People Update: How to secure overseas workers to fill recruitment gaps Shabana Muneer explains how construction companies can hire overseas workers to help plug skills shortages and recruitment gaps
People A guide to employment status in construction Liam Faulkner discusses the importance of employment status within the construction industry
People Safety groups urge rethink on sunsetting EU laws A coalition of safety groups has urged the government to reconsider sunsetting EU safety laws protecting workers.
Legal Update: How to secure overseas workers to fill recruitment gaps Shabana Muneer explains how construction companies can hire overseas workers to help plug skills shortages and recruitment gaps.
Legal How should construction deal with an ageing workforce? How can the construction industry manage an ageing workforce, asks Rachel Newman?
Legal How to implement a drugs and alcohol testing policy Nick Hobden explains what construction companies need to consider before introducing a workplace drugs and alcohol testing policy.
Legal Unions, strike action and injunctions: What you need to know Charlotte Smith discusses some of the legalities construction businesses need to be aware of when faced with industrial action.
Legal Responding to a flexible working request in construction Ben Stepney explains construction workers’ rights around flexible working and what to do if someone makes a flexible working request.
Legal Are contractors obliged to stop work during heatwaves? With temperatures climbing above 30 degrees again later this week, do construction companies have an obligation to stop work when temperatures become too hot?
Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship. Find out more in the 2026 Construction Management and CIOB client survey.