A tribunal has awarded a police worker with ADHD £19,141.45 for harassment and failure to make a reasonable adjustment.

Shakespeare’s famous line from Romeo and Juliet – “That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet” – suggests that names do not matter. It is a good argument, but flawed. A name is ...

Part of the HR Skills Guide series, this book offers practical advice on key HR skills, from understanding discrimination, behaviour and biases to the employee lifecycle and navigating DEI pushback.

Now is the time to finalise entries for our HR Excellence Awards 2026, before this Friday's deadline (31 July).

An NHS trust’s “adversarial and mistrustful” senior leaders fostered “a divisive and toxic culture”, a review document obtained by Health Service Journal (HSJ) revealed on Monday (27 July). An ...

Updating benefits for today’s workforce is only part of the work. The bigger challenge is making sure employees understand, ...

The numbers don't add up. Every summer, working parents face the same challenge – and so do the organisations they work for.

“Following a year defined by uncertainty, 2026 will be the year of resilience,” said Eleesha Martin, director of recruitment process outsourcing at HR services provider G&A Partners. She added: “In ...

A judge sentenced a former NHS employee who lied about his qualifications and experience, to four years in prison, on Friday (24 July). Amran Hussain applied for 2,071 NHS posts, and fraudulently ...

A prospective HR lead who was told in a job interview that the company wanted to hire “fewer white men” has lost a race and discrimination suit at the employment tribunal. Chris Palmer brought a claim ...

Today's hiring decisions need to stand up to scrutiny in 2027 HR teams know that employment reforms will change the risk profile around dismissal in 2027. The more immediate issue is that some hiring ...