As COVID-19 challenges develop and, hopefully, subside, the enforcement of the pay gap reporting deadline for employers with at least 250 employees in Great Britain will continue from 6 April 2021.

?The unemployment rate may reach 9% by the end of the year, according to thinktank EY Item Club, an increase from 3.9% in the month to May.

Before the pandemic, it may have seemed impossible for SMEs to compete with larger firms’ company cultures.

?Not for profit Business Disability Forum has called on government to recommend the use of clear face coverings and help the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or living with hearing loss.

This may come as a surprise, but what we are all feeling during this current pandemic is grief.

People who move to London and the south-east for their career have better prospects and earn more money than those who stay in the areas where they grew up.

Fewer graduates in 2020 are confident of working in their dream industry than they were in 2019.

As lockdown eases in the UK and the government attempts to restart the economy, preparations are underway to get millions back to work.

HR directors expect 70% of their workforce will have flexible working once coronavirus restrictions are lifted, a 45% increase on current levels.

More employers are considering a workplace savings scheme to reprioritise financial wellbeing following coronavirus.

?It would be hard to find someone whose list of accomplishments is as impressive as Charlotte Valeur’s.

The CIPD is calling for the right to bereavement leave and pay to be extended to all employees experiencing the loss of a close family member.