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Employment

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK welfare reform
    UK plans shake-up of welfare system to tackle working-age inactivity

    Minister says system leaves too many Britons ‘on the scrapheap’ ahead of autumn white paper

    A person walks past a Jobcentre Plus
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Boeing Co
    Boeing imposes hiring freeze and purchasing cuts to conserve cash

    Manufacturer is considering temporary furloughs in response to a strike that threatens its recovery

    Boeing workers on the picket line
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    Why childcare in the US is a problem for us all

    This is not just an issue for parents — employers need to be part of the solution

    Black and white photo from 1942 of a room full of toddlers having a rest period on small beds at a nursery
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    US employment
    US pay rises forecast to shrink as inflation and worker demand ease

    Loosening job market means companies no longer have to be as generous to retain staff

    A nurse uses a tablet to have a virtual call with an off-site medical worker
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2024
    UK employment
    Employers could sidestep upgrade of UK workers’ rights, government warned

    Simplifying employment status will be key to success of Labour’s measures, say lawyers and unions

    People protest in London’s Leicester Square with a banner reading ‘No to zero hours’ as part of a campaign for higher wages in 2018
  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Addison Lee
    Addison Lee drivers prepare to strike over pay and conditions

    Private hire and taxi provider is latest gig economy business to come under pressure over workers’ employment status

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Tesco PLC
    Tesco warehouse staff win ‘fire and rehire’ case

    Decision by UK Supreme Court to overturn earlier ruling welcomed by shop workers’ union

    Signage outside a Tesco store in south London
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Global jobs market shaken by green transition

    The shift to renewable energy is set to have a dramatic impact on skill requirements, pay and unionisation

    A worker at a New Jersey wind turbine manufacture
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Tata Steel Ltd
    Tata secures £500mn of state aid for UK’s largest steelworks

    About 2,500 jobs to be lost in shift to greener furnace at south Wales site

    A Tata Steel worker at the blast furnace in Port Talbot
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    US inflation
    Is the US jobs market blue or gold?

    American inflation is down. Employment might be next

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    UK employment
    UK wage growth slows in 3 months to July

    Annual earnings growth fell to 5.1% in line with analysts’ expectations

    Commuters walk across London Bridge with the Tower Bridge and the HMS Belfast visible in the background.
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The weird truth about work is we actually like it

    Satisfied employees are convinced they are lucky exceptions in a world of toxic bosses and burnout

    Kenneth Andersson illustration of woman sitting at her desk shouting ‘I’m happy!’ while putting one of her legs on her desk, knocking her laptop and coffee off into her colleague, who in turn drops a set of documents from his hand
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    US economy
    Top Fed officials leave door open for large interest rate cuts if data worsens

    Comments from policymakers follow report showing US economy added fewer jobs than expected

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    US interest rates
    Shift in US bond yields leaves investors guessing about economic outlook

    Yield on two-year Treasury falls below 10-year counterpart as inversion in closely watched indicator ends

    A partial view of the US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    News in-depthGerman economy
    Germany faces jobs crisis ‘of a thousand cuts’

    Highly paid manufacturing work is no longer so easy to come by in Eurozone’s largest economy

    Workers assemble the new all-electric Porsche Macan at the Porsche assembly plant in Leipzig, Germany
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    InterviewPaul Nowak
    ‘Give people hope’: TUC urges government to invest in growth and services

    Spending announced by Labour should just be the start, says Paul Nowak ahead of union congress

    Paul Nowak
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    US employment
    US job openings fall to lowest level since 2021

    Data underlines how demand for workers is slowing as Federal Reserve plans next move on interest rates this month

    A ‘Join Our Team’ sign at a Chipotle restaurant in San Francisco, US
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Global inequality
    Workers lose ground in the global recovery

    Sharp drop in labour’s share of the world’s output points to worsening inequality

    Workers take a break at a construction site in Dubai, UAE
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Working from home
    London slower to return to office than New York and Paris

    Employers in UK capital should subsidise transport to entice staff back, report on global cities suggests

    Commuters cross London Bridge
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    UK politics
    Ministers to meet CEOs to quell fears over UK employment rights overhaul

    Corporate leaders from Sainsbury’s, BT and John Lewis will gather on Tuesday

    Angela Rayner at the despatch box in the House of Commons while in opposition
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    Luke Raikes
    How to give gig economy workers more rights

    Increasing the use of a little-known, intermediate category of worker is one way to start

    A delivery rider travels through the Hammersmith
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    UK employment
    UK flexible working plans will boost productivity, says Labour minister

    Proposals to boost employee rights include allowing staff to request shorter weeks but longer days

    Commuters at Canary Wharf station
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Anne-Marie Slaughter
    For business, DEI should be an economic priority

    Regardless of your political stripe, adapting to demographic change is essential

    Annie Carlo-Blasi, queen of Little Italy, standing beside grocery store in Chicago, Illinois, 1914.
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Whistleblowing
    City whistleblower sacked after raising China spy concerns wins £560,000

    Former compliance officer was unfairly dismissed after complaining to FCA over visa for alleged Chinese agent

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    UK employment
    Next store staff win six-year equal pay fight

    Tribunal ruling will be watched by supermarkets facing similar legal challenges

    A Next window display
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