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Over 90% of companies investing in employee health and wellbeing have seen workforce productivity increase and an improvement in workforce relations, according to a survey by Make UK.

Britain and Ireland’s largest union is urging local authorities who have contracts with Sanctuary Care to bring them back in-house after a criminal investigation was launched into one of its care homes.

With the Equality Act entering its second decade, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has decided to issue new guidance to provide support for employers in protecting their workforces.

Employers will be supplied with the workforce they need when the radical shake-up of technical education brought about by T-levels is complete.

Cutting the time needed to login to multiple computer systems will save significant amounts of NHS staff time with a project at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool having cut the time required to login from 105 seconds to just 10.

The entry-level jobs market is stagnant with only public sector and charity employers planning to substantially increase vacancies this year according to the Pulse Survey 2020 carried out by the Institute of Student Employers (ISE).

This year is set to see real pay finally surpass its 2008 peak, but employment is at risk of falling from the record level it enjoyed throughout 2019, according to the latest Earnings Outlook published by independent think tank the Resolution Foundation.

Legislation has been introduced that will reform how complaints made against the police are handled and will, the Home Office said, improve the discipline system for officers.

The Government has decided to launch a review of changes to off-payroll working rules in order to address any concerns from businesses and affected individuals about how they will be implemented.

The Government has published the proposed statutory rates for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP), Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP), which come into effect on 5 April 2020, the first Sunday in April. The rate is set to increase from £148.68 to £151.20 per week.