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Hiring boosted by reopening of non-essential shops, pubs and hairdressers
Living Wage Foundation calls for urgent action on job security for low-paid employees
Recruiters also report accelerating growth in temporary billings and sharpest increase in vacancies since 2018
In northern England, an innovative scheme tackles youth unemployment with retraining and ‘tryouts’ for new careers
Increasing numbers of ‘olderpreneurs’ seek a second career in later life
Supreme Court ruling will be closely watched by other UK retailers
Prime minister under pressure to put better deal on the table after Scottish government offers NHS staff a 4% increase
Protections needed to prevent hiring and firing by algorithm as automation accelerates
Tax data analysis shows number of EU citizens who have left is perhaps half that previously thought
Unemployment rate hits 5% in three months to January, figures show
Two court cases reveal the UK’s inconsistency in defining ‘work’ and providing fair remuneration
Demos think-tank finds majority against returning full time to office, creating potential route to local regeneration
Enhancing drivers’ status is welcome but working time is a grey area
Gig economy companies will end up being bound by more regulation
Employers are setting demanding targets for labourers on the UK’s seasonal work scheme
University leavers in 2021 are competing for positions against last year’s cohort — and some older people
Johnson’s green agenda given lift by factory to supply offshore Dogger Bank project
Number almost double the average rate for this group over the past three years, showing pandemic’s toll
On International Women’s Day, it’s time to challenge the ‘pandemic penalty’
Plans under fire for being ‘insufficient’ considering wider personnel shortages facing industry
Flagship coronavirus furlough scheme extended while VAT and business rates are cut
Businesses and governments should take the lead in rooting out abuses
Industry highlights problems stemming from end of free movement of people
The furlough scheme has helped to limit redundancies during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lawyers say Friday’s victory for drivers in the Supreme Court has far-reaching consequences for UK’s labour market
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