The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of September 2026 stood at 3.1%, up slightly from 3% in each of the previous two rolling quarters, but lagging behind growing inflation. The ...

Proposed immigration changes could cost the health service at least £169 million and jeopardise the futures of 12,000 healthcare workers, according to an NHS employers organisation and trade unions.

In his talk on day two of Employee Benefits Live 2026, Joe Fletcher, director of people and culture at AH Worth, explained how HR should build a ‘life events toolkit’ to boost employees’ wellbeing.

When US brands enter Europe, they can make a host of assumptions about how hiring works based on their own norms and expectations.

TSB staff could bring employment tribunal claims over plans to require employees to work from the office three days a week, after an independent union warned it was preparing legal challenges on ...

Only one-quarter (26%) of job candidates believe that AI will fairly evaluate them, and just over half of candidates (52%) believe AI screens their application information. According to a survey by ...

Nearly a third (30%) of employers have seen employee grievances rise over the past two years, particularly around relationships and pay. According to XpertHR, relationships with managers or colleagues ...

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Uber drivers are workers – a landmark judgment that will have a significant implications for the gig-economy and ends a long-running legal case.

Most employers expect that pay will grow at much the same rate next year as it has done so in 2026. According to the findings of Incomes Data Research’s (IDR) latest survey of employers’ pay and ...

A former council employee who was dismissed after taking sick leave for post-traumatic stress disorder following the Grenfell Tower fire has been awarded a potentially record-breaking £4.6 million in ...

XpertHR has rebranded as Brightmine in a shift that recognises that HR’s role is becoming more complex and has a greater need for data analytics. HR, legal and compliance insights will remain at the ...

Consulting firm EY is encouraging junior staff to come back into the office so they can develop their interpersonal or ‘human’ skills. In an interview with the Financial Times, UK head of consulting ...