A growing number of employees in the US and UK have said they want closer relationships with their colleagues, with scheduled meetings growing in frequency as a result. New research commissioned by game-based learning platform Kahoot! found that 56% of…

A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has found that ‘movement snacks’ could reduce risks associated with sedentary work. According to researchers from Columbia University, who interviewed more than 11,000 US employees, taking a walking break…

Employers must design AI systems that recognize nontraditional job candidates’ experience and credentials, a SHRM26 speaker said. Source: www.hrdive.com

An independent review of maternity care failings at Nottingham hospitals has identified multiple issues with staffing, governance and workplace culture. Senior midwife Donna Ockenden undertook an inquiry into around 2,500 cases of stillbirth, neonatal deaths and maternal deaths between April…

An NHS Trust has paid out £187,000 in compensation to a group of nurses who won a tribunal case over its policy to allow trans women in female changing rooms. The nurses, who worked at County Durham and Darlington NHS…

Perhaps the most contentious and complex reform in the Employment Rights Act is the government’s efforts to end ‘exploitative zero-hours contracts’. Rob Moss examines ministers’ plans for ‘guaranteed hours’ and what still remains unknown Despite calls to ban zero-hour contracts…

An Andy Burnham-led government needs to see fixing workplace ill health as ‘one of the biggest opportunities we have to drive growth’, Sir Charlie Mayfield, author of the Keep Britain Working review has said. Sir Charlie was speaking the day…

This month’s episode of the Personnel Today HR Podcast, brought to you by Deel, looks at one of the most complex aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 – guaranteed hours. Are the government’s plans to end one-sided flexibility in…

The government needs to give young people a ‘hand up, not a hand out’, according to former work and pensions secretary Lord Blunkett. Speaking at the Social Mobility Commission’s annual symposium yesterday (23 June), the former Labour cabinet minister called…

An AI-driven law firm has successfully sued a hospitality business over unpaid fees to a freelance HR consultant. Garfield AI, which became the first AI law firm to be approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last year, was instructed…