While the HR hype around AI shows no sign of slowing, the volume of its critics is increasing. Dan Cave explores what HR really needs to know, and be mindful of, about AI.
The UK’s last coal-fired power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, closed on Monday (30 September), as part of the government’s efforts to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels.
The number of jobseekers per vacancy is at its highest level in three years, at 2.09 jobseekers per vacancy, the latest job market figures from job postings platform Adzuna revealed today.
Over a quarter (27%) of UK employers have had new starters fail to turn up on their first day of work in the last year, research by the CIPD revealed today.
More than half (55%) of employers reported that they do not specifically state an interest in diverse candidates in their job adverts, compared to 49% in 2023 and 48% in 2022, research from the...
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...
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.
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.
More than 70% of people aged over 50 indicated ‘yes’ to the question: ‘Is recruitment broken?’ in May 2024. They aren’t wrong.
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?
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...
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.