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Rankings | Indeed lists top 10 employers for work wellbeing in the UK

Leading UK retailers, including The Body Shop, Clarks and John Lewis & Partners, have made Indeed’s list of the top 10 workplaces for wellbeing.

Benefits | Does your organisation need marriage leave?

Only 5% of UK employers offer marriage leave on top of annual leave, according to new research from wedding app Hitched.

Gig economy | Veezu to be taken to tribunal over drivers’ employment status

Taxi and private-hire platform Veezu is being taken to employment tribunal by law firm Leigh Day to contest the employment status of its workers.

Workers' rights | CIPD advises next UK government to focus on ‘good work’

As the UK gears up for its next general election, the CIPD has made a series of recommendations to the incoming government in its new Manifesto for Good Work.

Tips | Investors in People conference: Four ways to make work better

Investors in People’s Make Work Better conference yesterday (20 September) was headlined by the serial investor and Diary of a CEO podcaster, Steven Bartlett and included insight from British Airways...

Tribunal | Menopause ruled a disability in Direct Line tribunal

A former consultant at insurance company Direct Line was awarded £64,645 in damages after the firm failed to make reasonable adjustments for her menopausal symptoms.

Working parents | NatWest, Grant Thornton and Welsh Parliament named most family-friendly employers in UK

Charity Working Families has released its annual list of top family-friendly employers in the UK for 2023.

Tribunal | British Airways pilot loses anti-mask tribunal

A British Airways pilot who argued that his stance against wearing a mask during the Covid-19 outbreak was the equivalent to a religious belief has lost his claims for harassment and discrimination.

Pensions | Pension auto enrolment to be extended to 18-year-olds

A bill to extend pension auto-enrolment to those aged 18 and over and remove a lower earning threshold immediately received Royal Assent after passing its third reading yesterday (18 September).

Tribunal | Scottish postman loses accent discrimination tribunal

A Scottish postman was not racially discriminated against by an English colleague who repeatedly told him he couldn’t understand what he was saying, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Fertility | A fifth of workers undergoing fertility treatment quit jobs

A fifth of employees undergoing fertility treatment have quit their job due to the way they were treated at work, according to a new report from Totaljobs and the Fawcett Society.

Social media | What is #WorkTok?

Hashtag #WorkTok, for work-related videos made by TikTok users, now has 1.9 billion views. But what is a #5-to9? #QuitTok? #StoryTime? Here's glossary of key trends to help HR understand why it is so...