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  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Labour’s worker rights shake-up leaves UK business on edge

    Overhaul planned by main opposition party could backfire and end up harming employees and bosses, say executives

    1 hour ago
    A montage of the Labour party logo and a woman holding a sign that says ‘Don’t gut my salary’
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    UK immigration
    New UK worker visa rules to close system to employers in key shortage areas

    Warning by government migration adviser comes ahead of sharp rise in salary floors for overseas hires

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  • Tuesday, 20 February, 2024
    TUC urges UK business to ‘get on board’ with Labour’s worker rights plans

    Umbrella union body says most employees on zero-hour contracts have been ‘stuck’ in same job for a year or more

  • Sunday, 18 February, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    Work from home if you want but don’t expect a pay rise

    Lower wage growth and higher productivity might be why bosses like remote working more than we think

  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Resilient wage growth gives BoE new grounds for caution on rate cuts

    Pace of earnings growth including bonuses slowed to 5.8% in fourth quarter, official figures show

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  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
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    News updates from February 12: Israel rescues 2 hostages, Diamondback Energy to buy Endeavor
  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    Alison Wolf
    Fixing apprenticeships would be a vote-winner

    The UK system is a mess and a big threat to economic growth

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  • Monday, 12 February, 2024
    UK economy
    ‘Way to go’ before UK jobs data can be relied on, says statistics watchdog

    Gaps in labour market figures are hampering policymakers, businesses and researchers

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  • Sunday, 11 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    UK employers race for staff visas ahead of new immigration rules

    Companies will have to pay much higher salaries to people recruited on skilled worker visas from April

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Andy Haldane
    The political love-in with business is long overdue

    Solving Britains’ productivity and growth puzzle depends on collective action on employment and skills

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  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    UK jobs market slows in sign inflation pressures are easing

    Starting salaries’ pace of growth is softest seen in 34 months, recruiters say

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  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Trainee nurses in England forced to quit over spiralling childcare costs

    Experts warn ‘patients will suffer’ as students drop out and nursing course acceptances fall by 12%

    Leanne Bibby, a student nurse who is unable to access funded childcare hours, is seated on a sofa.
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI pushing Labour to soften workers’ rights pledges, says new president

    Rupert Soames says UK needs to avoid ‘European model’ of employment law and resist excessive regulation

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  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Sunak’s hollow pledge to Welsh steelworkers puts focus on green jobs

    Port Talbot closures raise questions over what net zero means for areas blighted by industrial decline

    Tata Steel workers protest against the company’s decision to close its blast furnaces in Port Talbot
  • Monday, 5 February, 2024
    UK policymakers hit by six-month delay in key jobs data

    Rate-setters face prolonged uncertainty over state of labour market due to problems at Office for National Statistics

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  • Monday, 29 January, 2024
    Ministers propose reimposing fees on English workers seeking to sue boss

    Unhappy employees would need to pay up to bring cases to employment tribunals under government proposals

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  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Critical industries and the battle for young talent

    Sectors from oil and gas to defence are struggling to fill skills gaps

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  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    UK immigration
    UK migration reforms will not end lower pay for foreign workers, says top policy adviser

    MAC chair accuses government of ‘do as I say’ attitude over raising salary threshold for skilled overseas recruits

    Brian Bell
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    UK labour disputes
    UK government faces calls to drop attempt to revive anti-strike law

    TUC and trade body for recruitment sector urge ministers to abandon plan for hiring agency workers during industrial action

  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Shorter hours for men add to strains on UK labour market

    Rise in proportion of women working full-time fails to fully offset decline

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  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    FT SeriesJobs of the future
    Care conundrum: demographic shifts create jobs but not workers

    Demand for care staff is certain to rise, but providers are already failing to fill vacancies

    FT montage of a care worker helping an elderly patient
  • Sunday, 21 January, 2024
    FT SeriesJobs of the future
    New jobs, green jobs: planet-friendly roles dominate hiring

    Workers are retraining to take advantage of opportunities in sustainability and environment

    FT montage of a man working on a wind turbine, with green laser beams around him
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    News in-depthTata Steel Ltd
    Steel town Port Talbot braces for impact of Tata closure

    Unions warn that decision to shut down blast furnaces will have ‘devastating’ effect

    Tata Steel site in Port Talbot, seen from a residential street. It is estimated that at least three jobs locally are reliant on every job in the steel works
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    Tata Steel Ltd
    Tata Steel to close last two blast furnaces in Port Talbot

    Sweeping restructuring will result in loss of up to 2,800 jobs

    A blast furnace at the Tata Steel plant in Port Talbot
  • Friday, 19 January, 2024
    Working from home
    UK judge rules against FCA manager who wanted to work from home

    Case brought by senior employee at financial watchdog is one of first to deal with back-to-office push

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