1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (355+ words) More than three-quarters of employers will see AI proficiency as a baseline expectation over the next two years, according to research from software company HiBob. Seventy-seven per cent of organisations will view AI skills as standard, even for non-technical roles,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (505+ words) The aerospace industry has launched a nationwide recruitment campaign after new figures revealed that two-thirds of employers are struggling with skills shortages that are holding back growth. Trade body ADS has joined forces with Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (920+ words) An employment tribunal ruling suggests that telling employees to keep their cameras on during online meetings can amount to disability discrimination. In a ruling given in the case of a travel consultant, Laura Tait, who successfully sued her employer, Holiday…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (457+ words) An Irish employment tribunal has awarded €50,000 (£42,750) to a pharmacist who faced discrimination after announcing her pregnancy at work. Dikeledi Nkele Mushapho worked as a supervising pharmacist for Rose Finlay Pharmacy in Tullamore, County Offaly, from November 2024. After she informed the…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (459+ words) When the workplace is an active war zone, huge questions arise around risk, money, mental health and support. Firms operating in the Middle East are now looking at paying huge premiums to employees to continue working despite the full resumption…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (414+ words) The UK heatwave in June cost the economy an estimated £1.15 billion and resulted in 24 million lost working hours, research has found. The London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment found that workers lost an…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (486+ words) The biggest reason for the reduction in graduate hiring is cost control, rather than the impact of AI, according to a survey of UK chief financial officers. In a survey from Deloitte UK, CFOs reported a “wider business impetus for…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Personnel Today Awards 2026 shortlist can now be revealed as the judges have finished their deliberations. This year’s shortlist includes a wide range of employers, as well as HR product and service suppliers who support them. More than 180 organisations feature…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (528+ words) The trust had previously sectioned Valdo Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, but was discharged in 2022 after he failed to attend his appointments. Calocane went on to fatally attack Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (771+ words) A plastic surgeon who took a sabbatical in the United Arab Emirates has won an unfair dismissal claim against his former NHS Trust. Augustine Akali worked for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for 17 years, and at the time of…...