Month: October 2023

The ONS has published its latest labour market statistics this morning. Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, said:  “Throughout 2023, the jobs market has been normalising after the post-pandemic boom. While vacancies are dropping, they remain above their levels of 2019. But sector demand is varying widely, and workers are facing having to make more transitions […]

A survey has found that nine out of 10 senior HR professionals interviewed said that their respective organisations do not use artificial intelligence (AI) in their recruitment. And of these 92% of slow adapters, just three per cent of them intend to use AI in the next 12 months. A total of 167 people who […]

On 4 October 2023 the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in the case of Chief Constable of Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew & Others, unanimously ruling that employees can claim for historic underpayments of holiday pay, even where there are gaps of more than three months between deductions. BACKGROUND OF THE CASE […]