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  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Next Act
    Rising redundancies prompt drive to access final salary pensions

    Over-50s urged to think twice before raiding pension funds

  • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK workers’ rights at risk in plans to rip up EU labour market rules

    Post-Brexit shake-up of regulations including 48-hour week likely to spark trade union outrage

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Tesco and Pizza Hut named and shamed over minimum wage breaches

    Ministers blast UK companies as ‘rogue employers’ for short-changing workers over pay

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Sarah O'Connor
    Time spent in the pub is a wise investment

    Covid homeworking makes it harder to build bonds and network with colleagues

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    UK Broadband
    Openreach to create 5,300 jobs next year in broadband fibre push

    BT division the latest UK telecoms company to unveil hiring plans for network upgrades

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    UK labour disputes
    Centrica faces industrial action in January

    GMB members vote in favour of UK strikes over new contractual conditions

  • Wednesday, 16 December, 2020
    Executive Pay
    Retail chiefs in UK earn among highest multiples of workers’ wages

    Report comparing boardroom and shopfloor pay highlights yawning disparity in earnings

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    UK unemployment rate rises to 4.9% in 3 months to October

    370,000 people made redundant as official data also show largest annual fall in employment for a decade

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    UK business & economy
    UK jobs could disappear as Covid puts automation on ‘steroids’

    Research warns of ‘disastrous double whammy’ for low-paid workers unable to retrain

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  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    Sarah O'Connor
    Punitive sick leave rules make us all pay

    Covid-19 is forcing companies to rethink their treatment of staff with health problems

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    Recruitment
    The new in-demand jobs: delivery drivers and tax specialists

    The pandemic created dramatic shifts and new opportunities in the jobs market worldwide

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    Pandemic leaves over-50s with uncertain job prospects

    Young people were hard hit by the crisis but older workers will struggle with long-term unemployment

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Sarah O'Connor
    People understand statistics better than politicians think

    If the public are ‘sceptical and cynical’ about economic data, it is because it does not always reflect reality

  • Friday, 4 December, 2020
    Low-paid UK workers to be given freedom to take extra jobs

    Ministers hope to encourage ‘wave of start-ups’ by banning exclusivity clauses in contracts

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    UK aims to nurture start-ups by curbing non-compete clauses

    The government wants reform of employee contracts to emulate success of Silicon Valley

  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    Sarah O'Connor
    The academic precariat deserves better

    For those reliant on short-term university contracts, work can be chaotic and uncertain

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK spending review
    Economists say Restart scheme fails to create enough jobs

    Business groups lament lack of significant new funding for skills and training

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    UK spending review
    UK public sector workers face real terms pay cut, Sunak confirms

    Teachers, police and civil servants hit by fresh squeeze but nurses and doctors will receive a rise

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Workplace diversity & equality
    City group seeks to loosen public school grip on top jobs

    Almost nine in 10 senior managers come from a higher socio-economic background

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Sarah O'Connor
    The shift to remote work carries an inherent risk

    If your job can be done from home, can it be offshored somewhere cheaper?

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Covid crisis threatens UK boom in self-employed work

    Many have been unable to operate during the crisis and do not qualify for government support

  • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Chancellor urged to help excluded entrepreneurs

    Professional bodies propose way of assisting limited company directors excluded from financial support

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Sunak’s public sector pay freeze risks sending the wrong message

    UK chancellor’s plan could backfire say economists.

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Young people in UK staying in education rather than seeking work

    Data show fall in number of 16-24-year-olds not in education, employment or training

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    State pension
    Money Clinic Podcast: Can a second career save my retirement?

    Unable to find a job, this week’s guest is going back to university at the age of 61

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