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Dundee ranks among UK’s most anxious cities about Mondays, new study finds

Firms could benefit from reshaping career paths to benefit older and newer workers (Picture: Adobe)

Finance workers draw line on work-life balance

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When is it too hot to work in the UK?

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7 of the best safe summer jobs for your teenager this school holiday

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Soaring NHS job demand faces vacancy crisis despite career interest

Some dogs love a trip to the office!

National Take Your Pet to Work Day 2025: 7 tips for office dogs

Brits only take 70 per cent of their lunch breaks allotted time

Brits ‘waste’ £29bn worth of work a YEAR - by not taking lunch breaks

For the first year, John Doherty's firm will not be training new apprenctices amid the cost pressures. Picture: SNIPEF

Plumbing trade sounds warning over lack of apprenticeship funding

Only 71 per cent of companies reported having a formal AI policy

Ad Feature Nearly one in three UK workers "don't know" if company has AI policy

Scottish beer firm wants staff to be let off work early in hot weather

Temperatures are set to soar this week - reaching highs of 29C

When it's 'too hot to work' and your employee rights in a heatwave

A Scottish immigration system could allow people to live and work in Scotland, but not other parts of the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

'Absolute folly': Swinney slams plans to axe care worker visas

The Scottish Government says it will not cut ties with Stonewall.

SNP government has 'no plans' to cut ties with Stonewall

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'I made it work for me - how to ask your boss for flexible working'

Kirsteen Sullivan MP at the International Workers Memorial Day event in Bathgate

Ensuring safety in a changing world of work

Business leaders have warned that more firms may be forced to close for good.

‘Simply unsustainable’: The stark warning from Scotland’s business leaders

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New employer NICs rise: what it means for workers facing rising costs

Spring Statement: Trump's mounting tariff war threat to UK economy

73 per cent don’t know how much their employer currently spends on their monthly bills

A third of employees admit to being more wasteful at work than at home

Economic growth in Scotland is forecast to slow

Economic growth forecast to slow amid fears over US tariffs on whisky

Apprentices line up for CalMac duties

Scottish Apprenticeship Week for a stronger native workforce

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The Bear factor: How Covid, social media and TV have changed kitchens

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55 per cent would be happy to go in five days a week

Over half of the UK’s office workers would like go in five days a week

Eva Cairns of Scottish Widows

Almost three quarters of Scottish workers want responsible pensions

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National Apprenticeship Week 2025 - and how to make the most of it

Dr Amanda Cooke is a Senior Associate and member of the Scotland ESG Team, CMS

The ESG phenomenon is only going to intensify

ECITB Chief Executive Andrew Hockey (centre) on a visit to ECI employer Trillium Flow Technologies in Scotland

ECITB Census reveals industry hiring challenges in Scotland

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Storm Eowyn school closures - your rights for emergency time off work

Many businesses have already been forced to shut up shop.

Red Alert: The Scots businesses facing critical distress as Budget measures bite

Working from home

The M&S boss, who says home working isn't 'proper work', is wrong

Noele McClelland is an Employment partner, Thorntons

Employers can help their staff beat the January blues

Currys CEO Alex Baldock speaks during a 'PM Connect' event at the Currys Repair Centre in 2023 (Photo: JOE GIDDENS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Major electrical retailer warns of reduced hiring from Budget measures

Two of the UK’s biggest retailers have emerged as festive winners but the mood across the sector is far from celebratory as storm clouds gather over the economy.

Festive cheer for M&S and Tesco - can retailers weather 2025?

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I'm a careers expert - here are my 2025 workplace trend predictions

Retail giant Next has cautioned over slowing sales growth in 2025 and said it will need to hike prices due to the impact of recent Budget measures.

Why UK high street giant raised profit forecast despite Budget woes

A general view of a university graduation ceremony

Call for radical reform to ‘future-proof’ education system in Scotland

John Swinney has written to UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to call for more funding

Public sector and voluntary groups join calls for NI funding

Patrick Graham, Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland at Business Growth Fund

Exclusive Q&A - Why optimism is 'a challenge' but 2025 big for Scottish business

Vodafone and Hestia have teamed up to share tips for how Brits can better secure their devices from the eyes of an abusive partner

Seven ways to protect your smartphone from an abusive partner
Learn how to safeguard your smartphone from potential misuse

Sexual harassment and when that joke isn’t funny anymore

Martin Whitfield MSP

Disclosure Scotland: £100m temp staff bill revealed

Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Scottish job loss warning as economy 'headed for worst of all worlds'

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Popular UK shoe and footwear retailer closes stores amid rising costs

The Scottish hospitality sector contributes £8bn to the economy (Picture: John Devlin)

Employment Rights Bill will hit the hospitality sector hard - Finlay McKay

New figures from the Law Society of Scotland show the profession is going from strength to strength.

Bright future for Scots legal sector as unprecedented figures revealed

Harper Macleod said its corporate and M&A (mergers and acquisitions) team advised on 42 transactions in October, as business owners and acquiring companies acted ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ eagerly-awaited, maiden fiscal statement.

Why Budget triggered 'deal a day' for leading Scottish law firm

Suzannah Nichol OBE

Fewer women means less profitable construction industry, say leaders

Research of 2,000 women said they would feel embarrassed and judged by their manager if they admitted the truth

One in four women afraid to tell boss real reason they are sick

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Robert Holland, Partner and head of employment law

Ad Feature Employment rights shake-up

Watch: Exhibition to tell stories of disability history of Scots

Law Society of Scotland Admissions Ceremony 13.11.24

Record number of Scottish solicitors admitted

Allan Wernham, Managing Director of CMS Scotland

Scottish Legal Review Briefing: CMS Scotland

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

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SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries