Today, Liz Truss became the new leader of the Conservative party and the prime minister of the UK. Here we examine which HR issues should be at the top of her agenda.

Businesses in the UK aren't doing enough to prevent work-related suicides, according to the Hazards Campaign ahead of World Suicide Prevention day on 10 September.

There is a widening gap between what people are paid and what they need to earn to live comfortably, according to research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

More than half of UK entrepreneurs (56%) have hired international staff as the country battles through ongoing staff shortages.

Young workers may have to go into the office more than they want to as rising energy bills are making working from home more expensive.

UK workers are having to work for longer before retirement due to the increased state pension age, while receiving less money from their pensions than they would need to retire comfortably.

A black teaching assistant won £17,000 from an employment tribunal after being denied the ability to work from home during Covid-19 despite her white colleague being allowed to.

Nearly half of employers (46%) would welcome extensions to statutory paternity leave and pay, according to research from the CIPD.

Podcasts could be the answer to email fatigue as around half (47%) of employees said they would rather listen to one that receive a company-wide email.

A majority (54%) of employers would like to offer support gambling, alcohol, or drug addiction, yet just 4% do.

The Metropolitan Police has paid out £1.2 million in discrimination claim payouts since 2017, according to a Freedom of Information request.

Youth unemployment has reached record lows, according to research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).