Jessica Agache-Gorse

Channel 4, the UK public broadcast television service, has launched a company policy aimed at helping its female employees manage symptoms related to their periods at work, by offering greater...

Set up as a private organisation in 2011, the Living Wage Foundation promotes the implementation of the Living Wage and issues an accreditation to employers committed to providing the Living Wage...

During his budget presentation on 15 March, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, “by breaking down barriers that stop people”, called for a return to work by the over-50s, young parents and the...

The Parker Review is looking to build on the positive results achieved in the area of ethnic diversity and now wants all companies in the FTSE 350 index, which combines the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250...

On 07 March, the UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions appointed Helen Tomlinson, Head of Talent (UK & Ireland) at the Adecco Group, to be the first menopause employment...

The UK business of Swiss insurance group Zurich is to offer its 5,000 employees the opportunity to take out interest and tax-free loans of up to £10,000 (€11,206), which they can use to...

With complaints against the fast-food chain for sexual harassment multiplying in recent years around the world, McDonald's has just signed a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human...

Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute, which surveyed more than 1,000 managers in the UK, found that only 42% would be open to recruiting people aged between 50 and 64. For...

On 03 February 2023, the UK government announced its support for the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill. Championed by Conservative MP Scott Benton, the bill, currently being debated...

An array of major UK companies – including supermarkets Asda and Tesco, banks NatWest and Metro Bank, consulting group PwC, consumer goods giant Unilever and telecommunications group Vodafone –...

On 24 January 2023, the UK executive opened a 12-week consultation aimed at finalising its Draft Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement. The code, promised in 2022 following the P&O...

Six international companies have signed up to the 15,000 Futures programme in the UK. This innovative scheme, launched by Australian social impact firm WithYouWithMe (WYWM), aims to help military...