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What is the gig economy and why is it controversial?
Gig economy courier standing outside van
Gig economy

What is the gig economy and why is it controversial?

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy
Minium wage

TUC unveils 'road map' to a £15 minimum wage and high wage economy

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker
CEO pay
Business

CEOs are now paid 109 times more than the average worker

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists
Employment

Government urged to tackle violence faced by community pharmacists

'Attitudes are changing in this country': On the picket line with Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey
Rail strikes

'Attitudes are changing in this country': On the picket line with Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey

Jobs for school leavers: How traineeships and apprenticeships can start your career
Careers advice

Jobs for school leavers: How traineeships and apprenticeships can start your career

NHS workers could strike over pay rise that leaves hundreds of thousands worse off in real terms
A protestor holds a sign saying
NHS workers

NHS workers could strike over pay rise that leaves hundreds of thousands worse off in real terms

Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills
Energy

Cafes, pubs and restaurants are already being hammered by sky-high energy bills

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000
Employment

Number of universal credit claimants facing sanctions soars past 100,000

Expert advice: How to start a community business in 5 steps
Inside Future Yard in Birkinhead where people are chatting in a cafe
Career advice

Expert advice: How to start a community business in 5 steps

Amazon wildcat strikes enter second week as UK workers protest over pay
Strike action

Amazon wildcat strikes enter second week as UK workers protest over pay

Employee rights in the UK 2022: Everything you need to know
Know your rights

Employee rights in the UK 2022: Everything you need to know

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves
The green job centre plus sign hangs above a wet and dirty concrete architrave
In-work poverty

DWP staff are having to claim benefits themselves

Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day
Strike action

Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day

Hundreds of Amazon warehouse workers stage wildcat strikes over 'pathetic' pay rise
Strikes

Hundreds of Amazon warehouse workers stage wildcat strikes over 'pathetic' pay rise

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty
child reading a book on a sofa
In-work poverty

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Amazon warehouse workers down tools to protest 35p pay rise
Low pay

Amazon warehouse workers down tools to protest 35p pay rise

What happened to Liz Truss's pledge to stamp out workplace sexual harassment?
Liz Truss outside a van in South Wraxall
Employment

What happened to Liz Truss's pledge to stamp out workplace sexual harassment?

Here’s how much more than you the UK's top CEOs earn
World's best boss mug
Low pay

Here’s how much more than you the UK's top CEOs earn

'We're not going away!': Striking BT workers threaten more walkouts and label CEO 'food bank Phil'
BT strike

'We're not going away!': Striking BT workers threaten more walkouts and label CEO 'food bank Phil'

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