References: What you need to know

When either providing or asking for a reference it's important to consider these key points made by the new Acas guidance

Legal lowdown: Unethical manager requests

Asking an employee to carry out something that is not necessarily illegal could fall within the category of unreasonable behaviour

Raising the status of the European PA

The latest Brexit developments have revealed a hole in support staff recruitment, with demand for multi-lingual staff outweighing supply

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HR issues raised by Bodyguard

As well as proving to be a massive hit, BBC drama Bodyguard highlighted a number of important workplace issues

Why hiring white women isn't enough

The risk of solely hiring 'more women' (which often just means privileged white women) is that it limits the benefits of greater diversity

Candidates abandon job applications after 15 minutes

The majority (73%) of applicants abandon job applications if they take longer than 15 minutes, according to Hays

Plugging the cyber skills gap with military veterans

On the cyber security frontline, veterans could play a key role in plugging the skills gap

Why are we still seeing age discrimination when hiring senior workers?

There are five common stereotypes around older workers that must be overcome for both society and business to benefit

Two years since the Taylor Review: What next?

It’s been two years since the government commissioned The Independent Review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, or the Taylor Review as it’s more commonly known

Employees unsupported when starting new roles

Two-fifths (40%) of employees do not receive onboarding support when starting a new job, according to research

Is this the end of free movement?

What the new Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report and its recommendations might mean for businesses

Boom in zero-hours contracts contributing to high employment

The number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts has more than tripled since 2012 and accounts for almost a quarter of employment growth, according to Adzuna