From today, employers can apply for the new Youth Jobs Grant, claiming £3,000 for every eligible young person they recruit. Businesses taking on new hires aged 18 to 24, who have been on universal ...

NHS hospitals and other health service employers are to be made formally accountable for how they treat their staff on a range of key issues, including how they tackle racism, violence and sexual ...

Sending what you think is a humorous GIF to a work colleague may appear harmless, but a ruling by an employment tribunal has illustrated it can be anything but. A female security guard, Ms Ursuleanu, ...

A former Goldman Sachs employee who was fired after returning from paternity leave wins his sexual discrimination case.

EU member states had until 7 June 2026 to enact legislation in line with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. But what will the new laws mean for employers in the UK, with operations in Europe? Measures ...

An independent review into the culture of the Nursing and Midwifery Council has uncovered a 'toxic' combination of poor behaviours.

At the time, the BBC’s board had said it “remained concerned about the potential for inappropriate behaviour, particularly in creative and editorial environments”. The review was undertaken by ...

Employees who rate their line managers’ people management skills poorly are more likely to experience negative mental health and poor job satisfaction, according to CIPD research that finds employers ...

Academics have questioned the robustness of a widely-quoted study that links ethnic diversity in leadership with financial performance. In an article for Econ Journal Watch, accounting professors ...

Nearly a third (30%) of employers have seen employee grievances rise over the past two years, particularly around relationships and pay. According to XpertHR, relationships with managers or colleagues ...

Among the major challenges HR will face in 2025 is the loss of skills as increasing numbers of older employees leave the workforce; the rise of worker loneliness, which will affect productivity; and ...