What it is
The monthly roundup
The UK HR and recruitment stories Neil Copping thinks matter most, with an editor's view at the end.
The UK HR and recruitment stories worth reading each month, from the apprenticeship levy squeeze and degree-apprenticeship crunch to ghosting, AI at work and flexible working, with an editor's view from Neil Copping. Properly British. Never dull.
Published on LinkedIn on the last Friday of the month, with a full web edition here.
The UK HR and recruitment stories Neil Copping thinks matter most, with an editor's view at the end.
Not a press-release aggregator, a puff-piece parade, or a photo of someone laughing at a laptop.
Published on LinkedIn on the last Friday of the month, with a full web edition here.
World Cup absence policies, a job on the Orkney Islands, Center Parcs' 30% benefit engagement, 8 million mental-health sick days, flexible-working refusals up 109% and the disability employment gap.
The Employment Rights Act moves from theory to payroll, the apprenticeship levy squeeze arrives on 1 August, ghosting gets worse in both directions, and the World Cup sickie verdict is in.
Gen Z staff using AI in secret, degree apprenticeships now harder to win than some degrees, the 45-month hiring slump ending, grandparental leave, quiet parenting, and the launch of the Stop Ghosting Job Seekers campaign.
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