More than 70% of people aged over 50 indicated ‘yes’ to the question: ‘Is recruitment broken?’ in May 2024. They aren’t wrong.
Sky Sports pundit Stuart Barnes was a "disguised employee" and should have been classed as working inside of IR35 legislation, a tribunal has ruled, ordering him to pay £700,000 to HMRC.
As the Labour government passed its first 50 days in power this week, we asked lawyers about the upcoming changes to employment law that HR should be aware of.
Retailer Next has lost a six-year equal pay claim after a tribunal ruled that it should not have relied on market rates when deciding on employees' pay. What can HR learn from this?
Black and minority ethnic staff still feel uncomfortable reporting racism at work. HR has the power to change this.
More than 160,000 people in the UK have had minor childhood transgressions disclosed to prospective employers during a background check in the past decade, the Telegraph revealed on Monday (19...
LNER drivers have threatened fresh strikes over a culture of bullying and poor working conditions, Sky News reported on 18 August.
One in four pregnancies in the UK end in miscarriage. This issue is present in our workforce. But are we having challenging conversations about it, out loud?
An employer has banned a street cleaner from accessing a £3,000 holiday fund raised by the local community in Beckenham, stating that staff are prohibited from accepting “gifts or incentives”.
We asked employment lawyers how to ensure that companies wanting to recruit candidates from minority groups – ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) – do not unintentionally discriminate.
Civil unrest has broken out around the UK, as mobs have targeted shops, mosques, and hotels accommodating asylum seekers. We asked commentators how HR can support employees amid the crisis.
A recruitment consultant has lost her claims at a tribunal after it found she had bragged about the number of times her partner had made her “squirt” during sex, and allegedly showed colleagues...