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09/16/2026

Low Pay Commission's Dutch dilemma: UK youth minimum wage at a crossroads

The government is reconsidering one of Labour's most visible pledges to young workers, and the Low Pay Commission's autumn recommendation has become the hinge point. Labour's 2024 manifesto committed to abolishing the age bands that permit ...

09/09/2026

7 min

BRC's Opening Shift placement: the questions to put to your work coach

If you are aged 18 to 24, claiming Universal Credit, and running into job adverts that demand experience you have never been given a fair chance to acquire, Opening Shift may already be on your radar. Launched jointly by the British Retail ...

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 ...

08/13/2026

6 min

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...

08/03/2026

8 min

AI CV Screening Under Fire: UK Government Warns Employers on Youth Hiring

A podcast appearance by the Prime Minister has placed two specific hiring practices, virtual interviews and AI CV-screening, into the centre of a political conversation about youth unemployment that HR leaders would be unwise to treat as ...

07/22/2026

9 min

ONS figures put youth unemployment at 16.4%, an 11-year high

Youth unemployment in the United Kingdom has reached 16.4%, its highest level in 11 years, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published on 21 July 2026. Around one in six young people aged 16 to 24 who want work cannot find ...

07/06/2026

7 min

Keep Britain Working Vanguard: your Equality Act 2010 rights explained

Living with a long-term health condition while holding down a job can feel like a constant negotiation - with your body, your manager, and your own sense of how much to disclose. The government's Keep Britain Working programme, which now counts ...

07/06/2026

5 min

AI-generated CVs: CIPD-era hiring shifts the rules for UK candidates

You spent a weekend on your CV. Someone else spent ninety seconds pasting the same job advert into a chatbot and got back a document that looks equally sharp - same keywords mirrored, same crisp bullet points, same tidy formatting. Multiply that ...

06/30/2026

6 min

UK vacancies hit 800,000 in May, but ONS data and sector trends signal a more cautious labour market

UK live vacancies climbed for a fourth consecutive month in May 2026, rising 2.85% month-on-month to 799,737 according to Adzuna's job-market index. On the surface, that reads as a hiring market finding its footing. Dig into the sector breakdown, ...

06/29/2026

6 min

DfE apprenticeship funding shift 2026: what CIPD members and young workers need to verify now

On 22 June 2026, the UK government set out what it calls a renewed commitment to young workers, announcing a package designed to move 16 to 24 year olds away from what ministers describe as a degree-by-default culture and toward apprenticeships ...

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