The latest workplace news covering a range of topics such as HR, skills, training, compliance, gender pay discrimination and mental health at work. We also look at the latest workplace related research being carried out to improve staff productivity and reduce employee stress.
Dimitra Theodori, Head of the Health and Safety Unit at the European Trade Union Institute, highlights the concept of being unsafe by design when it comes to crystalline silica.
Alison White, co-founder of PLACEmaking, shares her thoughts on the extent to which modern working practices are slowly eroding the outdated office culture of previous generations
Director of Swindon and Wiltshire LEP, Paddy Bradley tells us why the skill levels of the current and future workforce are crucial in determining whether a business will look to invest in a new base in an area
Chief Executive of the Association of The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP), Mark Dawe details the crucial role of apprenticeships in the UK today
Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the launch of an innovative programme to address ethnic inequalities in youth unemployment and to help disadvantaged young people get into work
Hundreds of disabled employees are to benefit from a £15,000 rise in Access to Work grants to assist them at work, following new measures introduced by Parliament
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has successfully launched Apprenticeships Plus including an Apprenticeship Training Agency to research and access apprenticeships for their members
The Careers & Enterprise Company is calling out to employers across all sectors and industries to help make a real difference to the lives of young people
Twenty-two-year-old Jack Brittain is well on his way to becoming an engineer thanks to an apprenticeship opportunity on the biggest road project currently in construction provided by Highways England
Graduate surveyor Charlotte Williams is urging schools to do more to make young women aware of surveying as a career as International Women’s Day approaches
