United Kingdom

By Pete Robertson, Edinburgh Napier University Addressing his party conference as prime minister for the first time, Keir Starmer made it clear that moving people into work is a priority …

By David Spencer, University of Leeds The UK government has announced a proposal that would give workers the right to request a four-day working week. On the surface, it appears …

In a decision that highlights the complexities of modern employment relationships and the implications of global corporate structures, the court found that Expro North Sea Ltd., despite being a U.K.-based …

By Mike Esbester, University of Portsmouth On 1 June 1974, a fireball rose over the village of Flixborough, Lincolnshire. A chemical plant exploded, killing 28 people and injuring 36. It …

By Mathew Johnson, University of Manchester and Damian Grimshaw, King’s College London After more than a decade of stop-start minimum wage policy under the Conservatives, much has been made of …

By Tom Vickers, Nottingham Trent University Amazon workers in Coventry, England, have narrowly voted against a proposal that would have forced the retail giant to grant the GMB Union formal …

IKEA is taking a novel approach to recruitment by offering paid positions to workers in the U.K. or Ireland in its new virtual store on Roblox. Launching June 24, “The …

By Amr Saber Algarhi, Sheffield Hallam University and Konstantinos Lagos, Sheffield Hallam University Inflation in the UK has fallen to 2.3% in the year to April – the lowest figure …

By Helen Wadham, Manchester Metropolitan University; Carlos Monterrubio, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico, and Kate Dashper, Leeds Beckett University The extraordinary sight of five horses galloping through London, sweating …