Operational Efficiency

Retail worker protections: set a new standard for frontline support

New legislation to protect retail workers could set a new standard for protecting frontline workers. What can HR leaders learn?

Degree requirement in Lidl redundancy criteria was age discrimination

A senior construction consultant at Lidl was indirectly discriminated against by a redundancy selection criteria that required him to have a degree, a tribunal found.

Hot Topic: Where does HR draw the line on cronyism?

Nepotism and cronyism is widely frowned upon. But there is no legal obligation to prevent it and, according to April 2023 research, workers often get their job through a personal connection.

Tata Steel: sustainability goals vs workers' rights

Bosses at Tata Steel have clashed with unions over plans for greener manufacturing. Can employers balance sustainability with workers’ concerns?

Employers will suffer without urgent immigration reform

We need Labour to make urgent and necessary changes to immigration to address the growing labour shortage and bolster the UK economy.

Evri to recruit 9,000 new workers amid expansion

Representatives of parcel delivery service Evri are to recruit for 9,000 new UK employees as part of the business' expansion.

HR must be ready for the ‘big shift’

From April 2026 onwards, payrolling benefits will become mandatory, making P11D forms a thing of the past. Though we’re two years away from what the payroll community calls ‘the big switch’, early...

Job ads showing salary hit record low

Less than half (47.7%) of job adverts featured salary information in June 2024, the lowest recorded figure since job postings platform Adzuna started tracking the metric in 2016.

One in five employees have no cybersecurity training

Nearly a fifth (18%) of employees have never received cybersecurity training, a survey by security awareness company KnowBe4 found.

Pregnant HR manager awarded £19k after dismissal on "trumped up" charges

An HR manager has been awarded over £19k for pregnancy discrimination after her employer bullied and dismissed her on “trumped up” charges.

Gen Z and millennials most likely to face hiring bias

More than a third (37%) of younger workers (aged 16 to 34) have experienced bias during the recruitment process, compared to 22% of all respondents, according to the findings of a survey conducted by...

How to support managers in a restructure

When HR leaders are guiding organisations through a restructure, they must not neglect line manager support.