The amounts paid out by the government for unpaid wages and redundancy pay has surged to £250 million in the past year as company insolvencies hit their highest level in two decades.
As we enter 2024 and prepare for the year ahead, HR professionals and business leaders will be gearing up for employment law changes coming into force that will have a practical impact on their...
Research found 42% of workers in the UK are worried about losing their jobs, up from 28% last year.
Paper mill workers won a £1.2 million protective award from their former employers after it failed to enact its redundancy duties.
In December, vacancies continued to fall, geopolitical risk was named as the fastest growing danger to business and Spotify made mass redundancies.
As we reach the end of the year, our 12 days of Christmas countdown revisits the key events of each month
Spotify’s mass redundancies are the consequence of an over-hiring epidemic which became commonplace in the tech sector following covid, according to HR and technology experts.
Cruise operator Carnival UK was embroiled in a fire and rehire controversy last week (23 November), after it made legal provision to fire more than 900 UK-based crew and rehire them on less favourable...
The number of planned redundancies in the UK rocketed by 54% in the 12 months ending 31 July, according to new research.
Highstreet retailer Wilko has collapsed into administration leaving 12,000 staff with uncertain futures.
The number of people in employment fell by 120,000 between March and June 2023 and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned Britain is on the brink of a recession.
Communicating with staff requires careful thought, as those at Made.com learned after being sued by employees that were made redundant via zoom last year.