Study reveals lack of AI understanding among HR professionals
A Brightmine study reveals only 32% of HR professionals fully understand AI, highlighting a significant need for improved training and education in the field.
71% of adults call for increased auto-enrolment contributions
New research from Phoenix Group shows 71% of UK adults support increasing auto-enrolment pension contributions if current rates fall short, calling for a government review.
Unite launches industrial action ballots across 29 councils
Strike action involving cleansing and waste workers could begin in July.
Pat Cullen leaves the RCN with immediate effect as she seeks election to parliament
Professor Nicola Ranger, the RCN’s current Chief Nursing Officer and Deputy General Secretary and Chief Executive, will take on responsibility as Acting RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive in the interim.
NHS rightly at heart of Labour policy but staff must be fully valued, union warns
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Our NHS is on life support after suffering from relentless abuse by this government, so we welcome all positive actions that Labour will take to heal it.
Cross-party group of MPs and Peers launch report calling for a new National Carers Strategy
The UK Government has not published a National Carers Strategy since 2008, and there has not been a dedicated cross-Government approach to supporting unpaid carers since the Carers Action Plan 2018-2020 came to an end in 2020.
Registered childminders demand level playing field on staffing ratio rules in Northern Ireland
Registered childminders in Northern Ireland call for equal staffing ratios as in Great Britain, warning of sector collapse without changes.
Unite recommends rejection of local government pay offer
Unite is now undertaking the process of holding consultative ballots for its workers covered by both the local government green book agreement (the majority of council workers) and the red book (local authority craftworkers).
Beleaguered public services need investment not an army of reluctant teen ‘volunteers’ – UNISON
Following Conservative proposals that would see 18-year-olds either join the military or do ‘volunteer’ work for a year, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea has warned against such a move.
Not-for-profit and charity workers anxious, overworked & underpaid warns Unite
Seven out of 10 employees regularly run themselves into the ground by working up to a 50-hour week - thirteen hours over the average 37-hour week.
“Election day can’t come soon enough” – UNISON
Christina McAnea said: "Working people and their families are crying out for a new Government in Westminster."
Drax canteen workers end strike with 19% pay uplift
Long-standing strike by Drax canteen workers concludes with a 19% pay increase after persistent negotiations.
