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UK employment

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    UK ministers reject union calls to lift public sector pay to pre-austerity levels

    Downing Street says wages can rise above inflation only with productivity gains to match

    Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Workers in England more likely to be overqualified than global peers, finds OECD

    More than 1 in 3 employees surveyed say their qualifications are higher than job requires

    Student at graduation
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    Economists need to get their story straight on immigration

    Focusing on the impact on the wages or employment levels of native workers is too narrow

    Farm workers in overalls and hairnets sort through freshly cut asparagus
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Hiring falls more sharply in UK than other major economies

    Slowdown in British recruitment unusual because it involves low-wage sectors, according to data from website Indeed

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Demand for staff sinks to four-year low in UK

    Tax rises spread gloom over pre-Xmas jobs market, recruiters report in November

    Workers cross London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    UK economy
    Funding issues and ‘over-optimism’ behind UK failures on jobs data

    Statistics agency review reveals flaws that left policymakers without a reliable unemployment figure for a year

    Commuters walk during the morning rush hour near the Bank of England
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Office for National Statistics UK
    ONS admits it may not be able to replace UK labour force survey until 2027

    Policymakers face further uncertainty over state of jobs market

    Commuters crossing London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Special ReportBusiness School Sustainable Education
    Business school teaching case study: Can transparency improve pay equality?

    UK employers must report gender disparity in wages but critics say the obligation provides little accountability

    An exterior view of a Next clothing store in a shopping mall, with sale signs visible inside. Several people are walking by, including an elderly couple
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Zero-hours contracts
    Ban on zero-hour contracts for agency staff ‘unworkable’, say UK recruiters

    Industry argues reforms would undermine jobs market in letter to business secretary

    Workers carrying heavy packages into a warehouse
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Welfare drive undermined by UK worker rights reforms, warns business

    Groups say changes would make it riskier to take a chance on new hires

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  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Starmer ‘youth guarantee’ will not fix fall in apprenticeships, says UK industry body

    Warning comes as prime minister unveils proposals to boost labour market

    Keir Starmer talks to apprentices during a visit to BAE Systems in Barrow in Furness, UK
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    Let’s get real about what Labour reforms mean for employers

    Big policy interventions are always a leap in the dark

    Two workers stand shoulder to shoulder on a blue and purple background
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    UK wage growth steadies as hiring stalls

    Data shows cooling jobs market as Bank of England weighs when to make next cut in interest rates

    Commuters crowd the platform as they disembark from a train at London Waterloo station during the morning rush hour
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    LexUK tax
    Budget fallout will hit UK plc’s squeezed middle hardest Premium content

    Smallest private sector employers will be protected from NI increase while big business can pass cost on to consumer

    A barman pulls a beer at the Chandos Arms pub in London
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Fathers more likely than mothers to work from home, UK data shows

    Office for National Statistics analysis finds parents more likely to follow hybrid pattern

    A man with headphones on reads paperwork while working late at home
  • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Hospitality bosses warn Reeves’ UK tax increases will lead to ‘drastic’ job cuts

    More than 200 sign letter to chancellor saying rises in national insurance contributions will cause business closures

    A bartender is pictured as she pulls a pint of Fuller’s London Pride beer in a pub next to the Fuller’s Griffin Brewery in Chiswick
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    UK tax
    UK employers eye staff pension schemes to cut national insurance bills

    More companies intend to use salary sacrifice arrangements to offset Budget tax rises

    Collection of pay advice slips
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Will women be the big losers from Rachel Reeves’ first Budget?

    National insurance increases will push up the cost of childcare and hit lower-paid part-time jobs

    Illustration of a woman using her laptop whilst holding a child, and with another child alongside
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    UK visa process for AI experts should be streamlined, says government adviser

    Recommendations from Matt Clifford on boosting the tech industry also include special zones for data centres

    Close-up of hand installing AI chip on futuristic circuit board
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    UK minimum wage to rise to £12.21

    Increase of 6.7% in adult rate from next April will come alongside 18% jump for workers aged 16 and 17

    Commuters walking in Manchester
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Addison Lee
    Addison Lee executive admits to faking email in tribunal case

    About 700 drivers are taking legal action against the private-hire taxi group, seeking to be classified as workers

    An Addison Lee courier van outside Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road, London
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Reeves’ Budget measures risk hitting ‘working people’, analysts say

    Some businesses will struggle with tax rises alongside a higher minimum wage and new labour laws

    Staff serving Chinese takeaway food to customers at Camden street food market
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    News in-depth
    Faulty jobs data leaves UK hiring picture uncertain, economists say

    Minimum wage rise in Budget at time of labour market uncertainty could lead to more unemployment

    A waitress serving customers food at a restaurant in Newcastle
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    UK public policy
    Lawyers and MPs warn workers’ rights push will fail without enforcement reforms

    Concerns come as the number of open caseloads in employment tribunals rises 18% from previous year

    HM Courts & Tribunals Service logo
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Office for National Statistics UK
    BoE chief economist criticises statistics agency over poor jobs data

    Huw Pill told ONS in private letter that efforts to fix key labour market survey ‘have not yet led to improvement’

    Huw Pill is seated in an office, wearing a dark suit and striped tie. He is gesturing with one hand and smiling slightly.
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