What do doomsday, a newly crowned monarch, Snoop Dogg and Barbenheimer all have in common? They coincided with some of the biggest spikes in unplanned absence, lateness and sickness in the UK’s...

Employers should ensure their payroll remains compliant during the leap year.

As the cost of living crisis continues, the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is calling for employers to use Earned Wage Access (EWA) payroll to ease financial pressure on...

Research from Mental Health UK found that 20% of workers needed to take time off work due to stress in the past year as long-term sickness absence reaches a record high.

Slaughter and May, a leading City law firm, set out stricter plans to monitor office attendance in an email to employees.

From 31 January 2024, the UK government will ease current visitor visa legislation to allow remote working.

Absences tripled year on year from January 2021 to January 2022 and again to January 2023, according to data from HR software BrightHR.

A study from TonerGiant found 41% of Brits think employees are less likely to get a promotion or pay rise if they don’t spend enough time in the office.

The Post Office Horizon scandal saw over 700 subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft due to a faulty computing and accounting system called Horizon. 

In August, the World Health Organization published guidance on breastfeeding at work, Wilko went into administration and return to office mandates were found to be largely unsuccessful.

Nationwide Building Society, which publicly championed a ‘work from anywhere’ policy following the pandemic, has told staff they must work at the office at least two days a week.

Nearly half (46%) of UK employees said they have missed a bill payment as a direct result of inaccurate payroll, according to payroll provider MHR.