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Seven in 10 employees are unaware that they will soon have the right to request flexible working from their first day in a job.| Personnel Today
Seven in 10 employees are unaware that they will soon have the right to request flexible working from their first day in a job.| Personnel Today
The number of jobs ads with flexible working options has plateaued at just 31%, research by Timewise has found.| Personnel Today
Flexible working bill: Legislation that will give employees better access to flexible working has now completed its way through parliament.| Personnel Today
Equal pay day 2023: Women in the UK will not see the gender pay gap closed before they reach state pension age, according to the Fawcett Society.| Personnel Today
Gaining the right to request flexible working will tie businesses up in bureaucracy and lead to the UK being uncompetitive says inventor| Personnel Today
The right to request flexible working from day one of employment, as well as several other regulations, will take effect on 6 April 2024.| Personnel Today
CIPD flexible working report: Four million workers have changed careers due to a lack of flexibility, according to the HR body.| Personnel Today
The Carer's Leave Act 2023 comes into force on 6 April 2024, so how should employers manage carers' entitlement to time off?| Personnel Today
Western Australian government officials are in the latter stages of a tour of the UK extolling the benefits of working in the huge state| Personnel Today
'Unretiring': suggestions that recent retirees should get back to work will not solve the economic inactivity conundrum, a report finds.| Personnel Today
Pay awards: Employers’ expectations of pay awards have risen to a new high of 5%, according to the latest outlook from the CIPD.| Personnel Today
Job insecurity: the global slowdown will mean more workers accept lower-quality work, according to the International Labour Organization.| Personnel Today
Sharp rise in work visas as net immigration hits unprecedented heights with Ukraine, Hong Kong and graduate immigrants driving the increase.| Personnel Today
The CBI will set out new principles to boost productivity and overcome UK labour market challenges. 'Radical' change is needed, it says.| Personnel Today
The Department for Education has restricted a teacher relocation scheme designed to alleviate the shortage of languages and physics teachers.| Personnel Today
A third of doctors and three in 10 nurses working in the health service have come from abroad – the highest proportion since records began.| Personnel Today
The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that only 21 occupations be included on the Immigration Salary List.| Personnel Today
On 6 February, the Immigration Health Surcharge rose by 66% for those applying to come to the UK or hoping to extend their visas.| Personnel Today
The shortage occupation list is being replaced under the new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules by the UK government.| Personnel Today
Recognising the value of building rather than buying talent has rarely been more important for business leaders.| Personnel Today
With employees becoming more demanding and increasingly pursuing portfolio careers, managing their performance becomes more of a challenge.| Personnel Today
How can an employer attract Gen Z talent? Recruiting the workforce of tomorrow requires an awareness of their concerns and preferences.| Personnel Today
M&S has relaunched a retail leadership scheme designed to help school leavers and graduates begin a leadership career.| Personnel Today
By introducing career conversations at work, organisations can help motivate and engage staff and potentially address skills shortages.| Personnel Today
Working a four-day week on full pay is viable for most UK companies, a study of thousands of businesses has sought to demonstrate.| Personnel Today
Peter Cheese, chief executive of the CIPD and chair of the government’s Flexible Working Taskforce, has indicated that a four-day week could be just one| Personnel Today
If the four-day week is to be a realistic option for businesses, work needs to be done on how it can be made to suit companies of different sizes.| Personnel Today
Trials of reduced working hours have led to new employment contracts for many people in Iceland.| Personnel Today
Almost two thirds of Britons would like to work a four-day week, according to research into the popularity of various employee benefits. Only 39% of UK| Personnel Today
Around 30 more employers are set to participate in a four-day week trial where researchers will measure the impact it has on productivity and wellbeing.| Personnel Today
Register for our exclusive webinar looking at the issues surrounding "working from anywhere", including risks around immigration and tax.| Personnel Today
Nick Kemsley examines the talent lifecycle and looks at how talent management needs to adapt to the era of career consumerism.| Personnel Today
