Former HS2 whistleblower wins £320k

A former worker on the railway project HS2 has won £319,070.95 after being unfairly dismissed for accusing his bosses of disguising the true price of the delayed railway project, according to a...

Manager engagement is falling fast. How can HR help?

Disengaged managers are leading disengaged teams. Rebuilding starts through leadership, coaching and motivation.

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Former chef wins £13k after work argument is blamed on medical conditions

A former chef has won £13,455 after an argument she had at work in front of customers was attributed to symptoms of anxiety, depression and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

ONS sickness absence data: How can HR support sick employees?

The number of working days lost to sickness and injury in the UK in 2024 was 148.9m, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published on Wednesday (4 June).

How to address the ethnicity pay gap

Do HR leaders have a responsibility to draw attention to the ethnicity pay gap? If so, how? As organiser of the University of East London (UEL)’s first Ethnicity Pay Gap Conference, Jummy Okoya shares...

Pay transparency: What you need to get your head around today  

We’ve heard a lot about pay transparency over the past couple of years, ramped up since the EU Pay Transparency Directive was passed in June 2023. Sat in the UK, it’s easy to dismiss this noise as...

Half of CIPD Trust's Aspiring HRDs achieve senior roles

Half of participants in the CIPD Trust’s Aspiring HR Directors (HRD) programme, designed to support HR high-performers from underrepresented backgrounds, have been promoted to senior roles since the...

Solicitor fined £9k for moonlighting

A property lawyer was struck off for holding three jobs at once while working remotely.

Half of British employees are put off by management careers

Half (52%) of UK employees in middle manager roles and below don’t see management as an aspirational career path, research has revealed.

How technology boosted Morson Group’s need for speed

Large language model technology has supercharged Morson Group’s productivity gains, as Dan Cave discovered.

Easing the mental load of single parents at work

How often do we really stop to consider what it’s like to balance work, parenting, and life’s unpredictability without a partner to share the weight?

Leading well: Why small businesses leaders need to prioritise their own mental health

It's not just large companies which sometimes struggle with mental health issues among their staff.

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