More than a million people are working on a zero-hours contract basis, and around 720,000 of them have been with their current employer for over a year, according to analysis by the Trades Union...
The exposure of an “unapologetically racist” HMRC employee has raised questions about how HR and recruiters monitor and hire people with extreme political beliefs.
How can HR transform cross-border compliance from a headache into a trust-building tool?
A tribunal judicial ruling has allowed a claimant to refer to a transgender colleague with pronouns they did not choose, raising questions over how to manage disputes regarding gender identity in the...
The arrest of a former British Museum employee has raised questions about how UK businesses ensure data and systems are secure at work — and how HR leaders can implement effective cybersecurity and...
Earlier this month, the government indicated that it was considering a ban on UK employers using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to hush up cases of sexual misconduct.
Fintech company Stripe has announced its latest round of layoffs on Monday (20 January), cutting 300 employees, but has insisted that they will achieve targets to grow its headcount by 17% by December...
The official tasked with overseeing labour exploitation in the UK has called on the government to clarify long-standing questions over workers’ status, if it wants the overhaul of employee rights to...
A social media worker, who only created six posts in a month compared with a colleague’s 73, won £22,210 in an unfair dismissal case as she was not given enough warning of her potential dismissal.
A white accountancy firm executive was awarded more than £40,000 for victimisation at tribunal after she was dismissed following an internal complaint of race discrimination.
Though it's tempting to try and shut down workplace conversations about divisive issues, stifling conversation is unlikely to be successful.
A Cardiff-based NHS board discriminated against a healthcare support worker on the basis of sex, a tribunal has ruled, after it failed to provide a private area for the worker to express breast milk.