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Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace - but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like.

Two Imperial engineers have won European Research Council Proof of Concept grants for their pioneering research.

We welcome the news that all strike action planned for the next two weeks by our union partners has been paused following constructive negotiations on both pay and pensions.

The new Institute for Policy Research report authored by Dr Andrew Weyman (Department of Psychology) focuses on the pressing issue of NHS worker retention. A new University of Bath Institute for Policy Research (IPR) report into NHS workforce retention indicates that more frontline workers are actively trying to leave the NHS now than at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in winter 2020/21.

Performance-related pay is an important but overlooked factor behind the the gender pay gap, analysis from Cardiff University has found. Academics at Cardiff Business School analysed UK-wide employee data to assess the impact of performance-related pay. Their results found that, compared to jobs which were not subject to performance-related pay, there is a lower concentration of female employees in performance-related pay jobs, particularly at the higher end of the wage spectrum, where bonuses are more common.

The experiences of workers will be investigated as part of a major survey led by Cardiff University and funded mainly by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

Next week will see workers from a number of different industries going on strike, which may affect your work.

This week will see workers from a number of different industries going on strike, which may affect your work.

Managers are more positive about flexible working than since the outset of the pandemic, and even think it can boost productivity As businesses adapt to new workplace norms and working practices, man