<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sarah O'Connor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah O'Connor]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/stream/e89a8a92-a54a-3adb-a72a-e0e49e45784b</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 15:26:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.ft.com/stream/e89a8a92-a54a-3adb-a72a-e0e49e45784b?format=rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2017. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. 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thinks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Automation has often taken routine jobs that have been replaced by better ones]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c58a695a-6615-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c58a695a-6615-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:06:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK ‘gig economy’ review poised for mixed reaction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taylor proposals on labour market likely to anger business and disappoint unions]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/89fd7738-658e-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89fd7738-658e-11e7-8526-7b38dcaef614</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2017 23:02:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poorer workers hardest hit by strong arm of robotics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Report finds the less affluent are more at risk of losing out to automation]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8a2e4bf4-6324-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8a2e4bf4-6324-11e7-8814-0ac7eb84e5f1</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor review set to back extra gig worker rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Proposal for greater clarity in law when person is classed as ‘dependent contractor’]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/53b0c428-64ad-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">53b0c428-64ad-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2017 15:54:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taylor report to call for more ‘voice’ for UK workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Review of staff rights likely to recommend it should be easier to talk to bosses]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/422b3c9a-6248-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</link><guid isPermaLink="false">422b3c9a-6248-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 04:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Lost decade’ for UK workers as productivity falls beneath 2007 level]]></title><description><![CDATA[ONS data come as PMI survery shows growth slowing in services sector]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3e72f20e-6163-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</link><guid isPermaLink="false">3e72f20e-6163-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2017 13:46:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minimum wage should be extended to cover self-employed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resolution Foundation makes proposal to Matthew Taylor, who is leading review]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/23d3f7ee-6006-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</link><guid isPermaLink="false">23d3f7ee-6006-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:01:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of England staff to strike over pay]]></title><link>https://www.ft.com/content/fbc9639a-6f4c-34e8-9fc6-2c86ae15abd6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">fbc9639a-6f4c-34e8-9fc6-2c86ae15abd6</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:47:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of England workers vote to strike over pay]]></title><description><![CDATA[Total pay pot for staff has increased 1% this year while inflation has surged to 2.9%]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cab4e12e-5fd2-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cab4e12e-5fd2-11e7-91a7-502f7ee26895</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:43:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blurred job definitions serve nobody’s interest]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the UK, no single piece of law defines an employee, a contractor and a worker]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7825b404-5a75-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7825b404-5a75-11e7-9bc8-8055f264aa8b</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:34:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employers fish for working-class graduates in the wrong pool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social mobility index reveals focus on universities with lowest state school intake]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/19e3566e-55b4-11e7-80b6-9bfa4c1f83d2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">19e3566e-55b4-11e7-80b6-9bfa4c1f83d2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 23:02:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK trade union Unite dismisses Gerard Coyne after failed leadership challenge]]></title><link>https://www.ft.com/content/8a9d92c6-82f7-3216-916a-12aa8a80ea7a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">8a9d92c6-82f7-3216-916a-12aa8a80ea7a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 15:12:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Society urges action on ‘gig economy’ workers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Government pressed to enforce employment rights after slump in tribunal 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16:44:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young voters reshape UK’s political landscape]]></title><description><![CDATA[The political split between the generations continues to widen]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/08bc419c-4d2c-11e7-919a-1e14ce4af89b</link><guid isPermaLink="false">08bc419c-4d2c-11e7-919a-1e14ce4af89b</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 17:18:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share of black workers in temporary jobs grows to 8%]]></title><description><![CDATA[‘Gig economy’ increases racial disparities in the labour market, TUC data show]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b6c5cfbe-46d9-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b6c5cfbe-46d9-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:01:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bank of England faces strike over ‘derisory’ pay rises]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unite is balloting reception and maintenance staff following below-inflation increases]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f9a10356-46ae-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f9a10356-46ae-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 11:09:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheer up, millennials: your pensions could be even worse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first step to improving your retirement pot is to believe that you will have one]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c4e19390-451b-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">c4e19390-451b-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2017 16:30:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Beast of Bolsover’ becomes unlikely quarry for buoyant Tories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even rock-solid majority of firebrand Dennis Skinner falls within scope of Conservatives]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a667b85c-4469-11e7-8519-9f94ee97d996</link><guid 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