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08/13/2026

UK builds AI jobs 'early warning' data system as workers worry

The AI Security Institute (AISI) has signed a one-year commercial contract with workforce data specialist Revelio Labs, valued at £96,000 and starting on 21 August 2026, to build what the procurement notice describes as an early warning c...

08/13/2026

8 min

Border Security Act 2025 rewires contractor compliance for UK HR teams

From 1 October 2026, the expansion of right-to-work obligations under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 pulls self-employed contractors, agency workers, and platform-matched labour into the same verification regime that ...

08/10/2026

6 min

UK graduate hiring hits pandemic lows as AI literacy bar rises

Graduate vacancies across the United Kingdom have fallen to their weakest point for this time of year since 2020, dropping around 7% below the equivalent period in 2025, according to Indeed's mid-year UK labour market update. The timing is ...

08/03/2026

7 min

Lloyds Barometer: UK construction hiring intent reaches highest level this year

If you work in construction, or you have been weighing up a move into a trade, the hiring signal in July 2026 is hard to ignore. According to the Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, 65% of UK construction firms said they plan to take on more staff ...

08/03/2026

7 min

Employment Rights Act 2025: day-one SSP now covers 1.3 million more workers

The Employment Rights Act 2025 brought the most significant rewrite of Statutory Sick Pay rules in a generation, effective 6 April 2026. The three-day waiting period that once absorbed short absences without payment is gone, the Lower Earnings ...

07/29/2026

7 min

CIPD and Brightmine data signal the end of UK pay catch-up, with nearly half of settlements cut in 2026

The headline number looks steady, but the picture underneath it is considerably less comfortable. Brightmine's analysis of 268 pay settlements covering more than 3.6 million UK employees between April and June 2026 shows the median pay award ...

07/29/2026

7 min

Grantham Institute's £1.15bn heat finding: HSE gap leaves UK's lowest-paid exposed

During the final week of June 2026, temperatures in parts of the UK exceeded 37°C and the country lost an estimated 24 million working hours. Research from the London School of Economics' Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the E...

07/29/2026

8 min

Survey: cost control, not AI, is squeezing UK graduate hiring in 2026

The Deloitte CFO Survey for Q2 2026, drawn from finance leaders at FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies and conducted in early July 2026, puts a precise number on what many graduates have been sensing: a net 64% of chief financial officers cite cost ...

07/29/2026

7 min

Working Time Regulations leave UK's always-on gap unaddressed, data shows

More than half of UK employees work outside their contracted hours every single day, according to a MyPerfectCV report on UK working habits published in mid-2026. That figure - 55% - is nearly double the European average of 29% and sits alongside ...

07/28/2026

8 min

Diamond Interiors survey: the UK office design gap affecting Gen Z focus

If you are a Gen Z worker who feels sharper and less drained on the days you stay home, the Diamond Interiors survey of 503 UK Gen Z employees gives that feeling a number: 53% said they are more productive working from home than in the office. ...

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