealed today.
Following two cases of sexism in the male-dominated fire and rescue services, we asked HR how we can make predominantly male workforces more inclusive to women.
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'.
