Jobs

Rayner’s workers’ rights overhaul ‘will create two-tier jobs market’

Posted by September 5, 2024

The report said: “Countries with stronger employment protection tend to see greater use of temporary workers.“This suggests

Read More

Rayner’s rights watchdog risks ‘drowning’ law-abiding businesses

Posted by August 26, 2024

Ben Willmott, head of public policy at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), said the FWA, which was pre

Read More

British Steel to axe thousands of jobs despite £600m taxpayer…

Posted by August 23, 2024

The request for £600m in taxpayer cash is part of a £1.3bn turnaround plan to make greener steel.This should still see an ele

Read More

Jobs tax looms after £5bn borrowing surge

Posted by August 21, 2024

Rachel Reeves has begun laying the groundwork for a tax raid on jobs after public sector pay rises drove a surge in borrowing.T

Read More

‘My midlife side hustle pays for our holidays’

Posted by August 20, 2024

What started as an idea to stay sane and solvent during lockdown has become a fully-fledged side hustle for Florence Achery, an

Read More

Train drivers’ bumper pay rise includes staff who have already…

Posted by August 16, 2024

Labour’s deal to end years of rail strikes will include payouts for train drivers who have quit the profession. Rail workers

Read More

How spiralling worklessness among British-born adults is fuelling a migration…

Posted by August 13, 2024

This is a big enough issue to affect the whole economy.“Without effective action to bring more people back into the workforce

Read More

Evening Standard owner Lord Lebedev accused of closing newspaper ‘on…

Posted by August 9, 2024

Lord Lebedev, a dual British-Russian national who adopted the title of Baron Lebedev of Hampton and Siberia, has long been a di

Read More

Recruiter who boasted about ‘gold star’ sex life loses discrimination…

Posted by August 7, 2024

A recruiter who claimed she was unfairly forced out of her job for discussing her “gold star” sex life at work has lost a l

Read More

Labour’s ‘Ofsted for employers’ threatens a storm of red tape

Posted by August 5, 2024

In theory it’s a good idea and has been a long-time coming (the Tories considered doing the same). But it is a concept that i

Read More

Don’t wreck jobs market revival with heavy-handed reforms, Rayner warned

Posted by August 5, 2024

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, who is spearheading the ‘New Deal’, has said the Government will establish a new watch

Read More

Post Office’s head of postmasters makes abrupt exit in wake…

Posted by July 31, 2024

Another top executive is leaving the Post Office as the embattled business prepares for the final stage of the Horizon inquiry.

Read More