Employment Rights
How will the Government's job retention scheme work?
Last week the Government announced its Job Retention Scheme to ensure significant numbers... read more
Employment Rights
What are your rights if your employer changes your shift pattern? What about redundancy? This section offers expert answers to readers questions on employment rights. It will also update you on the latest employment news and legislation.
Coronavirus Information
Employment Rights
Parental leave and time off for emergencies: your rights
Employees can take time off work in the form of Parental Leave to look after a child’s... read more
Employment Rights
Statutory Sick Pay during the COVID-19 crisis
As Covid-19 takes hold there’s plenty to worry about, not least how self isolation and... read more
Editors Choice
Employment Rights
Long Covid in the workplace
Beena Nadeem investigates the potential impact of Long Covid at work amid research showing women under 50 may be five times more likely to suffer from it. read more
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Employment Rights
Supreme Court rules on care workers' sleep-in pay
The Supreme Court has ruled that care workers who sleep in do not need to be paid the... read more
Employment Rights
When the bullying has to stop
We've all witnessed the relentless negative comments about Meghan Markle who says she... read more
Employment Rights
Uber announces new rights for UK drivers after court case
Uber announces new rights for its drivers in a move which could have big implications for... read more
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Employment Rights
Campaign for indefinite leave to remain for migrant healthworkers
A Private Member's Bill which would mean migrant healthworkers and their families would not face the stress of hefty fees and uncertainty from... read more
Employment Rights
Labour and TUC set out visions for future of work
Labour and TUC have set out visions for more employment rights while the pensions regulator calls for gig workers to get given pensions and an inquiry... read more
Childcare
workingmums.co.uk launches 2021 survey
workingmums.co.uk has launched its annual survey which covers how parents have coped over the last 18 months, from flexible working, employment rights... read more
Employment Rights
Can I be forced to return to the office?
Restrictions are relaxing, but Rustom Tata from DMH Stallard says employers don't have an absolute right to force people back to the office. read more
Employment Rights
Pregnancy and SMP rights if my contract is not renewed
I am on a fixed-term contract which ends in July. I have had ongoing issues with my employer since I told them I was pregnant with workload, heavy... read more
Childcare
A Queen’s Speech notable for what it excludes
The Queen's Speech didn't have a whole lot for working families. There was nothing much on childcare, nothing concrete on social care for those in the... read more
Employment Rights
Lack of Employment Bill ‘risks levelling up agenda’
Experts have expressed concern about the dropping of the Employment Bill from the Queen's Speech. read more
workingwise.co.uk
The workforce in the UK is changing. By 2020 1 in 3 workers will be over 50, and by 2030 half of all adults in the UK will be over 50.
Understanding the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population is vital if we want to create productive, innovative and inclusive multi-generational teams as we all lead longer working lives.
workingwise.co.uk is a job and community site specially focused on older workers looking for flexibility and improved work-life balance, and the employers who recognise what they have to offer.
Further Reading
Career Advice
Effective networking in the virtual space
Lee Foster from networking group Revitalise has some tips for networking virtually. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Why job redesign is good for employee and employer
Flexible working needs to be done properly, with an emphasis on job redesign. The process will benefit both employee and employer. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Employers told to beware of giving the illusion of flexible working
A new report warns of the dangers of false flexible working where people end up working all hours and the lines between work and family life are... read more
Career Advice
What should you wear to a job interview?
For any life event one of the first questions we will ask ourselves is ‘But what am I going to wear?’ And this is particularly true for a job... read more
Work Life Balance
The mental health impact of the second lockdown
A workingmums.co.uk poll finds that over three quarters of mums say the second lockdown was harder for them than the first. read more
Employment Rights
Call for legal right to disconnect
A survey by the union Prospect backs calls for a right to disconnect for remote workers. read more
Childcare
Schools back in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales after Easter
Almost all school students can return to school after the Easter holidays in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. read more
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