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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.

Bangkok Post

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

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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.

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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

Insider UK

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

Insider UK

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 Hindu

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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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