Tesco and Morrisons both begin crucial stages in their long-running equal pay claims this week, as tribunals explore why pay differences between men and women existed. Morrisons’ hearing is due to ...

Workers remain unclear about salary sacrifice as Bill becomes law capping the amount that can avoid national insurance contributions.

The average number of sick days per worker remained the same in 2025 as it was in 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics. The sickness absence rate for the year was 2.0%, and on average ...

Questions around disabled people’s access to flexible working since the Covid pandemic, and businesses’ understanding of reasonable adjustments are to be explored by MPs on the cross-party Women and ...

About 3,800 jobs are at risk at Premier Inn owner Whitbread in the UK and Ireland, as the company looks to reset its five-year strategy because of increasing costs. Rises in business rates and in ...

Nearly nine out of 10 UK HR leaders (87%) say their organisation has already conducted or is planning redundancies in the next 12 months. The snapshot of organisational appetite for restructuring, ...

A police worker with ADHD was subject to disability harassment and her employer failed to make reasonable adjustments, a tribunal has ruled. Donna Vale worked for Avon and Somerset Police as a victim ...

More than 840,000 people die each year from health conditions linked to ‘psychosocial risks’, such as long working hours and job insecurity, according to new global research. A report by the ...

A number of changes to trade union regulations come into force next week as part of the Employment Rights Act.

Cyber security professionals in the UK are missing out on pay rises despite companies being hit by high-profile attacks, according to research from Harvey Nash. The recruitment firm found that 77% of ...

Alongside the increase in enforcement activity, the Home Office is proposing to significantly expand the right-to-work (RTW) regime, placing a further compliance obligation on employers.

The advent of salary sacrifice schemes is playing an ever greater role in the green agenda. As the UK moves toward net zero, Thom Groot charts their development and how employers can gain from them ...