by Caroline Robertson | Sep 9, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
Currently approximately 2.8 million people in the UK are out of work due to sickness, ill-health and barriers that are faced by disabled people. Indications are that this figure will grow in the coming years. It is thought that this trend can be attributed to two main...
by Caroline Robertson | Aug 13, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
AI is now present in most industries in the UK. And recruitment is just one in an extensive line of businesses where AI is flexing its muscles. Not only can AI powered tools automate recruitment tasks, enhance the candidate experience, and improve decision-making, but...
by Caroline Robertson | Jul 8, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
Even before they were elected. Labour’s manifesto promised the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation. The new Employment Rights Bill, which was introduced to Parliament on 10 October 2024, is the first phase of delivering the Plan to Make Work Pay....
by Caroline Robertson | Jun 3, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
In the first three months of 2025, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicated that there were 923,000 people aged 16 to 24 who were neither working nor learning in the UK. Boost opportunities for young people Since Labour came to power, they have...
by Caroline Robertson | May 9, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
Clause 20 of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, which is currently being debated in the House of Lords, may meet some opposition, with some feeling that this law has gone too far. Known as the ‘banter ban’ it seeks to make employers liable for failing to take “all...
by Caroline Robertson | Apr 11, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
The Government’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ included a commitment to increase the time limit within which employees can bring an employment claim to an Employment Tribunal (ET) to six months for the majority of claims. Currently the time limit stands at three months....
by Caroline Robertson | Mar 6, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
For many years apprenticeships have provided a great career pathway for thousands of young people who either didn’t want to go to university and be saddled with a huge debt and/or who wanted to combine real work with training and study for a specific role. More...
by Caroline Robertson | Feb 6, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
In recent years, what we know as the traditional workplace has rapidly changed. Add to this Covid and a cost of living crisis and it’s not difficult to understand how many workers have been impacted in terms of their mental health and poorer wellbeing in general. But,...
by Caroline Robertson | Jan 17, 2025 | ActifHR Blog
In recent years, technology advancement has facilitated the growth of remote and hybrid work models. This has meant that not only is flexible working very much the norm, but it’s also expected. In April 2024, flexible working rights were extended giving employees the...
by Caroline Robertson | Dec 3, 2024 | ActifHR Blog
Since Labour came to power they have, as promised, focused on bringing about significant reforms to employment rights. This culminated in The Employment Rights Bill, which was introduced on 10 October. Presented as a major shake-up of workers’ rights, the...
