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...
The recent IT outage that many Microsoft users experienced due to the CrowdStrike update caused a loss of productivity and revenue. It was a headache for many businesses. But employees were also left...
The current violent climate in the UK is unsettling for the majority of us. What is the role of organisations, and specifically HR, if any, in this context?
Amazon is investigating claims that employees in the Arabs@Amazon affinity group shared antisemitic and anti-Israel messages in a company-wide chat room, the Telegraph reported (3 August).
Leaders of Rolls-Royce announced that they will give each of its employees £700 worth of shares in the company, after reporting profits of £1.1 billion in the first half of 2024, the BBC reported (2...
An online trend of ‘auditing’ business by filming workplaces is becoming increasingly popular, resulting in heated debates with workers that can become viral on social media. As forewarned is...
Tim Davie, director general of the BBC, has said he will “look at all options” to recover pay from newsreader and presenter Huw Edwards, who this week pleaded guilty to accessing indecent photos of...
Employers have a legal responsibility to bear the needs of neurodiverse employees in mind. Briony Richards, an associate at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, sets out the key areas to consider.
Nearly half (47%) of UK employees do not think their current salary is enough to live comfortably on, a survey by loan company Viva Money revealed yesterday (1 August).
New legislation to protect retail workers could set a new standard for protecting frontline workers. What can HR leaders learn?
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.
