Labour market

07/28/2026

CIPD-tracked AI skills are quietly reshaping UK promotion and pay criteria

A quiet reordering is taking place in how UK employers decide who progresses and who stays put. According to a HiBob survey reported by Personnel Today, 77% of organisations expect to treat AI skills as standard across all roles, including ...

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. ...

07/22/2026

7 min

FTSE 100 CEO pay hits record £5.06m: what the 130:1 ratio means for your pay packet

The typical chief executive of a FTSE 100 company now takes home 130 times the pay of the median full-time UK worker, the widest gap in eight years and the highest absolute figure on record. If you work for one of Britain's largest listed ...

07/22/2026

8 min

Make UK and the Work and Pensions Committee on the NI cliff shaping under-25 hiring

For anyone under 25 entering the UK labour market in 2026, the wage floor designed to protect them is also the subject of an increasingly fraught political argument. Make UK, the manufacturers' body, and a cross-party group of MPs on the Work and ...

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 ...

07/09/2026

5 min

NHS walking rewards: what UK employees should check before opting in

If your employer starts mentioning the NHS walking challenge in the coming months, here is what the scheme actually involves and, more practically, what it means for you when it lands in your workplace. England's 10-year health plan includes a ...

07/09/2026

6 min

DWP's Carer's Allowance cliff-edge review: signals for working carers and HR

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) opened a six-week call for evidence on Carer's Allowance on Tuesday 7 July 2026. The review targets the earnings limit that currently operates as an all-or-nothing threshold: crossing it by even a small ...

07/09/2026

7 min

ERA 1996's compensatory cap ends in 2027: what UK employees and HR teams face

On 1 January 2027, a number that has quietly shaped every dismissal negotiation in England, Scotland and Wales for decades will cease to exist. The compensatory award cap for ordinary unfair dismissal, fixed under Employment Rights Act 1996 ...

07/07/2026

6 min

Drapers' buyers pay survey: what UK fashion retail HR leaders should benchmark now

Drapers, the UK fashion trade's principal industry title, has published its inaugural buyers and merchandisers salary survey, and the headline finding carries direct implications for HR and reward teams across British apparel retail: the ...

07/06/2026

6 min

UK construction pipeline: what the May 2026 data means for CITB cohorts and HR strategy

The May 2026 Construction News CN Intelligence dataset lands as a strategic inflection point for HR and workforce planning leads inside UK contractors and specialist subcontractors. Infrastructure main contract awards fell 55% year-on-year to ...

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