Redefining employee relations for the future of work (webinar)

Available on-demand. Recorded 27 March 2025 The workplace is changing, and so must the way we view employee relations. While discipline and grievance may sit at its core, the numerous employee-employer interactions... Read more »

You’ll never guess who’s a skilled worker – for visa purposes

Eligible professions for Skilled Worker visas include ‘canine beautician’. If that isn’t eyebrow-raising enough, it also includes ‘immigration officer’. Immigration rules are complicated. Expensive lawyers (are there any other kind?) are required,... Read more »

Up to 10,000 university jobs under threat, fears union

As many as 10,000 university jobs could go as higher education in the UK faces an ‘unprecedented crisis’, a union has warned. New data from the University and College Union (UCU) showed... Read more »

Pay awards restrained as inflation climbs

Pay awards have remained at their lowest level for four years as official annual inflation levels increased by more than expected in January 2025. The median basic annual pay rise for the... Read more »

Reimagining the employee lifecycle as a public sector employer (webinar)

Thursday 5 September 2024, 2:00pm BST As the new government begins its reforms to public services, public sector employers across the UK need to attract, engage and retain their workforce in an... Read more »

EHRC updates guidance on discriminatory adverts

Britain’s equality watchdog, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, has updated its guidance for publishing job advertisements providing greater clarity around “occupational requirements”. The EHRC first published its guidance on discriminatory adverts... Read more »

NHS induction ‘inadequate’ for overseas doctors

More than half of overseas doctors said their induction to the NHS was inadequate or inappropriate, according to research which also found that many feel anxious about starting their clinical duties. The... Read more »

Women make up most graduates joining counter-terrorism roles

Women made up the majority of trainees recruited into counter-terrorism policing via a new graduate scheme. Sixty per cent of trainee detectives recruited into the counter-terrorism stream after completing Police Now’s National... Read more »

Christian wins discrimination claim after job offer rescinded over LGBT views

A Christian social worker has partly won his belief discrimination claim after a charity rescinded his job offer following the discovery of Facebook posts he had made expressing his views on homosexuality... Read more »

Head teacher unfairly dismissed for ‘tapping son’s hand’ awarded £102k

A head teacher who was unfairly dismissed after tapping her own child’s hand with her fingers has been awarded £102,300 by the employment tribunal. Ms Malabver-Goulbourne was a head teacher at a... Read more »