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Flexible working | How HR can successfully implement sabbaticals

Employers may be increasingly offering sabbaticals to their staff, studies suggest. We asked HR leaders how employers can successfully introduce sabbaticals.

Culture | Met police officers report worsening racism

Racism within the Metropolitan police, Britain’s largest police force, is getting worse, according to 10 black and ethnic minority officers who spoke to the BBC. We asked HR leaders how racism can be...

Recruitment | Too-low salaries being advertised online, trade body finds

Jobs that pay below the national living wage continue to be advertised, research from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) revealed last week (21 August). How can HR combat this?

Social media | Is it time for businesses to leave X?

Some organisations have decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) after criticism that the platform failed to moderate disinformation and racist content, particularly during the UK riots this summer.

Working parents | How the Five Hour Club makes work work, for parents

Working mums Emma Harvey and Amy Grilli founded the Five Hour Club to design a new working day for parents that allowed them to work five-hour days between school runs.

Health | How can HR support staff amid the Mpox health emergency?

The trade union Unison has encouraged its branches to speak to employers about Mpox and how they can protect employees from the virus.

Wellbeing | Nearly 60% of employers unaware of employee wellbeing needs

Most employers (58%) do not have an in-depth understanding of their employees’ health and wellbeing needs, according to research commissioned by the insurer Towergate Health and Protection (20...

Disability | Rethinking HR's approach to newly disabled employees

Less than half (40%) of employers offer physical health support when employees experience an injury, new illness or disability according to research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), an industry...

Immigration | Huge increase in migrant care workers reporting exploitative contracts

The number of migrant care workers who have reported being employed under exploitative contracts rose from 22 to 134 between 2021-2022 and 2023-2024.

Inclusion | How to close the 'say-do gap' for an age-inclusive workplace

Age-inclusive policies will be central to closing the 'say-do gap' and achieving intergenerational harmonisation, the Work Foundation thinktank's report revealed last week (13 August). Here's what you...

Convictions | Background checks flag thousands of minor childhood offences

More than 160,000 people in the UK have had minor childhood transgressions disclosed to prospective employers during a background check in the past decade, the Telegraph revealed on Monday (19...

Unions | LNER drivers to strike over bullying and work culture

LNER drivers have threatened fresh strikes over a culture of bullying and poor working conditions, Sky News reported on 18 August.