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Chris Britton says transparency becomes legal non‑negotiable

by Emilia Reyes

Salary transparency is set to become a legal requirement in the UK after the government announced plans to amend anti‑discrimination legislation, mandating that employers list pay details in job adverts. Transparency builds trust. New law makes pay details compulsory The upcoming rule aims to eliminate hidden compensation and give job seekers clear information before they apply. Campaign groups have welcomed the move, saying that honest adverts should have been standard…

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New Rules for Right-to-Work Checks Employers using digital right-to-work checks will be able to verify British and Irish workers using passports that expired up to six months earlier under new government rules published this week. The government published updated standards for digital right-to-work verification on 1 September. The revised code replaces one issued in June that never came into force. Allowing recently expired passports Under the new code, a digital…

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Jennifer Liston-Smith: Gen Z coaching insights for wellbeing strategy

by Millaray Vargas

Jennifer Liston-Smith: Gen Z coaching insights for wellbeing strategy Leaders must build wellbeing strategies based on what Gen Z workers actually need, not just generic corporate programs. Jennifer Liston-Smith, a business psychologist and leadership coach, notes that as budget planning for 2027 begins, insights from coaching sessions with employees aged up to 29 reveal a clear disconnect between what leadership assumes young professionals want and what they are actually asking…

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Chris Britton says transparency becomes legal non‑negotiable

Salary transparency becomes a legal mandatory in the UK, requiring employers to...

Emilia Reyes Sep 6, 2026 Workplace Trends

Chris Britton says transparency becomes legal non‑negotiable

S alary transparency is set to become a legal requirement in the UK after the government announced plans to amend anti‑discrimination legislation, mandating that employers list pay details in job adverts. Transparency builds trust. New law makes pay details...

compulsory The upcoming rule aims to eliminate hidden compensation and give job seekers clear information before they apply. Campaign groups have welcomed the move, saying that honest adverts should have been standard practice already. Employers will need to include either...

Millions of holiday days go unused annually

Millions of unused holiday days in UK due to heavy workloads and...

Emilia Reyes Sep 2, 2026 Salary Insights

Millions of holiday days go unused annually

M illions of holiday days go unused annually UK workers could be leaving almost 200 million days of paid holiday unused each year, with heavy workloads and a lack of cover preventing many employees from taking their full annual...

leave entitlement. The average worker finished their last full annual leave year with seven days of paid holiday remaining, according to research commissioned by private diagnostics provider Vista Health. Applying the unrounded survey figure across the UK’s estimated 30.3 million...

Nearly Half of Workers Work Sick, Productivity Drops

Presenteeism productivity is soaring as nearly half of UK workers push through...

Emilia Reyes Aug 30, 2026 Salary Insights

Nearly Half of Workers Work Sick, Productivity Drops

N early Half of Workers Work Sick, Productivity Drops Workers working through illness hit almost half of the British labour force this summer, according to a survey of 2,003 adults conducted at the end of July. Presenteeism reaches new...

levels Nearly 49 percent said they kept on with duties while feeling unwell, staying on the job for an average of six days. The same poll found that 28 percent noticed a drop in output, 25 percent struggled to focus, and 24 percent felt...

Bill Gates warns AI will bring permanent job loss

Bill Gates warns about AI job loss across industries. Explore how automation...

Emilia Reyes Aug 27, 2026 Interview Playbook

Bill Gates warns AI will bring permanent job loss

B ill Gates warns AI will bring permanent job loss Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence may eliminate many jobs permanently and urged governments to consider reserving certain types of work for humans. The Microsoft co-founder stated in...

an essay released on Wednesday that AI and robotics will eventually impact both white-collar and manual labor, leading to significant employment disruptions. Gates, 70, explained that the technology stands apart from earlier automation because it can handle cognitive tasks once...