Fintech company Stripe has announced its latest round of layoffs on Monday (20 January), cutting 300 employees, but has insisted that they will achieve targets to grow its headcount by 17% by December...
Preparing our workforce for an AI-driven economy requires more than just addressing today's skills gaps.
The head of Aldi announced that its in-store employees would receive a pay rise in March 2025, but CEO Giles Hurley warned the government about the impact of rising taxes on employers. We asked HR...
The majority (91%) of UK hiring managers prefer a candidate with a strong digital professional brand, while 81% of UK job seekers agree that an organisation’s brand is crucial, according to research...
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The official tasked with overseeing labour exploitation in the UK has called on the government to clarify long-standing questions over workers’ status, if it wants the overhaul of employee rights to...
Ecotricity, a UK-based green energy business, has made national headlines after it claimed to have opened the UK’s first fully plant-based workplace canteen.
Workplace conflict between employees is growing. Dealing with it will continue to be firmly at the top of the agenda for HR in 2025.
A social media worker, who only created six posts in a month compared with a colleague’s 73, won £22,210 in an unfair dismissal case as she was not given enough warning of her potential dismissal.
Only half (52%) of workers in the UK believe that the way their employer promotes itself is aligned with their actions towards ESG issues, according to research from insights agency Opinium.
The cost of living may again become a problem this year, representing yet another challenge for employers.
A white accountancy firm executive was awarded more than £40,000 for victimisation at tribunal after she was dismissed following an internal complaint of race discrimination.