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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Staffing agencies attack UK government strikebreaking plans

    Repeal of decades-long ban on use of outside workers would ‘inflame’ industrial action, say 13 recruitment groups

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Emma Jacobs
    It’s time to call a truce in the ‘war for talent’

    The fetishisation of stars omits the work of organisations or teams

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Sarah O'Connor
    Young men are slipping quietly through the economy’s cracks

    A positive employment trend for young women masks a rise in the proportion of inactive young men

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Special ReportUpskilling
    America Inc steps up training to solve staff shortfalls

    Upskilling programmes are helping companies recruit and retain staff in a tight jobs market

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    LexTrade unions
    Labour: the new US trade unionist is young, educated and ethnically diverse Premium content

    Unionisation surge partly reflects a labour shortage that has increased collective bargaining power

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    LexUK employment
    Wages: data measurement encourages its weaponisation Premium content

    Examining salaries in Britain’s rail industry demonstrates how easily numbers can take diverging tracks

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    FT readers respond
    Rail strikes across Britain: FT readers share their views

    Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    UK explores 5% pay rises for public sector workers

    Ministers examine more generous deals because of concern about strikes

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Be a guest on Money Clinic podcast

    Seeking FT readers prepared to chat about how rising inflation is affecting their lives

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    What business can learn from the UK’s public sector strikes

    Prepare to pay up — but also to play nice

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Most UK employers failing to act against ageism, survey shows

    Managers think they are doing right thing on inclusivity but in practice very few are

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Is Britain headed for a summer of strikes?

    Tensions over pay are rising but it will take time to pass legal hurdles and test union members’ resolve

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Special Report
    Upskilling

    After the Great Resignation, the War for Talent: finding staff with the right knowhow is a growing challenge for business. This report looks at how both companies and workers can acquire the skills they need

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Special ReportUpskilling
    Fast-changing world creates training challenge

    New industries will require new knowhow — but shortfalls in more basic skills also need to be remedied

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Fund management
    Talent war in the funds industry is driving a ‘great negotiation’

    Employees have more options and fund firms are having to work to keep staff, says JPMorgan Asset Management chief George Gatch

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Rail union warns disruption could last all year after pay talks fail

    Leader of RMT accuses government of blocking progress in negotiations

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Looming wave of UK industrial action unnerves government

    ‘If we get this wrong, we risk a de facto general strike,’ minister says, as anger builds over public sector pay

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    ‘Let it rot’: China’s tech workers struggle to find jobs

    Beijing’s assault on Big Tech has led to mass dismissals as Covid-19 lockdowns batter economic growth

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    UK employment
    Sharp rise in early retirements drives contraction of UK workforce

    Almost half a million fewer people were in paid work in first quarter than before pandemic

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from June 16: US mortgage rates jump by most since 1987, European leaders back Ukraine’s EU candidate status
  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK employment
    GMB union takes Bolt to tribunal over employment rights

    Ride-hailing app refuses to reclassify drivers as workers after similar case against Uber

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK employment
    UK labour market remains hot despite stalling economy

    Number of full-time employees at all-time high but hiring is slowing and unemployment edging up

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Markets InsightEllen Zentner
    The return of the workers’ economy

    Rise in wages is structural with labour set to take an increasing share of corporate income

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Sarah O'Connor
    Farewell to the servant economy

    ‘On-demand’ services might have made people feel wealthy, but now the model is in jeopardy

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Economists Exchange
    Christopher Pissarides: ‘Debt and inflation could see us lose control’

    The Nobel laureate argues that policymakers cannot tackle social problems by running the economy hot

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