Rae Chowdhury : AI powered coaching to support organisational change management
The demands for transformation are unprecedented in modern organisations. They come from many directions at once. The pressure to continuously evolve has never been higher. Many transformation efforts fail to meet expectations despite substantial investments in proven change management methods. As organisational complexity continues to grow, AI coaching emerges as a solution. It offers personalised […]
Stress Awareness Month: How to Avoid ‘The Boiling Frog Syndrome” in the Workplace
By Nathan Shearman, Director of Therapy and Training at Red Umbrella As the UK faces a rise in people of working age being economically inactive due to long-term sickness, welfare reforms are being put into place to alleviate pressure on the system. Economic inactivity has been rising, exacerbated by the pandemic, with millions of people […]
West Yorkshire Police denies positive discrimination accusations
West Yorkshire Police today (10 April) rejected allegations of positive discrimination in the UK media that white British born candidates were being denied employment as part efforts to increase diversity. West Yorkshire Police, according to reports in the Telegraph and other publications, had allowed applicants from under-represented groups, to submit their applications early, while applications […]
After threats, apprentice loses claim for unfair dismissal following lunch prank incident
A 21 year-old garage trainee has lost a claim at an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal, after threatening his colleague over the alleged tampering of his lunch. Brooklyn Forrester Hayes, who worked for Scania in Swindon truck depot, claims he was unfairly fired after reacting to a joke he thought was played by another apprentice. […]
Roxana Dobrescu, commercetools
Roxana’s day, from early morning resets to strategy sessions at the highest level, is a masterclass on how to balance people leadership and personal priorities. Roxana Dobrescu, 40, is the chief people officer of cloud-based commercetools. She has nearly 20 years’ experience in HR and shapes global talent strategies out of her hometown of Valencia, […]
The gender pay gap is largely unchanged as the majority of UK employers have reported disparities
On Friday, April 4, 2025, the deadline for UK reporting of gender pay gaps passed. This required all private sector employers with more than 250 workers to submit data. Government figures reveal that nearly four-fifths (78%) still have a wage gap in favor of men. The UK’s gender pay gap is now 8.6 percent per […]
Cabinet Office cuts 2,100 civil service positions
As ministers push for reforms in the civil service, the Cabinet Office has cut almost a third its staff. Today, officials at the Cabinet Office were informed that 2,100 jobs out of 6,500 will be eliminated or transferred to other departments of the government in the next two-year period. Cat Little, Cabinet Office’s chief civil […]
After lunch, a young man with ADHD is dismissed.
A tribunal for employment has found in favor of a garage trainee who claimed that his ADHD led to his unfair dismissal after a co-worker tampered with the lunch he brought. Claimant BFH was fired from his job at Scania’s depot in Swindon in July 2023 after he sent a “smashing message” to a man […]
Every business should ask two questions about welfare announcements
Towergate Employee Benefits believes that the announcement by the UK government on the welfare benefits system should spark two questions for every business. How much money do I spend on my employees? How does it affect my trading performance? David Williams is the head of group risks at Towergate Employee Benefits. He says that “if […]
SmartRecruiters Analysis shows that British businesses spend 40 days filling each vacancy.
The analysis of more than 8.8 million job applications online in the United Kingdom shows that the median time for filling a vacancy was 40 days. Each role received 72 applications. SmartRecruiters’ research, a recruiting AI company that receives 72 applications for each job, reveals only 4.3% are invited to an interview. Only 1.1% of […]