Diversity & Inclusion

A new employee right to neonatal care leave, and potentially pay, came into force on 6 April, 2025, prompting one pay and reward expert to describe it as “a...

HR has been urged to prepare for an influx of neurodivergent workers as the government’s welfare reforms are set to shift thousands of people from long-term disability benefits into...

The government and employers have been urged to launch a review of the support for women’s health and reproductive challenges at work in a bid to keep more women...

HR faces a challenging landscape in 2025 as 80.5 percent say national insurance (NI) increases have negatively impacted cost management and workforce planning.  More than three-fifths (62.5 percent) report...

Supporting employees is the top reason people like working in HR, but pay for people professionals is less satisfactory, research has indicated.  A poll of 300 HR professionals found...

More than a million workers are caring for someone with cancer alongside their job, forcing them to take up to an average of six and a half days off...

Video calls and meetings became a must have during the pandemic and have continued to be a vital work communication tool. However, while ubiquitous in the workplace, 31 percent...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government will invest £1 billion to provide guaranteed, personalised employment support to help people back into work as she presented her spring statement...

Next month's increases in the minimum wage make opening up auto-enrolment to employees under 22 “even more pressing”, according to Kate Smith, head of pensions at Aegon. Her comments...

Supporting parents with flexible working policies could boost the UK economy by more than £10 billion a year and bring 440,000 parents back into the workforce, according to research...