NHS hospitals and other health service employers are to be made formally accountable for how they treat their staff on a range of key issues, including how they tackle racism, violence and sexual safety. The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have published new standards, developed in partnership with NHS trade unions
Consultant doctors in England have voted in favour of industrial action, establishing a strike mandate for the next 12 months in the NHS. In a statutory ballot, 75.8% of consultants voted in favour of taking strike action. The British Medical Association (BMA) said that 18,069 members voted from an eligible workforce of 35,067. This represents
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued its first-ever prohibition notice against an occupational health service provider, in what it has described as ‘landmark’ enforcement action. The move follows findings that “inadequate health surveillance” by the provider, which has not been named, was putting workers “at risk of serious and irreversible harm”. The executive
The announcements are part of the Trump administration’s broader push to reshape federal employment law compliance. Source: www.hrdive.com
Policing is ‘likely to be woefully underinvesting in its leadership development’ and needs an urgent overhaul, an independent report has found. Published today by the Police Leadership Commission, the report has been described as the most comprehensive examination of police leadership in England and Wales in a generation. The College of Policing established the independent
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has dropped its case against Jennifer Melle, the nurse suspended for talking to the media about how her NHS trust treated her after she misgendered a trans patient. Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust confidentially settled its high-profile tribunal case with Melle in April, just before an
Unite has demanded that a ‘flawed’ draft code of practice on the fair and transparent distribution of tips be withdrawn to allow for ‘proper consultation’. The trade union said the government has reneged on its promise to give workers full control over the allocation of tips. Instead, the government proposes that from October 2026, employers
Supermarket giant Asda has increased wages for its 110,000 frontline retail workers, marking the second pay rise this year following an initial increase in April. Starting yesterday (5 July 2026), the hourly rate for store-based staff across Asda’s national network of more than 1,000 locations has risen to £13.10. Meanwhile, employees working at stores located
The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) saw a 27% increase in demand for its individual dispute resolution service, which helps to resolve potential employment tribunal claims, according to its latest annual report. It handled more than 150,000 early conciliation notifications, resolving over nine out of 10 cases, an all-time high, avoiding unnecessary stress and
June’s top HR questions feature an FAQ on how to include trans employees in gender pay gap calculations. The most popular question in June reflects the practical difficulties for employers in deciding how to include trans employees in their gender pay gap calculations. Recently updated government guidance attempts to implement the Supreme Court ruling in
