Migrant workers needed for both low- and high-skilled roles

Businesses are concerned about – but not prepared for – a tighter labour market according to the Migration Advisory Committee

Employers must take action on "normalisation" of sexual harassment

?Corrosive working cultures have normalised sexual harassment, state new recommendations from the EHRC

Firms expect government to make pensions mandatory

Businesses also expect the government to increase auto-enrolment minimum contributions beyond 8%

Current policies failing working fathers, MPs say

New report calls for reforms to workplace policies to better support fathers seeking more active childcare roles

Asking employees to 'spy' on each other

Employers can ask employees to report colleagues for infractions but they should consider the negative implications

MPs call for end to unpaid trial shifts

MPs are calling for unpaid trial shifts to be banned, as Unite reveals that complaints have risen six-fold over the past three years.

Skillsets biggest obstacle to HR's GDPR response

HR could lead GDPR and step up into data protection roles, said speakers at a HR magazine and Sage webinar

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What’s the most important part of the GDPR for you?

Different teams will be concerned with different Articles, but the leadership team must see the whole

Breaking the glass ceiling for disability

For disabled people false assumptions of what they can and can’t achieve can limit their progress

Law partners suspect gender pay gaps

A significant number of female partners are not being paid as much as men doing similar work

Contractors call for employment rights under IR35

An IR35 rethink is required before the government rolls out the reforms to the private sector, say experts

Employment tribunal cases rise after fees scrapped

More equal pay claims are anticipated now that employment tribunal fees have been abolished