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09/08/2026

CIPD pay equity lens: the £650 compression gap putting UK junior retention at risk

A £650 annual pay gap sits at the centre of a quiet retention problem spreading across UK workplaces. That figure, drawn from research by HR software specialist Iris Software Group covering 500 UK employees with two to five years of experience a...

09/08/2026

6 min

6.3m UK workers face insecure hours ahead of new law

The compliance timetable for the Employment Rights Act 2025 is now fixed, and the secondary legislation that will calibrate its most operationally demanding provisions is being shaped right now. The government confirmed that the Act's ...

09/07/2026

9 min

DWP data reveals a hidden hiring penalty for under-25s across UK employers

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) research has confirmed what many young jobseekers in the UK are already experiencing at the sharp end: nearly one in three employers said they were less likely to consider an applicant under 25, before that ...

09/07/2026

8 min

REC flags guaranteed-hours risk for the UK's one million agency workers

Around one million temporary workers and contractors work across the United Kingdom on any given day, many of them in the NHS, social care, and logistics, choosing agency arrangements precisely because those arrangements bend around their ...

08/25/2026

7 min

Lloyds data shows AI reshaping UK hiring: specialist roles up, graduate pipelines narrowing

More than half of UK businesses say AI is creating jobs rather than eliminating them. The Lloyds Business Barometer, which surveyed 1,200 UK companies, puts the figure at 54% - a statistic that sits comfortably in any quarterly presentation. Dig ...

08/25/2026

7 min

SSP's flat rate and thin cover are keeping half of UK workers at their desks while ill

A poll of 2,000 workers commissioned by Vista Health found that 49% worked through illness at some point this summer, pushing on for an average of six days before recovering or breaking. The four reasons they gave, too much work, fear of losing ...

08/25/2026

8 min

UK degree apprenticeship applications triple in 3 years

Applications for degree apprenticeships in England have reached 21,800 on the government's Find An Apprenticeship platform, against just 3,700 funded places - a ratio of 11.3 applicants for every Level 6 place, up from 2.8 in 2023-24. Three ...

08/25/2026

8 min

Just 6% of UK employers fix toxic workplace behaviour

A pattern familiar to anyone who has worked in a sizeable organisation: a colleague's conduct becomes disruptive, a line manager eventually steps in, there is a brief period of calm, and then the same behaviour resurfaces within weeks. WorkNest, ...

08/24/2026

7 min

Graduate vacancies at a record low: what Adzuna's July data means for UK job-seekers

UK graduate vacancies fell to 8,383 in July 2026, a 45.6% drop year-on-year and an all-time record low, according to data published by job search engine Adzuna. If you finished your degree this summer and your inbox has been quiet, the numbers ...

08/24/2026

6 min

Brightmine data: UK pay awards plateau at 3.2% as CPIH narrows the real-terms gain

The median basic pay award in the United Kingdom reached 3.2% in the three months to end of July 2026, according to Brightmine's latest analysis of 36 pay settlements recorded between 1 May and 31 July. In the same period, the Office for National ...

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