Hiring with Soul: When AI Needs HR’s Human Touch
Anybody currently on the hunt for a new job will tell you AI is transforming UK recruitment.
Half of UK adults worry AI will take or alter their jobs, per a recent TUC poll while HR teams all over the world are investing in and upskilling in AI literacy at record speed.
Pay on Demand: Pressure Valve or Payroll Headache?
After years working alongside senior HR leaders in hospitality, I’ve seen the best and worst of pay on demand. Used well, it’s a genuine pressure valve — giving staff flexibility and reducing financial stress. Used badly, it becomes a Friday queue outside HR.
Getting Leadership on Board – Without Triggering Alarm Bells
Pay transparency is the kind of topic that can make senior leadership uneasy. It touches pay structures, legal risk, and public reputation. Three areas where decision-makers tend to tread carefully.
HR Without Humans? Try It, And See You In Court
The Financial Times asked a simple question this week: does HR still need humans? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is that AI will automate a large share of HR’s repetitive work, but the organisations that win will be the ones that redesign HR around augmentation, accountability, and trust.
Operationalising Pay Audits – A Reality Check for HR Leaders
Pay audits are one of the directive’s clearest mandates and easily one of the most misunderstood.
It’s tempting to treat them like a compliance tick-box. Run the numbers, write a short narrative, and file it away. But the EU Pay Transparency Directive isn’t asking whether you’ve looked. It’s asking whether you’ve understood, and whether you can prove you’ve taken action where unfairness is identified.
Can Your HR Tech Handle Transparency?
The EU Pay Transparency Directive isn’t just a new layer of reporting. It’s a direct challenge to the systems, structures and assumptions many organisations still rely on when it comes to pay – especially those with fragmented data and inconsistent job architecture across countries.
Pay Transparency Isn’t Optional And Here’s What That Means for HR
The EU Pay Transparency Directive will come into effect across member states by June 2026. It’s designed to close the gender pay gap As of June 2026, the EU Pay Transparency Directive will take full effect across all EU member states. Its aim is straightforward – to close gender pay gaps through greater transparency and accountability. But for HR leaders based in the UK, especially those overseeing operations across Europe, its implications are anything but simple.
Does Office Attendance Really Equal Performance? Let’s be honest
Some organisations are falling back on old habits, using office attendance as a performance metric. Swipe card data, desk occupancy, even Wi-Fi logins are being used to assess productivity and, in some cases, even influence pay decisions.
What next for hospitality after a brutal January?
Empty tables. Deep discounts. Strained margins. For large-scale hospitality groups managing multi-site operations, these aren’t just seasonal fluctuations—they’re structural challenges demanding urgent solutions.
Transforming HR in 2025: Key trends to watch
As 2025 unfolds, the evolution of Human Resources (HR) is driven by rapid advancements in Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and Human Capital Management (HCM) platforms. These technologies are reshaping HR by providing tools to manage talent, streamline processes, and support strategic decision-making. Here’s a look at the key trends in HRIS and HCM that will define 2025