The UK government has made the Post Office and identity verification platform Yoti the first certified digital identity service providers (IDSP) to carry out right to work checks across the country.
Women, disabled workers, ethnic minorities and young workers have been disproportionately affected by insecure employment over the last 20 years.
The government has announced plans to remove exclusivity clauses in contracts for low income workers, allowing them to work multiple jobs.
The rights of workers are rarely far from the headlines. You only have to look at the backlash that came from P&O’s decision to make 800 people redundant without consultation to know the reaction when...
Insecure and low-paid work is costing the UK Treasury £10 billions every year, according to a report from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The addition of an extra bank holiday to the calendar could create a sticking point between employers and employees.
There are two ways of dealing with family issues of staff in the workplace.
Companies across the UK have signed the Freelance Charter drawn up by freelance platform UnderPinned which aims to protect the rights of self-employed workers.
Everyone should be able to show up in life as their true authentic self both in their personal and professional life.
Shift work may not be as flexible as advertised, as many workers are given little notice to plan their lives.
A ragbag approach to skills shortages and hard-to-shift government bias over the intentions of migrants is preventing employers making the most of potential talent, finds Peter Crush.
The UK government signalled its intention to intensify benefit sanctions with the recently announced ‘Way to Work’ scheme, which aims to move half a million people into jobs by the end of June 2022.