The number of working days lost to sickness and injury in the UK in 2024 was 148.9m, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published on Wednesday (4 June).
We’ve heard a lot about pay transparency over the past couple of years, ramped up since the EU Pay Transparency Directive was passed in June 2023. Sat in the UK, it’s easy to dismiss this noise as...
Half of participants in the CIPD Trust’s Aspiring HR Directors (HRD) programme, designed to support HR high-performers from underrepresented backgrounds, have been promoted to senior roles since the...
A property lawyer was struck off for holding three jobs at once while working remotely.
Half (52%) of UK employees in middle manager roles and below don’t see management as an aspirational career path, research has revealed.
It's not just large companies which sometimes struggle with mental health issues among their staff.
After the UK Supreme Court ruling on 16 April, the Football Association (FA) barred transgender women from playing women’s football. The England and Wales Cricket Board made a similar decision. How...
A former IT director has won his claim of unfair dismissal after a tribunal found that the performance investigation into him was biased.
Amid economic and labour market uncertainty caused by US-imposed tariffs, how can HR support employees? Hannah Davenport reports.
The UK government is to extend a flexible working programme for teachers, which should enable more educators to plan lessons from home, job share or work flexible hours.
Large language model technology has supercharged Morson Group’s productivity gains, as Dan Cave discovered.
How often do we really stop to consider what it’s like to balance work, parenting, and life’s unpredictability without a partner to share the weight?
The UK has ranked 22nd globally out of 109 countries in skills proficiency, according to a report published today (4 June).
Four in 10 (39%) workers have experienced bullying, harassment and discrimination at work due to their disability, according to survey findings published yesterday (3 June).
It’s high time for HR professionals to craft and make better use of insightful stay interviews, says Alice Burks
We’re hearing a lot about stress right now. More specifically, we’re hearing a lot about cortisol.
A British Airways cabin crew member has gone viral after being discovered dancing naked in a business class toilet mid-shift, according to The Independent’s report of the incident yesterday (2 June).
The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.
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.
