Employment

Disability pay gap sees disabled workers earn £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees
Wheelchair user
Disability pay gap

Disability pay gap sees disabled workers earn £1.93 per hour less than non-disabled employees

Post Office staff to strike over 'degrading' real terms pay cut
Strike action

Post Office staff to strike over 'degrading' real terms pay cut

Homelessness charity launches 'pay-it-forward' café
Photo of Social Bite cafe, with London bus in front
Homelessness

Homelessness charity launches 'pay-it-forward' café

Stats watchdog again warns Boris Johnson to stop misleading parliament over employment figures
Boris Johnson in parliament for prime minister's questions on Wednesday February 23
Fact check

Stats watchdog again warns Boris Johnson to stop misleading parliament over employment figures

Everything you need to know about green jobs - and how to get one
Two men fitting solar panels.
Green jobs

Everything you need to know about green jobs - and how to get one

Social investment could create '36,000 jobs in our most deprived communities'
Lord Victor Adebowale at Corporate Challenge Year 1 impact event.
Social enterprise

Social investment could create '36,000 jobs in our most deprived communities'

The Big Issue eBikes scheme set to launch
eBikes

The Big Issue eBikes scheme set to launch

I was unemployed for nearly 20 years - mental health support changed my life
Unemployment

I was unemployed for nearly 20 years - mental health support changed my life

If Boris Johnson wants to see higher wages his government should lead by example
Prime minister Boris Johnson in an orange high vis jacket and a HS2 helmet
Paddy Bettington

If Boris Johnson wants to see higher wages his government should lead by example

‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party
Partygate

‘They disgust me to the core’: Frontline workers react to the Downing Street Christmas party

Meet the fashion editor, pig farmer and aircraft engineer who quit to fight the climate crisis
Activism

Meet the fashion editor, pig farmer and aircraft engineer who quit to fight the climate crisis

Five graphs that show why the world today is so unfair for young people
Future generations

Five graphs that show why the world today is so unfair for young people

Gender pay gap: How to ask what your coworkers are earning and negotiate a raise
Equal pay

Gender pay gap: How to ask what your coworkers are earning and negotiate a raise

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again
Employment

The Great Resignation? Record numbers of workers are switching jobs but vacancies rise again

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals
Environment

'Severe' skills shortage threatens UK’s long-term environment goals

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

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver his Budget later this month. Image credit: HM Treasury/Flickr
News

'We need business rates reform not crippling hikes' trade groups tell Rishi Sunak ahead of Budget