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Employment

How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?
Artificial intelligence

How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?

'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Workplace inclusion

'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Jobs

Big UK businesses are slashing thousands of jobs. Just how much trouble are we in?

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work
Head of Big Issue Recruit Operations Stuart Greenway, Big Issue Recruit candidate Kane and Big Issue Recruit job coach Shak Dean stand outside Big Issue Group's head office in Finsbury Park, London.
Big Issue Recruit

How Big Issue Recruit builds on a three-decade legacy of removing barriers to work

No, Gen Z aren't lazy workers – they just don't want your jobs
A young person slouches while working on a MacBook
Rose Marley

No, Gen Z aren't lazy workers – they just don't want your jobs

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work
Person shown working at a laptop
Employment

Labour warned 'one size doesn't fit all' over plan to 'help' neurodivergent people on benefits into work

'We're overdue an update:' A four-day working week will be 'the norm' in five years, most Brits say
four day working week
Four-day working week

'We're overdue an update:' A four-day working week will be 'the norm' in five years, most Brits say

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

Working from home isn't 'proper work', ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?
Work from home

Working from home isn't 'proper work', ex-Asda boss says. Is flexible work really destroying Britain?

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?
Andrew Carter

Wages outside of London and South East are worse now than in 2008 – can Labour turn things around?

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth
An aerial shot of central London
Wages

London workers earn in 8 months what Burnley workers do in a year. It's hurting UK growth

Mick Lynch exposed a glaring ignorance towards trade unions. His retirement leaves big shoes to fill
mick lynch
Taj Ali

Mick Lynch exposed a glaring ignorance towards trade unions. His retirement leaves big shoes to fill

Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks
Artificial Intelligence

Starmer wants to 'mainline' AI into the UK's 'veins'. Here are the opportunities – and the risks

The world of work is changing. Will 2025 be the tipping point for the four-day working week?
Sam Hunt

The world of work is changing. Will 2025 be the tipping point for the four-day working week?

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Community Payback supervisor Mick Howe
Rehabilitation

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?
Royal mail

Royal Mail takeover by Czech billionaire approved. What does it mean for workers and the six-day service?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
DWP's quiet plan to 'keep Britain working' might not win elections – but it could change lives
dwp offices
Asli Atay

DWP's quiet plan to 'keep Britain working' might not win elections – but it could change lives

More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: 'No guarantee that work means a home'
homeless peoples' tents in street
Homelesness

More than 50,000 UK workers homeless this Christmas: 'No guarantee that work means a home'

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve
a disability rights poster
Mikey Erhardt

The UK must change for disabled people in 2025 – so we can live the lives we deserve

Starmer's intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs
Paul McNamee

Starmer's intention for work and benefits should be applauded – but it must come with good jobs

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