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personneltoday.com
personneltoday.com is cited in 5 current Clarity Today story clusters, all on the Leadership desk. Its coverage most often reaches stories on UK Employment and Health & Safety Law, Unfair dismissal, and Apprenticeships and work placements. Clarity Today first cited it in this window on September 30, 2026 and most recently on October 1, 2026. Clarity Today polls its registered feed directly.
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HMP Moorland fairly dismissed an officer for sexually harassing male colleagues, a tribunal found, 14 months after staff first complained. Managers recorded each warning and adjusted her duties for her fragile mental health while the misconduct case continued.
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Britain's government will pay non-levy employers £2,000 per apprentice aged 16 to 24, routed through training providers with no application. On the published terms, it helps firms already planning youth hires more clearly than it makes a case for adding heads.
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Acas is consulting until 17 December on a code for the autumn 2027 rule that UK managers meet staff before refusing a flexible working request. Employers can still say no, but only after that meeting and on the basis of evidence.
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Britain's Employment Rights Act cuts the unfair-dismissal qualifying period from two years to six months on 1 January 2027. Writing in Personnel Today, Sarah Kerr argues that a thin probation file can leave a later redundancy score hard to explain.
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Andy Burnham's first conference speech as prime minister promised a 45-day work placement between 16 and 18 and an apprenticeship at 18. He put the obligation on young people, and who hosts the placements waits for Alan Milburn's imminent report on NEETs.
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