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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

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

What is the Kickstart scheme and how can you land a placement?
Employment

What is the Kickstart scheme and how can you land a placement?

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees
Signs saying refugees welcome
Employment

Businesses are queueing up to offer jobs to Afghan refugees

Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial
Employment

Scottish government urged to expand 4 day working week trial

Sex workers hit out at OnlyFans: ‘Businesses don’t view us as people’
Employment

Sex workers hit out at OnlyFans: ‘Businesses don’t view us as people’

Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas
Employment

Considering a new job? Here's how to retrain in 10 crucial areas

Ministers ‘cobbled together articles’ for universal basic income research
Employment

Ministers ‘cobbled together articles’ for universal basic income research

Scotland unveils basic income plans as COP26-style conference kicks off
Employment

Scotland unveils basic income plans as COP26-style conference kicks off

Record vacancies show Covid jobs boost but some still face ‘tricky autumn’
Employment

Record vacancies show Covid jobs boost but some still face ‘tricky autumn’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Read this if you feel crap about your exam results
Employment

Read this if you feel crap about your exam results

Grades aren’t everything. You could bring these skills to the workplace
Employment

Grades aren’t everything. You could bring these skills to the workplace

'Cold and callous': The Uber Eats algorithm is sacking people automatically
Employment

'Cold and callous': The Uber Eats algorithm is sacking people automatically

Lorry drivers and nurses offered thousands in bonuses amid staffing crisis
Employment

Lorry drivers and nurses offered thousands in bonuses amid staffing crisis

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