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Diversity and inclusion | Visible difference: the invisible protected characteristic

To encourage an inclusive working environment, employers and HR professionals must make sure that they, and their employees, are educated about visible difference.

Futureproofing | CPOs need a toolkit for 2030, amid permacrisis conditions

In recent years, the role of chief people officer has undergone a seismic shift. No longer just stewards of HR policy, today’s CPOs are architects of workforce strategy.

Payroll | P11D changes: HR must avoid HMRC hazards

Payrolling benefits-in-kind (BIKs) will become mandatory for all UK employers from April 2026, replacing the current manual system – which uses P11D forms – with real-time information.

Technology | Employers who reject AI-enhanced applications are losing out

As artificial intelligence is deployed heavily throughout UK businesses, a worrying trend has emerged: employers are increasingly rejecting the use of AI within applications.

Job design | Our work paradox: why HR is solving everything – except work itself

HR must rediscover a core discipline, and propel smarter, simpler and more intentional work design.

Pay and reward | Minimum wage, maximum quandary

As businesses face increased flight risk on top of reducing pay pots, it's time to reimagine the entire employee value proposition.

Workers' rights | The right to disconnect might be dropped: what’s next?

Reports suggest that Labour will drop its plans to introduce a ‘right to disconnect’, primarily driven by concerns about the regulatory burdens it could impose on businesses at a time when they are...

Diversity and inclusion | Why WEI should replace DEI

For healthier, more engaged, and more aligned workforces, employers need to stop treating wellbeing, engagement, and inclusion separately.

Technology | Behavioural change is not a by-product of technology, it’s the prerequisite  

Where behaviours are seen as a by-product of processes and systems, there's a big problem.

Employment law | Neonatal care leave and why it matters

Where a child’s survival is a major concern, an employer’s understanding is crucial.

Pay and reward | Can HR help close the generational wealth gap?

ONS figures suggesting that Baby Boomers have nest eggs 30 times larger than Gen Zs are a stark warning that younger people won’t have enough money to comfortably retire on.

Wellbeing | Sick pay reform is overdue, it’s time to put it right

It’s sickening that millions across the UK don’t currently have access to sick pay if they are unwell.