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08/18/2026

UK unions demand workplace heat rules as hospitals hit 41.8C

A hospital ward in Manchester recorded 41.8°C in June. A London bus cab pushed past 40°C. A pub kitchen in north London faced a collapsing service with fans that, as head chef Joshua Swinney described, did little more than move hot air around. No...

08/18/2026

9 min

Zero-hours ban to cost UK firms up to £2.9bn a year

A record 1.23 million people in the UK were on zero-hours contracts last December, a rise of 91,000 in a single year according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data - and if you are among them, the reforms now working their way through ...

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...

08/13/2026

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

8 min

ISE 2026 data: UK graduate hiring shifts toward work samples as AI distorts the application signal

Two-thirds of UK graduate employers now doubt whether a polished application reflects what a candidate can actually do. The Institute of Student Employers' (ISE) 2026 Student Development Survey recorded that 67% of employers were concerned ...

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 ...

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 ...

07/29/2026

8 min

HMRC's frozen bands draw 980,000 into higher tax: what CIPD reward strategy says next

Close to a million workers across the United Kingdom will pay a higher share of their earnings to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) this tax year, without a single income tax rate having moved on paper. The personal allowance has been locked at ...

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