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A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company
Employment

A poll found one third of workers would turn down a job at a non-green company

Teaching the most deprived how to become professional software developers
Employment

Teaching the most deprived how to become professional software developers

Will Facebook's rebrand put all the other companies named Meta out of business?
Employment

Will Facebook's rebrand put all the other companies named Meta out of business?

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009
Wages are at levels seen in 2009, when Gordon Brown was prime minister and Barack Obama was president. Image: London Summit
Employment

Wages are rising... but only to what they were in 2009

£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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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