News & Press

In the light of the Valentine's Day strike by Deliveroo and Uber Eats workers, Kate Alexander looks at the rapid rise in app-based employment and accompanying legislation (or lack of it) around pay and workers' rights for platform-based employees.

Today sees the first full publication of revised jobs data following revisions made to how Labour Force Survey responses are weighted.

Following her recent webinar, Astrid Allen summarises the new flexible working legislation and how it will change the process for employees requesting flexibility. She also refers to recent research and recommendations on best practise for flexible working arrangements to benefit employees, employers and organisations alike.

In the second part of her in-depth look at DEI in the workplace Meenakshi Krishnan explores the current challenges in making genuine progress, and the common pitfalls for HR professionals and organisations. She also sets out her recommendations for the continued improvement and success of DEI moving forward.

Meenakshi Krishnan summarises the trends and developments in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace in 2023, including the worrying backlash against ongoing efforts to improve opportunities for marginalised groups.

2024 pay awards are high on the employer agenda. But with a sense of continuing economic stagnation pay and reward specialist Duncan Brown considers three priority areas that HR should focus on in 2024.

Good quality, accurate, reliable data is a critical starting point in the development of evidence-based public policy. Daniel Muir takes an in-depth look into the recent issues with accurate data collection, possible alternatives, and future challenges in relation to the changing labour market.

Today’s figures suggest that the labour market is continuing to cool but isn’t crashing. Employment remains steady, unemployment is flat and there are still nearly a million vacancies in the economy.