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• The first 30 days: Kickstarting your new leadership role

  13-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: The first 30 days of a new leadership role are about defining your repurpose, building resilience and prioritising wellbeing. These crucial foundations will enable you to set yourself up for success.Stepping into a new leadership role can bring pressure to make an immediate impact. But the strongest starts are not always about delivering quick wins. The early days are an opportunity to establish your leadership purpose, build resilience and set a clear direction for the road ahead.Defin
  
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• Rising employment costs push firms towards experienced hires, CBI finds

  15-10-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Businesses report weakening hiring confidence as recruitment expenses and training pressures restrict opportunities for inexperienced candidates.
  
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• HR leaders admit recognition gap between frontline and office staff

  15-10-2026 07:15 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Deskless employees place greater value on recognition but report less acknowledgement from senior leaders and weaker relationships with managers.
  
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• Hospitality employers pledge 100,000 jobs for young people outside work and education

  15-10-2026 07:00 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Major restaurant and hospitality chains join a government-backed recruitment initiative aimed at helping young people enter paid employment.
  
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• Why good leaders don’t have all the answers

  14-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: Leadership development works best when managers stop measuring their worth by how quickly they solve problems, and instead judge conversations by whether people leave feeling more capable and confident.I spend a lot of time working with HR teams who invest heavily in leadership and management development. They want managers to have better conversations that build confidence, ownership and capability.I’ve noticed a pattern. The leaders and managers I’ve worked with across dif
  
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• Workers could face retirement in their 70s without pension reform, minister warns

  14-10-2026 07:15 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Ministers defend pension savings as MPs raise concerns about later retirement, pensioner poverty and the future cost of social care.
  
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• AI misuse in graduate recruitment reaches record high, employers report

  14-10-2026 07:00 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Record application volumes and concerns over candidate misconduct are prompting businesses to reconsider how they assess emerging talent.
  
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• IMF warns AI could transform 40 percent of jobs worldwide

  13-10-2026 08:00 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Global economic leaders warn that automation threatens graduate opportunities and could reshape career progression across advanced economies.
  
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• Pay rises expected to stay above inflation target: Bank of England

  13-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Employers face continued pay pressure as the Bank warns wage settlements may remain above levels needed to ease inflation.
  
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• Government launches scheme to bring 300 women into tech jobs

  13-10-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Free recruitment and training support will help businesses hire female candidates from different professional backgrounds into paid technology roles.
  
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• Shaping the narrative: How HR can harness the power of storytelling

  12-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: Storytelling helps create shared meaning, vision and trust, making the change process more inclusive and successful. By engaging emotions and fostering a shared identity, stories enable teams to connect on a deeper level and drive positive change that data and rational arguments alone cannot achieve.In today’s business environment, where innovation, engagement and resilience are key, HR leaders face an evolving challenge: building teams that thrive amid uncertainty. Surprisin
  
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• Burnham promises crackdown on non-compete clauses in employment contracts

  12-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Proposed restrictions on post-employment clauses could change how businesses protect commercial interests and recruit skilled workers.
  
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• More than half of women in work over 35 affected by menopause symptoms

  12-10-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Employers face growing pressure to provide effective menopause support as workplace requirements change.
  
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• What AI is making scarce and why HR should care

  09-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: Organisations have invested heavily in AI, yet employee usage is less than expected. The barrier is the environment, not the technology: culture, peer learning, focus time and workplace design determine whether adoption takes hold.Every major technological revolution has changed what an organisation values. The Industrial Revolution reduced the importance of physical labour and increased the value of knowledge work. AI may be creating a similar shift. As access to knowledge, conten
  
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• World Mental Health Day puts workplace support in focus as referrals rise

  09-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  October records the highest mental health referrals as employers are encouraged to make workplace support more visible.
  
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• AI hiring tools favour the wrong skills, employers warn

  09-10-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Nearly two-thirds of businesses report growing difficulty finding candidates with employability skills as automated screening becomes more common.
  
