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UK employment sees biggest crash in a decade
Employment

UK employment sees biggest crash in a decade

Women's unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland
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Employment

Women's unpaid work during crisis means a £15m daily loss for Scotland

Nearly 650,000 people have lost their jobs since the start of lockdown
A young person, seen from above, sits on the floor looking through a stack of bills in front of a laptop
Employment

Nearly 650,000 people have lost their jobs since the start of lockdown

Unemployed people show signs of serious mental health issues during pandemic
Employment

Unemployed people show signs of serious mental health issues during pandemic

Jeff Bezos labelled a Covid-19 ‘super spreader’ over Amazon sick pay policy
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
Employment

Jeff Bezos labelled a Covid-19 ‘super spreader’ over Amazon sick pay policy

Tony Adams is fronting a campaign to ask employers to look beyond the past
Tony Adams More Than My Past
Employment

Tony Adams is fronting a campaign to ask employers to look beyond the past

The Big Issue is teaming up with the Jobcentre to help people into work
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Employment

The Big Issue is teaming up with the Jobcentre to help people into work

Women are locked out of the housing market by gender pay gap
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Employment

Women are locked out of the housing market by gender pay gap

Living wage activists reveal scheme fighting poor pay and insecure hours
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Employment

Living wage activists reveal scheme fighting poor pay and insecure hours

Nurses to campaign for the decriminalisation of sex work
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Employment

Nurses to campaign for the decriminalisation of sex work

Changemakers: Turly Humphreys' streetwear stores help young people into work
Turly Humphreys Changemaker
Employment

Changemakers: Turly Humphreys' streetwear stores help young people into work

Household income has ground to a halt despite a rise in employment
Employment

Household income has ground to a halt despite a rise in employment

UK employment may be highest since 1971, but millions still live in poverty
Employment

UK employment may be highest since 1971, but millions still live in poverty

Changemakers: Mursal Hedayat's Chatterbox is transforming refugee employment
Employment

Changemakers: Mursal Hedayat's Chatterbox is transforming refugee employment

New research shows the migrant employment boom has not impacted UK workers
Employment

New research shows the migrant employment boom has not impacted UK workers

UK wages won't double until 2099
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Employment

UK wages won't double until 2099

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The post-Brexit plan for non-EU fruit pickers will have "little effect"
Employment

The post-Brexit plan for non-EU fruit pickers will have "little effect"

Why won't British workers pick fruit?
Employment

Why won't British workers pick fruit?

The DWP asked a freelancer to work for free on a female employment campaign
Employment

The DWP asked a freelancer to work for free on a female employment campaign

'Killed By My Debt' highlights the fatal extremes of the gig economy
Killed By My Debt, BBC3
Employment

'Killed By My Debt' highlights the fatal extremes of the gig economy

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