Does your organisation need dedicated health and wellbeing roles?

As workplaces expand the scope of their health and wellbeing strategies there has been a rise in roles dedicated to taking care of specific aspects of them, including as fertility officers and mental...

Senior HR disconnected from employee money worries

Only 3% of senior HR professionals worry about money every day, compared to almost a quarter (22%) of UK employees, according to financial wellbeing service Bippit.

Wilko goes into administration with 12,000 jobs at risk

Highstreet retailer Wilko has collapsed into administration leaving 12,000 staff with uncertain futures.

Making the right call on hybrid work

When hybrid working is done wrong, there are consequences: business suffers, and people leave.

How I got here: Syreeta Brown, Virgin Money

Syreeta Brown, group chief people and communications officer at Virgin Money Group, shares her career journey and top leadership tips.

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Scotland employment and wages growing slower than rest of UK since 2014

There has been slower growth in employment and earning levels in Scotland since 2014 according to a new report from The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS).

Law firm to pay £20,000 for not giving proper warning of closure to employees

A tribunal found eight claims of unfair dismissal against a Newcastle-based law firm were well-founded as the company did not properly warn employees before liquidation.

Are side hustles a threat to employment?

Side hustles refer to an individual's secondary source of income, ranging from part time jobs taken in their spare time, such as working in a pub on weekends, to starting up their own business or...

Future leader: Lewis Armstrong, people and culture advisor, ISS Facility Services UK

Lewis Armstrong, people and culture advisor at ISS Facility Services UK, shares his vision for the future of the profession.

Chat GPT may be banned in some UK organisations

Two thirds (66%) of organisations in the UK are implementing or considering bans on generative AI applications within the workplace, according to a survey of IT decision makers by software company...

Frontline workers unable to afford sick days

Nine million (83%) frontline workers work through illness as they cannot afford time off, according to research from financial wellbeing service Wagestream.

Proactively preventing sexual harassment in the workplace

Sexual harassment is a subject that organisations hope to never have to deal with, but it has a worrying prevalence in businesses throughout the UK.