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Around one in seven staff in the hospitality sector received no paid holiday entitlement. Image: Shutterstock The youngest and oldest staff working in atypical ways, such as temporary work, are [...]

Image: Shutterstock A review into the scale and causes of prescription drug dependence has highlighted the need for more support services and alternatives to medication, such as improved access to [...]

Image: Shutterstock Bookmaker Betfred has hit by a payroll issue affecting holiday pay for staff who had worked overtime. The company's automated payroll system failed to correctly pay staff who [...]

Image: Shutterstock A quarter of HR and L&D managers have been let down by their apprenticeship training provider, indicating that some might be under-delivering on the promises they have made [...]

Only a fifth of employers have met the first of the 'core standards' recommended by a government-commissioned report into improving the mental health of employees, it has been suggested. Just [...]

Peter Byrne/PA Wire/PA Images A new consultation into NHS pension changes designed to enable senior clinicians to work additional shifts without facing prohibitive tax bills has been launched. A third [...]

A blanket shortening of the working week would be unrealistic in the UK as it would not meet the needs of different sectors, a report has found. Lord Skidelsky, the [...]

Image: Shutterstock A recent judgment has highlighted the urgent need for a reliable tool for organisations to determine employment status, a law firm has said, particularly as private sector employers [...]

The launch of the Mini Electric at the Cowley plant earlier this year. Image: Jacob King/PA Wire/PA Images Workers at the Mini plant in Oxfordshire could be forced to take [...]

Image: Chris Ison/PA Wire/PA Images International graduates will be able to stay in the UK for two years to find work under a new immigration route that reverses the 'hostile [...]

Image: Chris Radburn/PA Archive/PA Images A former NHS worker who was threatened with legal action after reporting feeling suicidal has been awarded £92,000 in compensation by an employment tribunal. Mr [...]

Priti Patel wanted to end freedom of movement on midnight on 31 October. Image: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire/PA Images The government has been forced to scrap plans to immediately end freedom [...]

Image: Shutterstock Organisations are training record numbers of employees in mental health first aid in order to combat rising reports of stress, depression and other conditions. FTSE 100 organisations alone [...]

Image: Shutterstock South Western Railway train drivers and guards have begun their latest walk out in a long-running dispute over the role of guards on trains. The four-day strike will [...]

GSK's head office in London. Image: Shutterstock HM Revenue & Customs has written to around 1,500 contractors working for pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), advising them to check whether they are [...]

Image: Shutterstock Co-workers are more influential than family members or partners when it comes to encouraging staff to have more alcohol than they had intended, research has indicated. Two in [...]

Image: www.3drenderedlogos com / Shutterstock.com The law firm bringing an equal pay claim on behalf of Tesco staff is seeking clarification on equal pay legislation from the EU. Leigh Day, [...]

Image: Shutterstock Four in 10 police chiefs are considering leaving the service to avoid falling foul of the same tax rules that have caused senior NHS staff to lose out [...]

Image: Shutterstock A Financial Conduct Authority employee with kidney disease who was given a poor appraisal score because of his performance was discriminated against because of his disability, an employment [...]

Image: Shutterstock One in eight (12%) employers would be reluctant to hire a woman who could become pregnant and one in seven (14%) takes this, and whether she has children, [...]

Image: Shutterstock Four in 10 men who struggle with their mental health feel unable to talk to their manager about it because they fear their abilities would be questioned. A [...]

Image: Shutterstock The number of EU citizens moving to the UK to work has continued to fall, prompting business bodies to reiterate their calls for a transition period ahead of [...]

Shutterstock Pay awards reached their highest level in a decade at 2.6%, but it may be too soon to say whether the increase will continue. The average settlement in the [...]

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary. Image: LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/Belga/PA Images Ryanair is seeking a last-minute High Court injunction to block pilot strikes scheduled to begin tomorrow. The British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), [...]

Image: Shutterstock In-house recruitment managers have been invited to have their say on their priorities for this year in order to determine some of the trends seen across the recruitment [...]

