‘Psychic’ IT worker who told colleague he dreamed of her loses protected belief tribunal

A computer analyst has been told by a tribunal that a belief in his own psychic ability does not qualify as a protected belief.

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How to make changes last after a crisis response

Leaders of the fast-food chain McDonald’s rolled out improvement programmes in the wake of toxic culture allegations of abuse in 2023. Yet, in January 2025, further allegations were reported. How can...

HR Minds Summit 2025: What you missed from day one

HR magazine's editorial team is in Birmingham for the HR Minds Summit. Here's what we learned from day one, yesterday (5 February 2025).

The Great Detachment: our next workplace challenge?

If we ignore the trends, we may end up with the Great Resignation 2.0.

Starmer accused of being an ‘HR manager not a leader’

Multiple HR practitioners have argued that the HR function has valid leadership and business credentials, after prime minister Kier Starmer was allegedly accused of being an “HR manager", not a...

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How to get reliable labour market statistics

With a two-year wait for the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) improved employment survey, Claire Muir asks how HR and leadership teams can source reliable workforce data in the interim.

Are senior HR professionals paid enough?

The UK government's struggles to hire an HR director for its flagship energy company have sparked a discussion around HR's pay, and how the function is valued compared with other business verticals.

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Reframe parenthood: It's a development opportunity, not an inconvenience

It’s high time we changed the narrative around employing parents.

Asda equal pay tribunal advances to final stage

Female workers at supermarket Asda have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle for equal pay, in what law firm Leigh Day described as "the largest ever private-sector equal pay claim".

Majority of zero-hours-contract workers have been with the same employer for over a year

More than a million people are working on a zero-hours contract basis, and around 720,000 of them have been with their current employer for over a year, according to analysis by the Trades Union...

AI makes emotional intelligence more important than ever

As more and more people use AI tools, emotional intelligence (EI) and soft skills will be key to showing employees and clients that we care. This requires organisations to place more emphasis on...

Acas updates neurodiversity-at-work guidance

Workplace advisory firm Acas has reported that 39% of line managers find it difficult to have conversations about neurodiversity at work.