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Queen’s Speech: Workers’ rights, Brexit and pensions

Government announces employment bill to protect workers’ rights, but experts give a mixed response

12 months of 2019: June

It's been an eventful year for HR-related issues hitting the headlines. Our 12 Days of Christmas countdown revisits each month's most notable happenings

UK company rolls out period-friendly HR policies

As research finds women would be more likely to want to work for a company that has a period-friendly policy in place, Intimina UK aims to empower employees throughout their menstrual cycle

Increased automation drives employee mental health concerns

Employees feel anxious about various factors of automation, including pressures to be 'always on' and changes to their roles

12 months of 2019: May

It's been an eventful year for HR-related issues hitting the headlines. Our 12 Days of Christmas countdown revisits each month's most notable happenings

Only half think businesses behave ethically

Research on business ethics reveals that the British public's view of organisations has dipped from last year

Pay remains stagnant despite high employment

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Stagnant pay due to low productivity continues to trouble the economy, despite UK employment remaining buoyant

12 months of 2019: March

It's been an eventful year for HR-related issues hitting the headlines. Our 12 Days of Christmas countdown revisits each month's most notable happenings

UK falls in ranking for gender equality

The UK has fallen six places in a ranking of gender equality, with economists warning that it could take 100 years to close the global gender pay gap

Employers think graduates are unprepared for the workplace

?Businesses feel that nearly a fifth (17%) of graduates are not ready for the workplace, according to research from qualification body Pearson

Workers holding multiple temporary roles

?More than one in 10 (12%) workers in the UK have multiple jobs and consider temporary work as their main role, according to research from Reed

HR happiness at risk because career development is lacking

The happiness of HR professionals is being compromised by a lack of career development, according to new research from The Happiness Index