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Housing trust staffers win £95,000 in racial bias case

An employment tribunal has awarded two mixed-race women a settlement of £95,000, after finding racial bias and an "inexplicable inconsistency" in their employer’s approach to internal recruitment.

Workplace AI policies: Does your company need them?

The majority (68%) of business leaders think employees should not use AI without a managers' permission, according to technology authority Tech.co.

AI use in employee terminations raises HR concerns

One in 10 HR practitioners working in tech in the US are using ChatGPT to write termination letters, according to new data from B2B Reviews.

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HR and AI: How can HR use AI effectively and ethically?

The government published a whitepaper on Wednesday (29 March) which promised to regulate artificial intelligence (AI).

Retired workers recruited back into the workforce

Almost three quarters (72%) of UK employers are looking to hire workers who retired during the pandemic, according to research from LinkedIn.

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Are CVs the best way to assess candidates?

Most firms still use CVs as the main way of screening candidates, but almost the same number have considered cutting them out completely.

Is the UK done with career break stigma?

Gaps on a CV can be for anything from travelling to raising children and are rarely an indication of how 'ready' someone is for work. But are employers finally ready to drop the stigma?

Unconscious bias observers could boost interview inclusivity

Including impartial unconscious bias observers in interviews could help to make recruitment more inclusive for LGBT+ job seekers, according to research from the University of Manchester.

CV-based hiring a barrier to women's recruitment

Women with the skills to make it to the top are being kept from realising their potential by CV-based hiring processes.

What HR can learn from the IBM ageism row

IBM has been accused of trying to force out older employees, with court documents alleging managers refer to them dismissively as ‘dinobabies’ who should be an ‘extinct species’ in favour of younger...

Half from disadvantaged backgrounds find recruitment unfair

New research has revealed 50% of jobseekers from lower socio-economic backgrounds feel they are missing out on employment opportunities because the recruitment process is "unfair” towards them.