Andrew Mawson discusses presence bias and how organsations with hybrid working models can eliminate it, creating more equitable workplaces.| Personnel Today
Guy Lubitsh examines of HR can tackle hybrid working loneliness and feelings of exclusion in the post-pandemic world.| Personnel Today
English-speaking countries have the highest levels of home working around the globe, with the UK ranking second only to Canada.| Personnel Today
By investing in a ‘green’ economy, the UK government can create 1.6 million jobs as well as meet its targets for improving air quality, lowering carbon| Personnel Today
Creating new ‘green’ jobs will boost productivity and help the UK become a global leader in climate action, the chief of the Confederation of British| Personnel Today
Care assistant who failed to disclose a murder charge has won her claim for unfair dismissal at Edinburgh Employment Tribunal.| Personnel Today
A former Twitter executive has won a record award at tribunal in Ireland for unfair dismissal.| Personnel Today
TUC calls for “step change” in the UK’s approach to AI, as half of the public is concerned about its possible impact on their jobs.| Personnel Today
Singapore-based DBS Group is cutting its headcount by 10% as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on more human work.| Personnel Today
Software giant Salesforce has laid off around 4,000 employees in its customer service division as part of a shift to using more AI in its operations.| Personnel Today
Workplace nicknames can have a sinister undertone if a colleague is given a discriminatory nickname that relates to a protected characteristic.| Personnel Today
A salesman who was called a “fat ginger pikey” by work colleagues has lost his claim for disability discrimination and victimisation at the Employment| Personnel Today
Harassment is traditionally thought of as a man’s unwanted actions towards a woman, or comments that are offensive to a particular group such as ethnic| Personnel Today
Engineer wins unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim in a case where employment tribunal found colleagues had trespassed his home.| Personnel Today
A nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round and was consistently ignored by a colleague has won £41,000 for constructive dismissal.| Personnel Today
Executive search specialist Elena Bajada examines salary compression and what HR leaders should do to ensure their pay structures remain fair.| Personnel Today
Equality watchdog suggests government could consider reintroducing equal pay questionnaires in its response to a call for evidence.| Personnel Today
Starling Bank staff resign following demands from the company’s chief executive that they spend more time in the workplace.| Personnel Today
Amazon's return-to-the-office policy signals the end of trends that arrived with the pandemic. But are employees ready for it?| Personnel Today
Strict return to office mandates are pushing workers to look for new jobs, according to research from International Workplace Group.| Personnel Today
Outdoor training: With an increasing number of return-to-office mandates, should businesses be taking employees outside, rather than keeping them in?| Personnel Today
More than half of people with a number of chronic long-term health conditions are also in chronic pain.| Personnel Today
People who live in the most deprived areas of England are more likely to suffer chronic conditions that prevent them from working.| Personnel Today
Hundreds of Liverpool university staff are to stage additional strikes in their dispute over hybrid-working arrangements.| Personnel Today
A million people have changed jobs because of a lack of flexibility, as half of UK employees feel under pressure to return to office, according to the CIPD.| Personnel Today
Broadband traffic on Friday afternoons during summer 8% lower between 3:00pm and 5:00pm compared to winter, as workers finish early.| Personnel Today
BCC finds 9% of SMEs say employees have left because of requirement to return to the office or onsite working.| Personnel Today
KPMG has been using a ‘set distribution’ or ranking approach to assessing employees’ performance. Like annual appraisals, this strategy has fallen out of favour in recent years, but why?| Personnel Today
The combined firm will rationalise its labour force and seek to ensure duplicated roles are not maintained.| Personnel Today
Businesses seeking to cut costs through redundancies post-budget should not rely on this as the sole reason for dismissal.| Personnel Today
US bank Wells Fargo is facing a lawsuit claiming it conducted ‘fake interviews’ for non-white and female applicants in a diversity drive.| Personnel Today
A former Microsoft manager in DEI has accused the company of downgrading efforts to improve diversity, after his team was laid off.| Personnel Today
Diversity of teaching staff: more than half of primary schools in Britain have no ethnic minority teaching staff, a study has found.| Personnel Today
