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Businesses welcome new Covid-19 isolation rules

The health secretary Sajid Javid said: “We are reducing the self-isolation period from ten days to seven if you test negative on a lateral flow test for two days running."

Chancellor announces £1bn bailout for leisure and hospitality

The government's bailout package, which is worth one billion pounds in total, will be given to businesses who have lost money since the surge of Omicron.

Women workers in G20 most affected by Covid-19

An OECD study is calling for investment in data to eliminate gender pay-gaps in employment in G20 countries.

Omicron will bring mass staff shortages, including schools and retail

Waste collections, post and deliveries are expected to be affected by a rise in virus cases. Royal Mail said it had extremely high absentee numbers of staff off due to sickness.

Furlough must come back before Christmas, say business leaders and unions

The furlough scheme needs to come back to support companies and their workers - especially those who will lose out due to the Plan B announcements ahead of the Christmas season.

HR leaders must look after their foreign workforce since pandemic

More than a third of the expat workforce say they plan to relocate home. Family finances, lack of job opportunities and education topped their list of concerns.  

Employees afraid of colleagues who aren’t vaccinated

Jobseekers say being able to work more flexibly is the biggest positive to come out of the pandemic and they want their HR teams to let them do it - if only to keep them safe from Covid.

Care workers need £1000 bonus this Christmas

The government is being asked to help HR teams stem the mass exodus of the social care workforce with a £1000 retention bonus by the chief executive of NHS Employers.

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Pay awards ‘stuck at 3%’ for fourth consecutive quarter

Median pay awards in the first quarter of 2025 have remained unchanged from the previous three rolling quarters.

Worker who returned from maternity leave to abandoned office awarded £25,000

A former recruitment consultant has been awarded more than £25,000 following a successful claim for maternity and pregnancy discrimination.

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Supreme Court ruling on definition of ‘woman’ in the Equality Act: what it means for HR

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