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• What every HR leader should ask themselves about their wellbeing

  08-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: HR professionals devote enormous energy to helping others thrive, but that outward focus can gradually erode their own wellbeing. Three reflective questions can help them reconnect with themselves, rebalance their purpose and build a more sustainable way of serving others.Jacqui loves working in HR. Supporting people to become the best version of themselves gives her a deep sense of purpose.Yet that purpose also became a source of pressure, because she was so focused on other people&rsq
  
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• Widespread bullying and abuse affecting occupational health professionals, study finds

  08-10-2026 07:00 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Research reveals high levels of bullying, harassment and discrimination among occupational health professionals, with some groups particularly at risk.
  
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• BA cabin crew member awarded £29,000 after ‘mile high club’ dismissal

  08-10-2026 06:50 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  A tribunal found BA failed to investigate misconduct allegations properly before dismissing a cabin crew member.
  
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• Beyond Barbie and Ken: How unconscious gender bias still shapes the boardroom

  07-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: Unconscious gender bias continues to influence workplace culture, even in sectors that have become more inclusive. Everyday moments, along with media and pop culture, reinforce outdated ideas about who holds authority. Yet the business case for change is clear, as gender-diverse teams are linked to stronger profitability.Unconscious bias and stereotyping determine how we perceive others, often without us even realising. In the workplace, these generalisations frequently revolve aro
  
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• HSBC to cut 70% of UK financial adviser roles in AI push

  07-10-2026 08:47 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  The bank is consulting employees over major reductions to its UK wealth workforce as it expands its use of artificial intelligence.
  
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• CIPD conference to put AI, skills and workplace change centre stage

  07-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  The CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition will bring HR professionals to Manchester to examine AI, skills, employment rights and organisational change.
  
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• The fragmented leader is finished: A new path to whole leadership

  06-10-2026 09:05 via hrzone.com
  
  Edelman’s 2025 Trust Barometer found that 68 per cent of people globally believe business leaders deliberately mislead them. This is up from 56 per cent in 2021. A 2026 FranklinCovey Institute report found that only 42 per cent of employees view their own leaders as trusted.The development response is lagging. In 2025-26 assessments across government agencies and Fortune 500 companies, Noomii found that 73 per cent of high-potential leaders lacked capability in three or more critical areas
  
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• Employee Xperience Expo 2026 NORTH: Leadership, wellbeing and inclusion take centre stage

  06-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  HRZone is a proud media partner of Employee Xperience Expo 2026 NORTH. The free, one-day event brings together speaker sessions, workshops, demos and panel discussions across three stages. Experts will cover everything from leadership accountability to psychological safety and social health.A jam-packed agendaLeadership and Insights StageThe day kicks off with a 10-minute interactive warm-up, ‘Bodyrap!’, led by Ed Freitas of Orangeworks. From there, Daniel Dickenson-Hope of Kirklees
  
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• Man City ruling raises ‘trust and confidence’ questions over employer contracts

  06-10-2026 08:10 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Manchester City players could potentially challenge their employment contracts following the Premier League commission's ruling against the club.
  
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• Employers accept greater role in preventing long-term sickness

  06-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  More employers believe they should intervene before ill health leads to prolonged absence, while businesses are seeking greater help with workplace health provision.
  
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• Before the first day: Building psychological safety into pre-boarding

  05-10-2026 09:00 via hrzone.com
  
  Summary: Psychological safety is experienced in teams, and the everyday systems an organisation runs either support it or work against it. Pre-boarding is the quietest of those systems and the easiest to leave to chance. Here’s how HR can strengthen each of the Five Foundations during this crucial stage.Pre-boarding covers the weeks between someone accepting an offer and starting work. The person has committed to a job they have not yet done, in a team they have not yet worked with, on the
  
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• Flexible working important to majority of employees, Acas finds

  05-10-2026 07:45 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Most employees value workplace flexibility as businesses prepare for tougher requirements governing how statutory requests are considered and refused.
  
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• Employers ‘overestimate’ how comfortable staff are discussing health

  05-10-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Only one in four employees feel very comfortable raising mental health challenges at work, with confidence varying by age and gender.
  
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• New Right to Work rules risk slowing recruitment, REC warns

  02-10-2026 07:49 via hrreview.co.uk
  
  Expanded Right to Work obligations have prompted warnings that additional compliance requirements could slow recruitment and encourage more cautious hiring.
  
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