Two police officers involved in the arrest of Henry Nowak after he had been stabbed by Vickrum Digwa are under investigation for potential gross misconduct. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said that, having reviewed all aspects of the…

From today, employers can apply for the new Youth Jobs Grant, claiming £3,000 for every eligible young person they recruit. Businesses taking on new hires aged 18 to 24, who have been on universal credit and looking for work for…

Andy Burnham would devolve employment support to the regions as part of his plan for ‘good growth in every postcode’. Making his first major policy speech before, as is widely expected, he becomes prime minister on 20 July, Burnham said:…

Nearly two decades on from her seminal ‘Working for a healthier tomorrow’ review, the UK has made little progress in tackling the deep “structural problems” it faces around work and health, Professor Dame Carol Black has said. Dame Carol, whose…

Resident doctors in England have marginally voted to accept the government’s pay and jobs offer, bringing three years of strike action in the NHS to an end. Nearly 33,000 resident doctors voted in a referendum called by the British Medical…

Controlling for factors like pay and benefits, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that engagement in the work is key. Source: www.hrdive.com

Employers in the UK with operations in Europe will be paying close attention to the new EU Pay Transparency Directive, which has just come into force. But what does it mean for how they provide benefits? Yanick Chainey explains The…

A worker at a frozen food company who took her employer to tribunal because her working environment was too cold has lost her claims. Gabriela Bolohan worked at Solway Foods in Newport, Wales shortly before she was diagnosed with Raynaud’s…

Offering targeted subsidies rather than tax breaks to provide routes into work would be the most cost-effective way to tackle the Neets crisis, according to a think tank. The Resolution Foundation’s Take a chance on me report argues that there…

The UK jobs market continued to show signs of recovery in May, with vacancies rising for a fourth consecutive month, but the outlook for graduates has deteriorated further. New figures from job matching platform Adzuna show UK vacancies increased by…