The House of Lords has voted for an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill that would remove day-one unfair dismissal rights.| Personnel Today
The government has published an ‘implementation roadmap’ for the Employment Rights Bill, confirming significant changes will come as soon as next April.| Personnel Today
More than 100 companies in the facilities management sector warn of ‘unintended consequences’ of workers' rights bill.| Personnel Today
Quarterly employment tribunal statistics show the number of open cases has risen from 39,000 to 49,800 in 12 months.| Personnel Today
The TUC has today (Monday) has told Conservative and Lib Dem peers to ‘stop trying to block’ stronger rights for millions of workers.| Personnel Today
Changes to flexible working law come into force on 6 April 2024. We look at how the new flexible working act works for employers.| Personnel Today
There has been a lot of focus on healthy home working. But what about mental health for those managing chronic pain from home?| Personnel Today
Wages have not risen to UK attract workers as a result of the move of a more controlled immigration system.| Personnel Today
The UK's current immigration policy is harmful to businesses, a report says, organisations still rely on international workers.| Personnel Today
Employers need to create a culture of continuous learning and give teams opportunities to advance their skills, finds report.| Personnel Today
Organisations are adapting their learning methods to better suit Gen Z, with some choosing to use more gamification, a survey has found.| Personnel Today
The Culture Builders' Jane Sparrow argues that a four-day week would lead to reduced pay, less flexibility and less thinking time for some employees.| Personnel Today
Charlotte Lockhart, co-founder of 4 Day Week Global, speaks to Chris Taylor about this new way of working.| Personnel Today
We speak to companies with four-day weeks to find out about the benefits and challenges they've experienced.| Personnel Today
Four-day week: Thousands of workers begin a six-month trial today of working 80% of the time for 100% of pay.| Personnel Today
Four-day week & wellbeing: Many employers are considering the work-life and wellbeing benefits of a four-day week.| Personnel Today
More UK professionals are now working exclusively in the office compared to those working hybrid, according to a Hays survey.| Personnel Today
‘The evidence suggests a one-size-fits-all approach to return-to-office could be detrimental’ says KPMG people director.| Personnel Today
Around 250,000 jobs will be created as part of a “green industrial revolution” in the UK, the Prime Minister will announce today. Boris Johnson is set to| Personnel Today
NHS worker awarded £29,000 by employment tribunal after being assigned Darth Vader personality type in Star Wars-themed Myers-Briggs exercise.| Personnel Today
A Met Police sergeant who brought 271 individual allegations to an employment tribunal has had all claims dismissed.| Personnel Today
UK employers are pushing for more in-office attendance, driven largely by a belief that it boosts engagement at work.| Personnel Today
Almost half of managers in the UK admit that being in the office is more about appearance, according to new research from Indeed.| Personnel Today
New research on commuting patterns in London confirms the limited impact of ‘back to the office’ directives.| Personnel Today
Workers at Amazon's AWS unit have written to their CEO urging for a reversal of its full-time return to office policy.| Personnel Today
More than two-fifths of Britons in their forties suffer from chronic pain, research has suggested.| Personnel Today
Meta has told staff it will cut around 5% of its global workforce, and will use the company’s performance management system to do so.| Personnel Today
Walmart cuts many of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following pressure from conservative activists.| Personnel Today
More than two in five (42%) employers have a dedicated diversity, equality and inclusion (DE&I) resource in place, a new study finds.| Personnel Today
Pay transparency: Female employees are less likely to discuss salary details with their manager, according to a survey from XpertHR.| Personnel Today
Closing the median gender pay gap will take 63 years if the rate of progress up until now were to continue, according to BDO.| Personnel Today
Birmingham City Council has reached an agreement with unions over how jobs are graded, moving a step closer to settling equal pay claims.| Personnel Today
Birmingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt after revealing it does not have the funds to settle equal pay claims.| Personnel Today
Local government minister Jim McMahon has met Birmingham council officials in an attempt to achieve a breakthrough in the city's bin strike.| Personnel Today
Birmingham City Council declares major incident amid ongoing strikes by bin workers, which have led to 17,000 tonnes of uncollected waste.| Personnel Today
