Women working in the London financial sector are forced to put up with “shocking” levels of sexual harassment, bullying and a stagnating gender pay gap, a report by MPs has found.

Almost one in five (19%) British workers suffers from a chronic illness, including heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, according to research by PruHealth with Vitality and Mercer.

Complaints relating to part-time working regulations have risen by 767% since the pandemic, topping the list of tribunal causes that have seen the steepest increase over the past 18 months.

Daniel Susskind, economist and author of A World Without Work, said AI is not able to be creative, empathetic, or use gut feeling, but it can make better judgement calls than humans.

Organisations must take care not to neglect frontline staff communications during M&A activity, Guy Pink, executive director of HR at substance misuse charity Addaction, has told HR magazine.