Big British employers must publish their gender pay gap
Employers in Britain with 250 or more staff must file and publish their gender pay gap each year. From 2027 they must also publish an action plan.
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What is materials science and engineering?
Three US university departments explain the field behind batteries and artificial skin. Its engineers test materials, pick them, and work out why parts fail.
Frederick Taylor's stopwatch built US scientific management
Frederick Taylor timed factory tasks to fractions of a minute and turned the results into scientific management, a system that made him famous and hated.
One of India's 89 top civil servants was a Dalit in 2019
Caste still sorts India's job market and its marriages: a surname reveals caste to employers, and inter-caste marriage stays rare.
Eiffel Tower staff walk out after order to hide women
Eiffel Tower staff struck for a day after managers hid female colleagues during a Hindu group's visit, and city officials have opened an inquiry.
Seven in ten adults may feel like a fraud at least once
Imposter syndrome is the belief that your success is undeserved. It is not a diagnosis, and research suggests around 70% of adults feel it at some point.
Every UK employer must auto-enrol staff earning £10,000
UK employers must put staff aged 22 or over who earn at least £10,000 into a workplace pension. You can opt out, but you are re-enrolled every three years.
Why humanoid robots still struggle with balance and hands
A humanoid must balance on two legs, match a human hand and learn from demonstration. Figure and Tesla are trying, and Rodney Brooks sees a bubble.
UK hiring confidence is at its lowest outside the pandemic
A CIPD survey of more than 2,000 employers finds one in six expect AI to shrink their workforce next year, against 6% who expect it to grow.
Will AI replace lawyers? Trainees are the first to feel it
A Harvard Law School centre reports AI cutting junior legal roles, yet the US Bureau of Labor Statistics still forecasts 4% growth in lawyer jobs.
Irish Garda vetting has no expiry, but some employers set one
Irish Garda vetting has no fixed expiry, but a new role, a return to study or a three-year policy can each mean vetting again. Here is how it works.
Office nap pods spread from Google to the law firms
MetroNaps pods costing about $13,000 each spread from Google and Silicon Valley to PwC, KPMG and the law firm White & Case.
France's 35-hour law traded fewer hours for flexible shifts
France's working week fell to 35 hours under the loi Aubry. Its real effect was to make firms renegotiate contracts around flexible, annualised hours.
Employers are retraining staff instead of hiring AI engineers
Job postings for generative AI skills rose 1,848% in 2023, and companies short of engineers to hire are retraining the staff they already have.