Quick HR
Helping with the wonderful world of work. Based in Brighton UK, we do all the people & employment stuff - we are @brightonwarren and @mslissas. Quick advice & no waffle www.quickhr.biz
- Home working has failed to level up UK economy, study finds, because of hybrid working - people stay close to offices if they have to go in 2-3 days a week www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- ‘Almost a third of direct care workers in the UK are non-British, according to the Skills for Care charity.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #employment #HR #migration
- Visa changes for workers and students including fee rises www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #Employment #HR #migration
- Job cuts and reduced hiring in UK gain pace - Trump tariff turmoil and labour cost increases are blamed www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader - a colleague took a Star Wars personality test for her www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m... #StarWars #DarthVader #HR #Employment
- Two top job openings in UK policing get one applicant each www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- British men urged to join ‘Dad strike’ calling for more paternity leave www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
- Looking for a new challenge? The amazing Brighton Chamber wants someone to arrange their events programme - over 100 a year, from nature walks to the #Brighton Summit conference www.brightonchamber.co.uk/job-opportun... #BrightonChamber #job #hiring #recruit
- Breaching human rights? "Let’s say there is a trans woman working in an office and the company turns around and says, ‘You can no longer use the female loos’, and perhaps only one or two people know that she's a trans woman." www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... #Trans #Employment #HR #EHRC
- Black ex-prison officer wins Employment Tribunal case after extreme racist abuse at Kent jail www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Vodafone whistleblowers warned executives about plight of high street store staff www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- "To be a leader, be a bridge" - old Welsh expression that inspires Lucy Davies from Brighton Dome, pictured with Lucy Day from Phoenix Art Space. Brilliant way to start the day with a Brighton Chamber breakfast! #Brighton #BrightonChamber
- Have a wonderful long Easter break! We're slowly demolishing the wall of chocolate eggs 🍫🐣🐇
- Number of workers on UK payrolls falls by 78,000 as pay growth stays high www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- UK parents with babies in neonatal care gain right to paid leave www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...
- Looking for an employee who’s ambitious, self-reliant and thinks outside the box? You might be fishing for a narcissist. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- Police officers ‘mocked and ostracised’ for paternity leave in England and Wales www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- My boss treats me like a lazy teenager. How can I set some boundaries? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- If you missed it: winning a tribunal case partly by arguing not having a "manager's desk" was a demotion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- ADHD prescriptions jump 18% year-on-year www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ADHD
- Desk politics: tribunal agrees that making a manager sit at a ‘lower status’ desk was a demotion and broke the employment relationship www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m... #Employment
- "They didn’t even have to sack us, because we had no employment rights. I have lost my work, been ostracised by colleagues and had no settlement from the university, no apology, no admission that the judgment has any effect on anyone else." www.theguardian.com/education/20... #Employment
- The gender pay gap has been declining slowly, but average pay is still 7% less for women than for men. It is a challenge Lane Fox is all too aware of. “Look at the data and it is really freaking depressing – and it is not moving.” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m... #InternationalWomensDay
- Agency workers will be included in a ban on "exploitative" zero-hour contracts as part of amendments to the government's employment reform bill www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Generating handy replies for the DOGE idiots for public sector workers - but it also covers Jedis, cats and anything else you want to try.
- …okay, who did this? and what’s your beverage of choice, because you should drink for free for the rest of your life www.opmreply.com
- Parents in Britain will be granted a right to 2 weeks' bereavement leave after suffering an early miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms - currently it's only after 24 weeks www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Labour unveils sick-pay guarantee for 1.3m lowest-paid workers www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...
- Arts sector’s use of unpaid interns for some roles could be illegal, experts say www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
- UK hiring on the rise as confidence lifts, research suggests www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Macmillan Cancer Support cuts 25% of staff and scraps hardship scheme that provides millions of pounds in grants to thousands of patients www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #MacMillan
- Employees work an extra 28 days in unpaid overtime every year, ONS study finds - most believe it's the way to get pay rises and promotions www.personneltoday.com/hr/british-e... #employment
- What your managers are really thinking about you - www.independent.co.uk/life-style/m...
- 200 UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week www.theguardian.com/money/2025/j...
- ONS to spend millions on temp workers to fix ‘unusable’ UK employment data www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- Work-life balance more important than pay for employees worldwide www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Why are gen Z shunning ‘hustle’ culture in favour of long-term jobs? Here are three good reasons | Oli Mould www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- ‘Just make people come in on the second Thursday of the month’: workspace provider Mark Dixon on the WFH debate www.theguardian.com/business/202...
- Warning of ‘skills chasm’ amid huge UK regional divide in qualifications www.theguardian.com/education/20...
- And we're finished for the year; Have a wonderful Christmas and a marvellous New Year - see you in 2025! ☃️🎅🎄
- Burning The Clocks on Saturday - amazing event for the winter solstice, with a parade, lanterns and bonfire on the beach in #Brighton. More details here www.theargus.co.uk/news/2480146... and here samesky.co.uk/events/burni... #BurningTheClocks #Sussex
- UK veterans fired over sexuality to get £70,000 in compensation www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
- Already had the 'Christmas party bad behaviour' problem of the decade, but please try to avoid hassle at your event - it's not a competition 😉 Here are 6 tips to make everything go smoothly www.quickhr.biz/6-tips-for-y... #Brighton #Sussex #QuickHR
- Having a Christmas party, lunch or drinks in the office? Here are some excellent tips from @mslissas.bsky.social to keep things more 'ho ho ho' than 'oh no' www.quickhr.biz/6-tips-for-y... #Brighton #Sussex #HR #QuickHR
- Four minutes of daily exertion can halve heart attack risk in women, finds study www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
- Drinks in the office, lunch or a Christmas party - here are some excellent tips from @mslissas.bsky.social to keep things more 'ho ho ho' than 'oh no' www.quickhr.biz/6-tips-for-y... #Brighton #Sussex #QuickHR
- Relate charity goes bust after "collapse in funding from NHS, school and local authority contracts" - local (independent) branches will stay open though www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
- Big debate time: is Brighton's creative sector an undervalued powerhouse? Think it's going to be a lively event #Brighton
- No bad news in December! Get on with it now or hold on until New Year. More tips in Christmas survival guide: www.quickhr.biz/work-christm... #Brighton #Sussex #HR #QuickHR
- [Not loaded yet]
- [Not loaded yet]
- 🎄🎅☃️❄️🤣
