Admin roles predicted to decline by 2035

Workers in administrative and construction sectors are at the greatest risk of leaving the labour market, or experiencing downward wage pressures, a report by the National Foundation for Educational...

ONS figures: Labour market ‘reasonably steady’

Employment levels have increased over the latest quarter, while vacancies continue to decrease, the latest statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Labour Force Survey have shown.

Warning issued over skilled worker pay rates

Employers could be overpaying to hire skilled workers from outside the UK due to newly revealed Home Office errors uncovered by investigators working for the immigration recruitment platform Immpact.

Why older workers are giving up on traditional recruitment

More than 70% of people aged over 50 indicated ‘yes’ to the question: ‘Is recruitment broken?’ in May 2024. They aren’t wrong.

Too-low salaries being advertised online, trade body finds

Jobs that pay below the national living wage continue to be advertised, research from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) revealed last week (21 August). How can HR combat this?

Job descriptions are holding your organisation back

Traditional job descriptions have become relics in a world that demands agility, creativity, and resilience. These fixed documents, often seen as necessary evils, stifle innovation and personal...

Award-winning HR: Best Recruitment and Workforce Planning Strategy 2023

As tomorrow's (23 August) deadline for entering the HR Excellence Awards 2024 looms, we share Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust's award-winning strategy.

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Listen to disabled employees’ lived experiences

Understanding lived experience is vital. So when will we stop guessing and start learning from disabled talent?

Award-winning HR: HR Consultancy of the Year 2023

In the run-up to the Friday 23 August deadline for entering this year's HR Excellence Awards, we share the story of how People Station won the first-ever HR Consultancy of the Year award.

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Background checks flag thousands of minor childhood offences

More than 160,000 people in the UK have had minor childhood transgressions disclosed to prospective employers during a background check in the past decade, the Telegraph revealed on Monday (19...

Award-winning HR: Best Early Careers Strategy

As Friday's deadline (23 August) for entering this year's HR Excellence awards nears, we share how last year's winner, the facility management business Mitie, won the trophy for Best Early Careers...

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Results day: How HR can support young people entering work

As students receive their A-level results this morning (15 August), we asked HR how they can support younger workers entering the workplace.