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Six-month qualifying period for unfair dismissal agreed after negotiations unlock path to Royal Assent The Government has announced a breakthrough ...
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 26 NOVEMBER 2025 An umbrella company's administration highlights the major risks that can be inherent in the recru...
HMRC has issued a warning to the recruitment sector regarding fraudulent payroll schemes. These models use "acquired tax credits" to falsely reduce...
Free government competition, the April 2026 umbrella company liability bombshell, and a white-collar jobs crisis. Welcome to recruitment in 2025/26...
By Nick Woodward, CEO ETZ Group If you’re a contractor or freelancer, you may have logged into your timesheet or invoicing portal to find something...
SPECIAL REPORT For most of 2025, the UK job market has been shedding employees at a faster pace than it was a year ago. October ONS employment data...
With humans scrambling to secure well-paid work and financial breathing room, the cost of employing people and AI is closing down job vacancies — e...
From 'foreign-sounding' surnames to experienced professionals deemed 'overqualified', recruitment discrimination is rife. Two shocking cases reveal...
Great Britain's independent workforce faces a perfect storm of policy friction and tech disruption. New data reveals that punitive National Insuran...
HireArt’s contractor workforce survey challenges the long-standing freelancer industry narrative that workers choose contract roles primarily for f...
The UK workforce is on the precipice, and Westminster isn’t acting fast enough OPINION Britain's workforce is suffering. Unemployment is rising. Li...
The energy sector's reliance on a freelance and contractor workforce is growing. This report provides data on the income trends and specific roles ...