Leaders of the business services giant PwC are to begin monitoring their UK employees’ working locations, to make sure that they return to the office three days a week, the Guardian has reported.

The UK government has announced plans to give full-time workers the right to request a four-day work week, the Telegraph reported (30 August).

Employers may be increasingly offering sabbaticals to their staff, studies suggest. We asked HR leaders how employers can successfully introduce sabbaticals.

Working mums Emma Harvey and Amy Grilli founded the Five Hour Club to design a new working day for parents that allowed them to work five-hour days between school runs.

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...

In the lead-up to the extended deadline to enter our HR Excellence Awards 2024 (23 August), we are sharing how last year's winners impressed the judging panel. Today, we focus on the British Transport...

The change in UK government has sparked fresh hope among campaigners for wide-spread adoption of the four-day week, ahead of a new trial in the autumn.

How far are you willing to go to get your employees back to the office?

The Communications Workers Union (CWU), the union representing most UK postal workers, has claimed that the contracts of a new takeover agreement do not “go far, or long, enough” to protect workers.

Leaders of the Scotch whisky company Chivas Brothers, part of the Pernod Ricard Group, have introduced the company's most senior job share yet.

In early 2024, it might have seemed like all HR headlines were about the incoming Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023, which is better known as the flexible working law.

Elon Musk, CEO of e-car firm Tesla, decided to fire an entire division at the company after the division chief refused to make further redundancies.