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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

Strike-hit education and health sectors struggling to recruit staff says report

Both sectors have been hit by strikes for several months in bitter disputes over pay and staffing

Wales Online

Strike-hit education and health sectors struggling to recruit staff – report

Almost half of public sector employers surveyed expect significant problems filling vacancies to continue over the next six months.

The Independent UK

The importance of supporting employees through economic uncertainty

The recent CIPD annual conference heard from a range of experts on both financial and non-financial ways to keep staff motivated during the cost crisis

Insider UK

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'Lessons must be learned' from coal during oil and gas transition

CIPD policy adviser and SSE HR director discuss how best to manage the move to renewable energy

Insider UK

'Employers have a central role' in accelerating Scotland's journey to net zero

CIPD report argues that skills development and community impact will be key in the transition to a green economy

Insider UK

The CIPD's annual Scottish conference returns

The event will take place at the end of March at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Insider UK

Four-day work week gains converts

LONDON: The largest-ever trial of the four-day work week has found that most UK companies participating are not returning to the five-day standard, and a third are ready to make the change permanent.

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UK firms expect to give 5% pay rises this year amid worker shortages

Survey figure is highest in at least a decade as businesses face pressure to help staff in cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

Skills crisis sees 65% of London firms struggle to fill vacant posts

UK companies are preparing the biggest pay rise in years as they struggle to fill open roles

Evening Standard

The rise of leavism: Do you also use holidays to catch up on work?

A growing number of workers are booking annual leave just to keep up with the demands placed upon them. Hannah Fearn investigates a trend that is causing burnout, depression and physical illness

The Independent UK

Growing proportion of Scottish graduates ending up in low-skilled jobs

CIPD calls for urgent improvements to careers advice and more support for vocational routes

Insider UK

Four-day working week pros and cons as third of Scots businesses could make the move

A recent report showed that 33% of the businesses surveyed said they expected the four-day week to be commonplace in the 2030s - here's how it would work.

Daily Record

One third of Scottish businesses to move to a 4-day working week

The Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) found that 34 of Scottish businesses wanted to move to a 4-day working week within the next…

The National (Scotland)

A third of Scots expect the four-day week to become a reality in the next decade

New report warns that more experimentation and greater technology investment is needed to pave the way

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Flexible working has 'hugely positive impact' on Scottish workers

More than half of employers in Scotland have seen increase in hybrid working, compared to pre-pandemic

The Hindu

Dealers say oil firms want them to curtail diesel, petrol sales

Retailers call on OMCs not to ration supplies; refiners say some dealers facing credit issues

The Guardian - UK

Why the UK’s dire rates of sick pay bode ill for the economy

Only the US and South Korea take less care of those off work ill. Experts call it ‘reckless and counterproductive’

The Guardian - UK

UK gender pay gap: women paid 90p for £1 earned by men

Sector with the largest gender median pay gap was construction, where female employees received just 76p for every £1 earned by a man

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UK employers expecting to award pay rises of 3% this year, survey shows

Businesses struggling to fill vacancies will offer highest rise for a decade –but lower than inflation

The Independent UK

Long Covid fuelling staff absences among UK employers, research finds

Concern also raised over staff who have returned to the office with long-term symptoms but are ‘not performing at 100 per cent of pre-pandemic levels’

The Guardian - AU

Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened

Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths

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