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 US workers and 43% of UK workers wish they had stronger connections with their colleagues.
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 every hour for five minutes improves mood and reduces fatigue. It has been estimated that
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 2012 and May 2025. She found that senior staff at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
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 Foundation Trust, won their harassment claim against their employer in January this year. The panel
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 altogether, policymakers were persuaded that the flexibility they provided certain workers was of value, so
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 after prime minster Sir Keir Starmer announced his intention to resign, with former Manchester mayor
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 zero-hours contracts workable? Employment law expert Darren Newman joins the PT team to unpick the
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 for the new prime minister to cut through the “inertia” in systems that are preventing
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 to draft legal letters and submit a case for Tamires Camal Taquidir. The case was
