A cross-party commission has warned that drastic action is required to address the growing number of people signed off from work with a long-term illness.
Equal pay claims increased for the third consecutive year in 2023, according to new analysis released for International Equal Pay Day (18 September).
It is important to reflect on why so many people are unhappy at work, and how we can build a culture of genuine happiness. The International Week of Happiness at Work begins next week (from 23 to 27...
Campaigners have strapped lifesized doll babies in slings to statues of men in central London, in a stunt aimed at lobbying the UK government to improve its parental leave offering.
As the long-running junior doctors dispute comes to an end in England, we asked HR: how can business leaders find common ground, in order to better resolve disputes at work?
Tesco has lost its battle for its right to fire and rehire staff on contracts with lower pay after The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) union...
Wellbeing washing is when companies say all the right things on LinkedIn, but don’t genuinely care about their employees' wellbeing. Instead, they implement cheap, ineffective support to improve the...
Leaders of the business services giant PwC are to begin monitoring their UK employees’ working locations, to make sure that they return to the office three days a week, the Guardian has reported.
Among a raft of manifesto commitments, Labour has pledged to introduce a ‘right to switch off’, putting guardrails around contacting employees after hours. How can HR implement the policy?
Many of our current procedures to create justice at work are not fit for purpose and do not garner positive working relationships. There is a better way.
Working mothers are disproportionately impacted by unpredictable hours, a study exclusive to HR magazine has found. The research findings were published as news broke about the government's plan to...
When HR manager Nina Johansson joined British Rowing, the entire HR function was documented on paper kept in filing cabinets.
We spend a third of our lives at work, yet many HR professionals still overlook the subtle poisons seeping into our professional environments.
Fewer than one in 10 employees (9%) would choose to have a Christmas party, research by reward provider Love2Shop showed (10 September). Around two thirds (63%) of respondents said they 63% said they...
Becky Wallace, current head of people at learning management system, LearnUpon, chronicles her career journey so far.
Economic uncertainty has illustrated the need for HR departments to support employees’ financial wellbeing.
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'.
