Employers adopting hybrid working as workplaces reopen need to make sure they are meeting the needs of their youngest workers, according to new research. A survey of 6,000 European office workers by business technology provider Sharp found that 66% of...

UK businesses have lagged the rest of the world over the past year when it comes to recruiting and retaining talent, according to a new study. Outsourcing company KellyOCG surveyed more than 1,000 senior executives across 13 countries – Australia,...

Employers will be held liable if they fail to take all reasonable steps to prevent employees from experiencing sexual harassment at work, under new proposals announced by the Government Equalities Office (GEO). In its response to the 2019 sexual harassment...

There are encouraging signs that the recent rebound in hiring extends beyond crisis-hit sectors such as hospitality and retail, with skilled vacancies also on the rise. According to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s latest Jobs Recovery Tracker, postings for jobs...

There is growing evidence of a serious mismatch between supply and demand in the UK’s jobs market, with vacancies rising at record rates but the candidate pool drying up. Last week job listing site Reed reported that more than 275,000...

UK businesses are doing a much better job of supporting their workers’ mental health than they were two years ago, according to the findings of a large-scale global study. A survey of more than 32,000 workers in 17 countries for...

South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust (SWIEET) is offering young people in Wales the chance to deep-dive into the exciting world of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) and develop their skills to become future engineers, through fully...

Covid-related job losses in Wales are disproportionately impacting people with low numeracy skills, causing the Bank of England’s Andy Haldane to warn of a numeracy crisis affecting the least-advantaged. New report finds 52% of people who have lost jobs...

Apprentices on GCHQ’s scheme are four times more likely to have dyslexia than those on other organisations’ programmes,  the result of a drive to recruit those whose brains process information differently, reports the Guardian Newspaper. The UK surveillance agency says...