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Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?
Stock image of a Job Centre Plus sign
Department for Work and Pensions

Get Britain Working: What are Labour's plans for the DWP, benefits and employment support?

This is everything you need to know about Labour's plans to 'Get Britain Working'
What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?
Benefits

What will the new Labour government do for benefit claimants and the welfare system?

The national living wage, real living wage and minimum wage explained
living wage
Minimum wage

The national living wage, real living wage and minimum wage explained

Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?
Work advice

Inflation is slowing, can I still ask for a pay rise?

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?
Insecure work

Zero-hours contracts: Are they legal and what rights do they give me?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Want to work wherever, whenever? Here’s what the new flexible working law means in practice
Flexible working

Want to work wherever, whenever? Here’s what the new flexible working law means in practice

What is a universal basic income and why is it being trialled in the UK?
UBI

What is a universal basic income and why is it being trialled in the UK?

What is the right to disconnect and does the UK need it to stop people burning out?
Right to disconnect

What is the right to disconnect and does the UK need it to stop people burning out?

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists
pay rise inflation
Inflation

Will giving workers a pay rise really make inflation worse? We asked expert economists

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 
5 doctors stand in Trafalgar square holding placards such as 'we need pay relief'
Strikes

Are junior doctors, nurses or train drivers paid when on strike? 

What exactly is a toxic work environment?
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Work life

What exactly is a toxic work environment?

What is the four-day working week and how close are we to getting it in the UK?
Four-day working week

What is the four-day working week and how close are we to getting it in the UK?

Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know
Customer tipping staff in a restaurant
Employment

Keeping tips from staff is now illegal - here's what you need to know

A lifetime of summer Fridays: What is the nine-day fortnight?
Friday afternoon chilling in the park
Employment

A lifetime of summer Fridays: What is the nine-day fortnight?

What is the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) bill and why are trade unions saying it’s anti-strikes?
Strikes

What is the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) bill and why are trade unions saying it’s anti-strikes?

How much are teachers paid and why are they going on strike?
Teacher strikes

How much are teachers paid and why are they going on strike?

What is my right to strike?
Right to strike

What is my right to strike?

6 common myths about strike action, debunked – from salaries and picket lines to public support
Strike action

6 common myths about strike action, debunked – from salaries and picket lines to public support

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?
Sick pay

How does sick pay in the UK compare to the rest of the world?

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?
Bank notes of currencies from around the world
Minimum wage

Minimum wage UK 2023: How does Britain compare to the rest of the world?

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month
A group of diners breaks the Ramadan fast with iftar at Habib's Cuisine in Dearborn, Michigan. Photo credit: State Dept./Brian Widdis
Ramadan

Ramadan: How to support employees, friends and colleagues in the Muslim holy month

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 
pay rise inflation
Employment

March 15 strike: From tube drivers to teachers, who’s on strike on Wednesday? 

What happens when nurses go on strike?
nurse portrait
NHS staffing crisis

What happens when nurses go on strike?

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?
Protesters hold up flags and placards at a protest in London on October 1, 2022.
Strike action

February 1 strikes: Who is on strike this Wednesday and where are protests taking place?

Will there be a general strike in 2023?
Industrial action

Will there be a general strike in 2023?