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Workspace control is challenging the aesthetics-led office design debate again. Research suggests employees perform better when workplace design gives them agency, choice, and practical support.
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Employment reform is reaching rotas, payroll, and manager decisions. The UK’s Employment Rights Act 2025 will test workforce planning, absence management, manager capability, and productivity in organisations that have relied on informal flexibility.
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Employers face a heavier compliance timetable as reforms widen again. The Employment Rights Act implementation phase is moving into payroll, absence, contracts, rostering, and line-management practice.
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AI use is rising faster than workforce readiness levels. Skillsoft says 86% of employees use AI, but only 24% feel fully equipped.
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A four-day week could strengthen disability inclusion at work. New research says reduced hours without loss of pay may improve retention, wellbeing, and employment sustainability.
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New carers’ rights could reshape workforce planning for employers. Ministers are consulting on paid carer’s leave, return-to-work protections, and stronger support for parents of seriously ill children.
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Young founders are ambitious but financially underprepared, Xero research suggests. A new survey finds 72% of 16-to-21-year-old students are attracted to entrepreneurship, while funding, confidence, and financial skills remain substantial barriers.
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Employers are extending screening beyond hiring as workforce risks rise. First Advantage data points to a shift towards rescreening and continuous monitoring as organisations respond to fraud, identity risk, and declining trust across recruitment.
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Marketers are adopting AI faster than skills strategies emerge. CIM research shows only 5% expect AI to create new roles, while many teams lack defined capability plans.
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New carers’ rights could reshape absence policy for employers. Ministers are consulting on paid carer’s leave, return-to-work protections, and stronger support for parents of seriously ill children.