Published: June 3, 2026 ⢠9:47 PM IST ¡ Updated: June 4, 2026 ⢠12:30 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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City & Guilds is facing potential legal and industrial action over claims it has been âdishonestâ over plans to shed about 400 UK staff.
Officials at the Unite union allege the owner of the training and qualifications body has been âunlawfully withholding key information during transfer consultationsâ, while also â for new recruits when it is legally required to give staff at risk of redundancy first refusalâ.
The row represents yet another crisis at the embattled former vocational charity, whose business was acquired by the private company PeopleCert last autumn in a controversial deal that went on to trigger a statutory inquiry by the Charity Commission in January, as well as PeopleCert commissioning its own internal investigation.
The investigations are understood to be considering Guardian revelations concerning a pair of City & Guilds executives receiving million-pound bonuses and sizeable salary increases after the sale.