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£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit
Cleaner sweeps the floor inside an office building
Employment

£1,000 minimum wage rise will only be worth £265 for full-time workers on universal credit

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work
Chancellor Rishi Sunak visits a branch of Timpson, where 10 per cent of the workforce are ex-offenders.
Employment

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers
fire and rehire
Employment

Fire and rehire: Government blocks bill to protect workers

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs
Great Western Railway train at Paddington Station
Employment

Climate campaigners slam decision to cut thousands of railway jobs

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26
Boris Johnson at the launch of COP26. Image: Andrew Parsons / No10 Downing Street
Employment

Bin workers in Glasgow to strike when world leaders visit for global climate event COP26

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies
Employment

Labour shortage: UK needs 1.1 million people to fill record job vacancies

Want to know what career is right for you? These TikTok day-in-the-life videos are here to inspire you
Employment

Want to know what career is right for you? These TikTok day-in-the-life videos are here to inspire you

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software
Uber drivers and members of Union IWGB protest outside Uber HQ in London holding a banner saying
Employment

Striking Uber drivers demand end to ‘racist’ facial recognition software

What’s in Rishi Sunak’s £500m plan for jobs?
Rishi Sunak at Conservative Part Conference 2021
Employment

What’s in Rishi Sunak’s £500m plan for jobs?

Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants
Man makes notes on a coffee table during work from home. Coffee in background.
Employment

Paid internship and financial health start-ups win Covid recovery grants

Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so
Employment

Should employers make sure staff get home safe? This local council thinks so

'It's going crazy': How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis
Queues for fuel at East Barnet Esso service station on Monday. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the crisis showed signs of getting better but cab drivers told a different story. Photo credit: Wikicommons / Philafrenzy
Employment

'It's going crazy': How minicab drivers are coping with the fuel crisis

End of the furlough scheme: What happens next?
Employment

End of the furlough scheme: What happens next?

Labour members vote for £15 minimum wage and increase to statutory sick pay
Labour leader Keir Starmer stnads at a lectern at Labour conference in 2019
Employment

Labour members vote for £15 minimum wage and increase to statutory sick pay

Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless
James Barnett before the pandemic. He was shut out of financial support and pushed into homelessness. Photo credit: James Barnett
Employment

Excluded from Covid support: How one missed deadline made a man homeless

Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough
A waiter pours red wine into a glass. Restaurants must now give all tips to staff.
Employment

Restaurants banned from keeping tips as government admits minimum wage is not enough

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one
work from home
Employment

Plans to 'modernise' working life will allow employees to request flexibility from day one

Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'
Weetabix workers on strike at Corby factory.
Employment

Weetabix workers strike over fire and rehire plans to 'cut £5,000 a year from wages'

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise
Nurses voted to reject ministers' offer of a three per cent pay rise. National insurance rise
Employment

National insurance hike will leave NHS workers funding their own pay rise

Government cuts threaten employment recovery, charities say
The employment rate rose 0.5 percentage points to 75.2 percent in the three months to July. Photo Credit: Steven Vacher / Flickr
Employment

Government cuts threaten employment recovery, charities say

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