Strategic HR
Managers will be required to have a meeting with employees who request flexible working, according to Louise Haigh, first secretary of state. Speaking at the TUC conference this week, Haigh revealed that changes to flexible working legislation, due to take force in 2027, will require employers to "sit down with their employee, properly consider it and explain why".
Employers should review their workplace policies as discreet smart glasses create fresh legal risks around data protection, confidentiality, privacy and workplace harassment.
After Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as Labour Party leader, and an expectation that Andy Burnham will be prime minister within weeks, what would a government led by the former mayor of Manchester mean for employers? With Wes Streeting now backing Andy Burnham, and only a slim possibility that any other Labour MP would garner the backing of 81 colleagues to challenge him, the "King of the North" could be in Number 10 by 17 July.
While 84% of HR leaders in the UK believe their employees would rate their overall experience at work as 'excellent or good', only 60% of employees actually do. British workers are among the least satisfied among seven countries where employee benefits platform Benifex polled employees.
The number of CEOs who believe AI will lead to reduced hiring has more than halved, according to a global survey, which also found leaders increasingly resilient to geopolitical tensions.
UK employer bodies have written to the government calling for tripartite discussions with ministers and unions on the implementation of trade union access rights in the Employment Rights Act 2025.
Mistrust in AI could be costing businesses £29bn in lost productivity, according to technology company UnlikelyAI.
Changes to statutory sick pay will have the biggest impact on both workers and their employers, according to polling by Acas. The conciliation service found that - of the new measures introduced as part of the Employment Rights Act 2025 - the day-one right to statutory sick pay was the one considered to be most important.
The Department for Business and Trade has published an updated timeline for the implementation of the Employment Rights Act 2025, pushing back when fire and rehire measures come into force.
AI is helping employees save time, but these gains are often lost while mistakes are rectified, content is rewritten, and output is double-checked.
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