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With members of the UK Government promising to remove as much retained EU legislation as possible, arguing that this will lift unwanted restrictions on employers and organisations, the European Commission has just reminded the 27 EU Member States that the Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union is now in force.

After last month’s record-breaking temperatures and with more hot weather expected in mid-August, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is asking employers to ensure that extreme heat becomes part of their long-term planning.

With rising fuel and energy prices, inflation and labour shortages hurting employer confidence, the latest UK Report on Jobs survey from KPMG and REC (the Recruitment and Employment Confederation) registered the slowest increases in both permanent staff appointments and temp billings for 17 months.

More than £3.3 billion has returned to the Treasury in the last three years under the Government’s use-it-or-lose-it apprenticeship levy rules, according to new data collected by apprenticeships experts, the London Progression Collaboration (LPC).

A digital community for people in their 50s and 60s has highlighted that economic activity levels amongst people aged over 50 are at their highest levels since the pandemic began, as older workers start to “unretire”.

Aiming to address what it calls the chronic and systemic skills shortages that have long been experienced in Britain, the Institute of Directors (IoD) has set out a series of measures in its response to an ongoing Treasury workstream entitled People, Capital and Ideas.

In its latest report, the UK’s spending watchdog has examined whether the Government has an effective approach to enhancing workforce skills.

Employers must engage with their recognised employee representatives and trade unions to avoid issues escalating to strike action.

On 7 February 2018, the Government published its response to the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.

A new report suggests that there is still a long way to go until the retail industry truly reflects the communities it serves, with women still under-represented at most senior levels, a lack of ethnic diversity among boards and executive committees and a lack of black leaders across the sector.