Two thirds of zero-hours workers have had the same employer a year or more, TUC finds – but is a ban the solution?
Ahead of legislation ending ‘one-sided flexibility’, union warns these contracts make it ‘far too easy’ for managers to bully and harass staff
Hairdresser ‘demoted’ to cleaning and making tea after pregnancy announcement wins £90k at tribunal
Panel finds claimant was constructively unfairly dismissed after she was removed from online booking system and left to ‘grab walk-ins’
Together for Children’s Gavin Duncan: ‘AI is going to touch on your life, whether you like it or not’
The HR business partner shares how the children’s services provider has adopted the technology, and the ‘red lines’ it will never cross
UK’s ill-health employment gap among widest in EU, report finds – what can employers do?
Separate research also shows rates of poor mental health have at least doubled since 2010, with experts warning of impact on productivity, attendance and turnover
Lack of flexibility for frontline workers creating ‘two-tier workforce’, report reveals
Experts highlight ‘longstanding pattern of inequity’ and urge employers to facilitate options including part time, job shares and annualised or compressed hours
Social media worker sacked for not posting enough and making typos wins £22k at tribunal
Judge rules dismissal was unfair because of lack of formal warnings, despite claimant producing just two pieces of content in three months
Quarter of organisations have made no progress in closing gender pay gap since 2017, analysis reveals
As research estimates equal pay will take 40 years to achieve at current rate of progress, experts say ‘broader societal shifts’ are needed
Remote working creating generation unaccustomed to ‘proper work’, says Lord Rose – does HR agree?
Former M&S boss also tells Panorama documentary WFH has caused mental health crisis and argues UK’s productivity has regressed by 20 years in the last four
NHS worker wins harassment claim after employer failed to provide ‘secure and relaxed’ space to express breast milk, tribunal rules
Panel says lack of lockable room left claimant feeling ‘worried, apprehensive and anxious’, as experts remind businesses to complete risk assessments to identify support required
US companies roll back EDI programmes – how will this impact UK employers?
Experts predict period of ‘soul searching’ for British firms after Meta became the latest organisation to abandon its diversity policies ahead of Trump’s inauguration