Ocado Group to cut 1,000 jobs
Retail technology and online delivery group Ocado announces plans to cut around 1,000 jobs, approximately 5% of its global workforce.
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Ferrari rewards staff with record bonuses after strong 2025
Ferrari is giving record annual bonuses to its Italian workforce after reporting strong financial results in 2025. Despite delivering slightly fewer cars than the previous year, the company’s revenues rose 7 percent to €7.1 billion, while operating profit climbed 12 percent to €2.1 billion. Around 5
Statutory sick pay changes valued most by staff and employers
Changes to statutory sick pay will have the biggest impact on both workers and their employers, according to polling by Acas.
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Young workers hit hard by tax hikes and wage rise
The combined impact of an increase in employers’ tax contributions and the minimum wage has hit young people most harshly, according to the Bank of England’s chief economist.
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NZ to launch clearer, safer rules for open work visa holders
Starting 20 April, 2026, New Zealand will introduce new rules for people holding open work visas. The changes are meant to make the system clearer, safer, and fairer for both migrants and employers, while ensuring that everyone follows the country’s employment laws. An open work visa allows a person
Compliance complexity: How employers can cope with an increasingly fractured state-law patchwork
“The simultaneous withdrawal of federal guidance and expansion of state protections creates unprecedented compliance challenges for multi-state employers,” writes employment attorney Vanessa Kelly, member of the firm at Clark Hill.
One-fifth of employers lack clear aims for staff benefits
CIPD research finds 22% of UK employers have not set clear objectives for the employee benefits they provide.
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‘Job hugging’ isn’t great for work outcomes, MetLife says
Workers may stay, but productivity and engagement becomes an issue, research suggested.
Flexible working law to create new ‘burden’ for employers
New rules on requests for flexible working could place additional legal and administrative burdens on UK businesses, law firm warns.
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Livspace lays off 1,000 employees;shifts to AI; sees co-founder exit
Livspace has let go of about 1,000 employees, that is, about 12 per cent of its staff, as part of a planned internal reorganisation. As per the company, this move is to become more focused on artificial intelligence (AI). However, the layoffs also come after four years without new funding and no cle