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10/06/2026

Nearly half of UK adults admit lying on a CV, survey finds

A survey of 1,004 UK adults carried out by StandOut CV in July 2026 found that nearly half admitted to some form of dishonesty on a CV: 26.4% said they had done it once, and 19.9% said they had done so more than once, giving a combined figure of ...

10/05/2026

7 min

UK launches first standard for AI in recruitment

Before a recruiter reads your application, software has often already decided whether it will reach them. That reality sits behind the launch of the UK's first national standard for recruitment technology, introduced in Parliament by the ...

09/28/2026

7 min

Everywhen's wellbeing data exposes a UK employer communication gap

Four in ten UK employers now report that the health and wellbeing support they fund is producing a measurable lift in productivity, with nearly the same share citing gains in retention and staff loyalty , according to research from group-risk ...

09/28/2026

6 min

UK middle managers tip toward burnout in September squeeze

Middle managers are the structural layer that most operating models lean on hardest, and the layer that most wellbeing strategies quietly assume will absorb whatever pressure arrives at its door. According to the CIPD's 2025 Health and Wellbeing ...

09/28/2026

7 min

ACAS research: disabled workers face 1.5x more conflict under Equality Act failings

Sixty-eight per cent of disabled workers in the United Kingdom have experienced workplace conflict, compared with 44% of working-age adults overall. That gap, documented in research carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) ...

09/28/2026

7 min

CIPD data meets the proximity penalty: what hybrid workers in the UK should ask before signing

You deliver the numbers. You hit the targets. You join every video call prepared, camera on, from your spare room or kitchen table. Then promotion season arrives and the colleague who spent more time at their desk gets the nod. New research from ...

09/28/2026

7 min

Brightmine's bonus data: a 44% gender gap the Equality Act does not yet fully illuminate

Seven years of mandatory gender pay gap reporting under the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 have produced a visible narrowing in headline salary figures for UK employers. Bonus pay has followed a different ...

09/25/2026

8 min

Employment Rights Act 2025 bereavement reforms: the April 2027 compliance calendar for UK HR teams

The government's consultation response, published on 22 September 2026, confirmed that a materially wider statutory bereavement leave right will take effect in April 2027 as a day-one entitlement under the Employment Rights Act 2025 . For ...

09/22/2026

7 min

IPPR's youth vacancy index: a six-fold postcode gap that HR cannot ignore

Youth unemployment in the United Kingdom is not a motivation problem. A new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has put a precise number on what many post-industrial communities have long suspected: the scarcity is ...

09/22/2026

8 min

Carers UK: 1,500 daily exits reframe the retention calculus for UK HR teams

Around 1,500 employees are walking out of paid work every day to take on unpaid caring responsibilities, according to research published by Carers UK in July 2026. That rate represents a 150% increase on the equivalent figure from 2019, and over ...

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