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HR shifts focus from roles to building adaptable skills

by Catalina Sepulveda

Marketing specialists now require AI-assisted content creation and data analysis skills despite retaining the same job title. Human resources departments have long structured employee management around fixed roles—recruiting for specific job titles, evaluating performance against rigid criteria, and charting career paths along predictable trajectories. Yet those roles have become unstable even when the titles remain unchanged. A marketing specialist today may still carry the title "marketing," but the required skills…

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Salary transparency is set to become a legal requirement in the UK after the government announced plans to amend anti‑discrimination legislation, mandating that employers list pay details in job adverts. Transparency builds trust. New law makes pay details compulsory The upcoming rule aims to eliminate hidden compensation and give job seekers clear information before they apply. Campaign groups have welcomed the move, saying that honest adverts should have been standard…

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New Rules for Right-to-Work Checks

by Millaray Vargas

New Rules for Right-to-Work Checks Employers using digital right-to-work checks will be able to verify British and Irish workers using passports that expired up to six months earlier under new government rules published this week. The government published updated standards for digital right-to-work verification on 1 September. The revised code replaces one issued in June that never came into force. Allowing recently expired passports Under the new code, a digital…

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New Rules for Right-to-Work Checks

New government rules allow British and Irish workers to use passports expired...

Millaray Vargas • Sep 4, 2026 • Workplace Trends

New Rules for Right-to-Work Checks

N ew Rules for Right-to-Work Checks Employers using digital right-to-work checks will be able to verify British and Irish workers using passports that expired up to six months earlier under new government rules published this week. The government published...

updated standards for digital right-to-work verification on 1 September. The revised code replaces one issued in June that never came into force. Allowing recently expired passports Under the new code, a digital identity can be created using a British passport,...

Jennifer Liston-Smith: Gen Z coaching insights for wellbeing strategy

Jennifer Liston-Smith explains why Gen Z workers need specific wellbeing strategies, not...

Millaray Vargas • Aug 31, 2026 • Workplace Trends

Jennifer Liston-Smith: Gen Z coaching insights for wellbeing strategy

J ennifer Liston-Smith: Gen Z coaching insights for wellbeing strategy Leaders must build wellbeing strategies based on what Gen Z workers actually need, not just generic corporate programs. Jennifer Liston-Smith, a business psychologist and leadership coach, notes that as...

budget planning for 2027 begins, insights from coaching sessions with employees aged up to 29 reveal a clear disconnect between what leadership assumes young professionals want and what they are actually asking for. Many young coachees initially ask for "tools"...

Employers face £500k fines for blocking union access

Employers face £500k fines for blocking union access due to new UK...

Millaray Vargas • Aug 28, 2026 • Interview Playbook

Employers face £500k fines for blocking union access

E mployers face £500k fines for blocking union access Employers could face fines of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of new trade union workplace access rules due to take effect in October, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has...

warned. The new statutory framework will give independent trade unions the right to request access to workplaces to recruit, organise, support and represent workers, including where the employer does not already recognise the union. New legal framework for access Access...

How shadow work undermines your business strategy

Discover how shadow work undermines your business strategy and why these hidden...

Emilia Reyes • Aug 26, 2026 • Interview Playbook

How shadow work undermines your business strategy

H ow shadow work undermines your business strategy A growing number of employees are losing seven hours each week to tasks that fall outside their core job descriptions. This hidden workload, often described as shadow work, is increasingly cited...

by human resources leaders as a primary factor in declining engagement and retention. While these duties may appear to be minor administrative burdens, their cumulative effect on productivity is substantial. Research indicates that 58% of staff feel distracted from meaningful...