THE HR BREAKDOWN
  • Employees risk security for productivity

    Employees risk security for productivity

    A recent CyberArk survey found that 65% of office workers admit to circumventing security policies in the name of efficiency. Key findings include that 49% reuse passwords across applications, 30% share workplace passwords, and 80% access work apps from unsecured personal devices. The study highlights that 72% of employees use artificial intelligence tools, and 38%…

  • Birmingham City Council settles equal pay claims

    Birmingham City Council settles equal pay claims

    Birmingham City Council has reached a settlement regarding thousands of historical equal pay claims, following its declaration of effective bankruptcy in September last year due to a £760m liability. The GMB Union, alongside Unison, announced that approximately 6,000 low-paid, predominantly female workers will receive payouts expected to be four times higher than previous offers made…

  • Businesses brace for H-1B crackdown as Trump takes office

    Businesses brace for H-1B crackdown as Trump takes office

    As Donald Trump returns to the White House, employers are preparing for increased immigration enforcement, including workplace raids and stricter compliance checks. Lawyers advise businesses to audit and correct I-9 forms, ensure H-1B visa documentation is robust, and prepare for potential impacts on workers under DACA and TPS programs. Jorge Lopez of law firm Littler…

  • Teamsters give Amazon a deadline to agree to bargaining dates

    Teamsters give Amazon a deadline to agree to bargaining dates

    The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has said it is giving Amazon a deadline of December 15 to agree to bargaining dates to negotiate a union contract for its delivery drivers and warehouse workers. The Teamsters, one of America’s largest labor unions, has accused Amazon of breaking the law and said it must commit to come…

  • Judge rejects Boeing’s settlement deal

    Judge rejects Boeing’s settlement deal

    Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud following two fatal crashes of its 737 MAX jets has been rejected by U.S. federal judge Reed C O’Connor. The judge raised concerns over a diversity and inclusion provision in the deal, which required consideration of race in selecting an independent monitor to oversee Boeing’s compliance. O’Connor said:…

  • Lockdown broke U.K.’s work ethic, former supermarket boss says

    Lockdown broke U.K.’s work ethic, former supermarket boss says

    Lord Price, the former managing director of Waitrose who ran the U.K. supermarket from 2007 until 2016, has said Britain’s attitude to work has permanently changed since lockdown and Covid-era furlough schemes paved the way for a rising sick-note culture. Research from his think tank WorkL, which covered 100,000 companies across more than 100 countries,…