Image: Shutterstock More than a third (34%) of staff claim they feel under 'extreme' pressure or have panic attacks because of the amount of work they must take on while [...]

Image: Shutterstock Major construction projects can help develop 'universally high' health management standards throughout the supply chain, a study has concluded. A three-year research project that examined the effects of [...]

Image: Shutterstock Employees at a Costa Coffee franchise in Essex claim they have had £200 deducted from their final payslips to cover training costs. Staff also received pay deductions for [...]

Helen Clifford at an International Workers Memorial Day rally in 2018. Image: Peter Marshall/Imageslive Via Zuma Wire/Shutterstock A former partner at high street law firm McMillan Williams has claimed it [...]

Image: Shutterstock Employers should encourage staff who travel internationally to declare their medical history to avoid the risk of complications while abroad, an insurer has argued. Insurance broker Towergate Health [...]

Image: Shutterstock Raising the state pension age to 75 will improve the health and wellbeing of older people, a think tank has proposed. Campaigners and a previous pensions minister have [...]

Image: Shutterstock Workers could be 'sleepwalking into an epidemic of cardiovascular disease' if they do not improve their knowledge of heart disease symptoms, a health insurance and benefits provider has [...]

Image: Shutterstock Citizens Advice in England and Wales has produced a staff training document accused of spreading racist stereotypes. The document, which was issued to advisers who work with ethnic [...]

Stock photo: Shutterstock A woman who claims she lost her job on the same day her dog died is calling for the right to bereavement leave following the death of [...]

Daniel McArthur with wife Amy, who own the family-run Ashers bakery, speak about the 'gay cake' casePhoto: Press Eye Ltd/REX/Shutterstock The case involving a Northern Irish bakery that refused to [...]

An Asda store in Hartlepool. Shutterstock Asda staff have taken part a rally outside the retailer's headquarters in Leeds in protest over contract changes that will see their base pay [...]

Ben Birchall/PA Wire/PA Images There has been a surge in the number of workers on the Hinkley Point C construction project who are grappling with a mental illness or have [...]

A bus driver has been suspended after reportedly refusing to drive a bus decorated with the rainbow-coloured LGBT pride flag. The driver of the 501 bus in Norwich allegedly told [...]

Presentation skills will become increasingly important in the future. Shutterstock A framework for 'essential' skills - such as teamwork, presenting and problem-solving - will be developed by a new task [...]

Mr Kuppala was a bank manager at a Halifax branch in Oxford Circus Shutterstock A bank manager who was dismissed after accidentally locking a customer in the branch was discriminated [...]

Shutterstock Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK's productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank has suggested. The New Economics Foundation said policy makers [...]

Sickness absence rates among waste collection staff could decline if local authorities changed the style of bins they provided households, a study has suggested. University of Greenwich researchers found local [...]

Shutterstock A fast-track visa route to help employers attract the 'brightest and best' international scientists has been put forward by Boris Johnson, but the plans have been criticised by top [...]

Shutterstock A shortage of apprenticeship funding means that a quarter of smaller firms have been turned away by training providers, while some providers have stopped recruiting apprentices completely. The Association [...]

Shutterstock Ryanair's UK pilots have voted to strike over pay and conditions, claiming that the airline has refused to deal with unions for 'decades'. Members of the British Airline Pilots [...]

Shutterstock. Ministers 'must get a grip' on tackling the disproportionately high number of complaints raised by female and ethnic minority armed forces personnel and establish an effective system for handling [...]

Peter Byrne/PA Wire/PA Images Senior doctors and surgeons will be able to set the level of pension accrual each year to allow them to work extra shifts without losing out [...]

Ms Brazel was employed as a term-time saxophone and clarinet teacher. Shutterstock Holiday pay for permanent staff who only work part of the year - such as term-time workers - [...]

Shutterstock A third of managers could be 'devaluing' the regular one-to-one check-ins they have with their staff by not following up on the action points raised in previous meetings. Although [...]

Staff involved in glass manufacturing could be exposed to silica dust, Unite has said. Shutterstock Workers who believe they have been exposed to silica dust are being urged to sign [...]