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Employment

'Fire and rehire' tactics used on 1 in 10 workers, says TUC
‘Fire and rehire’ has become more widespread, the TUC has claimed
Employment

'Fire and rehire' tactics used on 1 in 10 workers, says TUC

Low paid workers ‘twice as likely’ to have lost jobs during the pandemic
Job centre
Employment

Low paid workers ‘twice as likely’ to have lost jobs during the pandemic

The jobs and training providers helping us create opportunities in 2021
Employment

The jobs and training providers helping us create opportunities in 2021

‘Re-skilling has to be top priority’ for Government training plan
Gavin Williamson's skills and training plan
Employment

‘Re-skilling has to be top priority’ for Government training plan

‘A living nightmare’: British Gas workers strike over ‘fire and rehire’ plans
Bill Hawthorne British Gas strike
Employment

‘A living nightmare’: British Gas workers strike over ‘fire and rehire’ plans

‘Asking for help's the hardest part’: Veteran goes from homeless to keyworker
Musa Jallow jobs for veterans
Employment

‘Asking for help's the hardest part’: Veteran goes from homeless to keyworker

How The Big Issue is creating opportunities for even more people in 2021
Employment

How The Big Issue is creating opportunities for even more people in 2021

Will the 48-hour working week be scrapped?
An apprentice engineer studies charts with his supervisor
Employment

Will the 48-hour working week be scrapped?

The 'impossible choice' of being a working mum in lockdown
Gemma Whates is trying to run a business and home school her two boys.
Employment

The 'impossible choice' of being a working mum in lockdown

Working parents seek childcare support after being denied furlough
Employment

Working parents seek childcare support after being denied furlough

Homeless to key worker: The social enterprise turning people's lives around
Beam has successfully placed 88 homeless individuals into key worker positions
Employment

Homeless to key worker: The social enterprise turning people's lives around

Tenants must not be left at mercy of Covid-19 rent debt, ministers told
Rent debt and eviction bans need tackling during the Covid-19 pandemic
Employment

Tenants must not be left at mercy of Covid-19 rent debt, ministers told

Thousands of British Gas workers strike over 'fire and rehire' row
Thousands of British Gas workers have begun five days of strike action.
Employment

Thousands of British Gas workers strike over 'fire and rehire' row

One million youngsters ‘locked out of work’ through Covid-19, says think tank
A young man holds his head in his hands at a laptop, worried about unemployment
Employment

One million youngsters ‘locked out of work’ through Covid-19, says think tank

The future of work is changing at this 'profound moment', say charities
Work from home
Employment

The future of work is changing at this 'profound moment', say charities

Gig economy workers facing 'triple hit' of pandemic hardship
Workers in the gig economy are more likely to have had their employment rights violated.
Employment

Gig economy workers facing 'triple hit' of pandemic hardship

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'They forgot about us': Self-employed taxi drivers face huge drop in earnings
Many taxi drivers have seen earnings plummet.
Employment

'They forgot about us': Self-employed taxi drivers face huge drop in earnings

Young people struggling without support as redundancies surge
Man holds his head in his and as he looks at his computer
Employment

Young people struggling without support as redundancies surge

400 Government-funded courses unveiled to 'build back better'
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak unload crates at Tesco
Employment

400 Government-funded courses unveiled to 'build back better'

'Christmas will be a sad time': The keyworkers left out in the cold
Cleaners Oscar Garcia (left) and Kelly Jimenez (right)
Employment

'Christmas will be a sad time': The keyworkers left out in the cold

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