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Businesses reduce full-time hiring as contractor demand grows, survey finds
Employment Hero found that 39% of organisations have scaled back full-time hiring as employment costs continue to rise.
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Employers warned over rise of “football sickies” during 2026 World Cup
Research from YouGov found that among Britons planning to follow the tournament, 26% said they would stay up past 11pm to watch matches live.
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UK lagging behind in AI recruitment, YouGov finds
19% in the UK thought hiring would drop due to AI, and 40% expected little or no impact.
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Skills shortages named top hiring challenge for employers, study finds
YouGov found that 38% of employers expect sourcing qualified talent to be one of their most significant hiring challenges this year.
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Two-thirds would give up people management if pay stayed the same – YouGov
Younger managers were the least keen, with nearly three-quarters of generation Z and millennials (73%) saying they would opt out of managing.
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Majority of workers say job hunting is difficult – YouGov
Confidence was lowest among younger adults, with 74% of 18 to 24-year-olds describing the job market as difficult.
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Half of managers’ ideas never put into action – YouGov
Just 43% saw ideas implemented, even though 88% had suggestions to make work better.
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Most Brits back equal minimum wage for 18 to 20-year-olds – YouGov
One in five (22%) said there should be a lower minimum wage for people under 21 and 67% said the same minimum wage should apply to everyone over 18.
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Most Brits who use AI do not trust chatbots for work information – YouGov
Most turn to AI to find factual information, with 80% using it for simple topics and 75% for complicated ones.
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Only 15% know that pensioners get more out of a state pension than they pay in, study finds
The study by YouGov found that 43% of people believed that an average pensioner retiring today will get less from their state pension than they paid in.
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Majority prioritise comfort over trends in workwear, study finds
Research from the University of Warwick further supported this, showing that happy employees are around 12% more productive in their day-to-day roles.