Tesco has introduced paid safe leave for domestic abuse survivors. Employees can take up to three days or 21 hours to secure practical, legal and personal support.

Government plans could redraw employment status rules for gig workers. A forthcoming consultation will examine how employment relationships are classified and whether current tests leave some people without appropriate rights.

A £60m fund is seeking new workplace inclusion innovations nationwide. Businesses, charities, technology providers, and public bodies can bid to test approaches supporting disabled people and people with health conditions at work.

Employers face an updated Right to Work compliance code today. The revised Home Office rules set out the prescribed checks used to establish protection against illegal-working civil penalties.

Small employers can now receive £2,000 for young apprentice hires. The payment targets non-levy businesses and forms part of plans to create 50,000 additional youth apprenticeships.

Young disabled people will gain faster access to paid work. The Jobs Guarantee will expand from April 2027, with six months of funded wages and additional support for participants and employers.

October employment reforms will widen tribunal and harassment obligations significantly. Most tribunal claim limits double to six months from 1 October, while stronger sexual-harassment and trade union provisions follow on 30 October.

Hovis drivers have paused strike action after renewed pay talks. Around 60 Avonmouth distribution workers will vote on a revised offer, removing the immediate threat of disruption to bakery deliveries across several regions.