Find out who is striking, why, and what services will be affected in our round-up.

There’s a new global health threat on the scene. The World Health Organisation declared loneliness a pressing global health threat last November, and it’s a threat with mortality effects equivalent to...

A third of UK workers have a high mental health risk driven by loneliness, a report by healthcare provider Telus Health has found. 

A quarter of mothers with children under the age of five have taken on extra work to cover the increased cost of childcare, a survey by Indeed Flex has found.

P&O Ferries has paid some seafaring workers less than half minimum wage, according to a report from The Guardian.

Could a culture of continuous learning tackle the biggest obstacle to workplace learning and development (L&D)?

Prime minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to invest £60 million in apprenticeships over the next year, but HR representatives say that it will not go far enough to boost increased take up of...

Half of neurodivergent employees have taken time off work due to their neurodivergence, City & Guilds’ annual Neurodiversity Index found. This increased 5% from last year.

Thanks to a legislative fix to the UK’s off-payroll working rules (IR35), HR can take a less risk-averse approach, and return to using freelancers.

The Home Office has published more detail about changes to immigration rules that will raise the salary threshold for skilled workers to enter the UK from April 2024.

A former charity employee was unfairly dismissed for reporting smoking in the office, an employment tribunal found earlier this month.

Manchester United Football Club is reportedly being sued for up to £100,000 due to a data breach where confidential employee details were exposed.