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UK employment

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The new normal of office life

    As working from home persists, companies are rethinking the role of office space

    Illustration of a person holding a pile of gifs and sayin ‘welcome’ to a line of people holding briefcases and wearing office attire
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    The workplace under Labour: employers braced for biggest shake-up in a generation

    From ending zero-hour contracts to boosting benefits, Britain’s new government wants to shift power back to staff

    A tug-of-war with red and blue arrows pointing in opposite directions
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK economy
    Economic strengths and weaknesses facing next UK government — in charts

    Britain enjoys strong services exports and a solid education system but low productivity growth and stagnant living standards

  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Business leaders back Labour plans to overhaul apprenticeship levy

    Letter signed by 57 executives supports opposition’s proposed ‘growth and skills levy’

    A bartender pulls a pint of Fuller’s London Pride beer
  • Saturday, 22 June, 2024
    Meredith Whitney
    A job too far? The problem of the multi-gig professional

    Now that employers are demanding workers return to the office, trouble is brewing

    A woman at her computer working from home
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    Zero-hours contracts — an obituary

    These arrangements remain a blight on Britain’s labour market

    A bartender pulls a pint
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    UK pay grows 5.9% despite slowing jobs market

    Annual rise in average weekly wages remained steady in three months to April, data shows

    Commuters cross London Bridge on a cold morning in London
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    News in-depthConstruction sector
    Britain has big infrastructure plans. But where are the workers?

    Shortage of skilled staff worsened by Brexit and new visa requirements, say construction experts

    Montage of a person operating a theodolite set on a construction workers graphic
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Special ReportUpskilling
    Case study: joining up skills and health support in Wales

    Local initiatives are combining wellbeing and employment assistance to help people enter the workforce

    a narrow street scene with old and new buildings on both sides, and a few pedestrians walking
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour’s pledge to cut work visas worries business

    Employers nervous that potential curbs would make it harder for them to hire from abroad

    Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    UK economy
    UK living standards have lagged most peer nations since 2010, report finds

    IFS says Britain has sunk to ‘bottom of league table’ with earnings growth eaten up by higher taxes and mortgages

    Workers cross London Bridge
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    National Health Service
    Nursing vacancies in England fall to record low

    NHS recruitment drive boosts number of overseas staff but domestic enrolments lag behind, say analysts

    Overseas nurses being trained by the NHS
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Global InsightDelphine Strauss
    Persuading Europeans to work more hours misses the point

    Shrinking workforce would be better tackled by helping those who don’t want a job to work a little, research suggests

    Blurred image of commuters boarding a train
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Reeves defends fire and rehire ‘in very limited circumstances’

    UK shadow chancellor says Labour within ‘touching distance’ of victory on July 4

    Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    UK immigration
    Chefs overtake software developers for UK skilled worker visas

    FT analysis of official data reflects wider changes in use of hiring route

    Montage of a chef and chart
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Call for entries: Best UK Employers 2025

    Nominate a company for our new ranking, which will be based on independent employee evaluations

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Special ReportWellbeing
    Workers feel the burden of financial insecurity

    Initiatives beyond pay can help tackle debilitating effects of money worries

    An employee pushes shopping trolleys back to the store at the Tesco Basildon Pitsea Extra supermarket, operated by Tesco Plc
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Work & Careers
    Paying more is ‘not viable’: new visa rules hit foreign graduate recruitment

    International students have had UK job offers rescinded after visa changes made hiring them too expensive

    An image of an overseas graduate straddling the space between his degree and the British flag
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    UK immigration
    New visa rules force HSBC and Deloitte to withdraw UK job offers

    Government has brought in higher salary thresholds for skilled workers as part of efforts to cut migration figures

    The HSBC bank building in Canary Wharf, London
  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    UK economy
    UK wage growth stays high despite hiring slowdown

    Rise of 5.7% in three months to March expected to reinforce divisions among rate-setters at the Bank of England

    Commuters crossing London Bridge
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Bank of England
    Poor labour market data causes problems for Bank of England

    Gaps make it much harder to tell how fast inflationary pressures are receding

    Workers enjoy the sun at lunchtime in the City of London
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Trade unions warn Labour to honour pledges to boost UK workers’ rights

    Promise of hostile reaction to any dilution of ‘New Deal’ as party prepares to water down proposed reforms

    Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, right, with deputy leader Angela Rayner at a party campaign event in Harlow, Essex, on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour set to unveil weakened package of workers’ rights

    Shadow ministers have been discussing how to tone down some of pledges in ‘New Deal’ to ease employer misgivings

    Labour leader Keir Starmer, left, and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh, right, tour the Hitachi train plant in Aycliffe
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Gig economy
    Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to make direct checks on UK riders’ immigration status

    Move by food delivery companies comes after pressure from ministers over illegal working

    Food delivery cyclist
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Explainer
    Is Britain suffering from a ‘sick note culture’?

    Rishi Sunak has vowed to get people back to work but data indicates problems with the diagnosis — and proposed solution

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