Workers rights row: Labour’s Rayner vows to expand protection from sex harassment to interns May 9, 2024 Angela Rayner has vowed Labour will expand sexual harassment protections to include interns and volunteers, amid a row with unions over the party’s workers’ rights proposals.
Labour’s workers’ rights plans could face ‘significant’ changes, lawyers warn May 4, 2024 Labour’s promised reforms to workers rights could face “significant changes” before taking effect, employment lawyers have warned.
Smiggle creates over 100 UK jobs as sales and profits edge up May 3, 2024 Smiggle created more than 100 jobs as its UK revenue and profits edged up during its latest financial year, it has been revealed.
Avoid ‘outright bans’ on flexible contracts and improve workers’ rights, urges think tank April 25, 2024 According to the research, three quarters of employers reported using flexible contracts - although for a variety of different reasons.
KPMG hires ex-prisoners as part of Gov strategy to tackle £18bn reoffending cost April 24, 2024 KPMG has become the first white collar British business to employ former prisoners as part of a new pilot programme by the Government
Bank of England’s hawks and doves have plenty to ponder after hot wage growth April 16, 2024 Its anybody's guess what the Bank of England will make of the latest labour market figures, published this morning.
Wage growth hotter than expected but unemployment rises in headache for Bank of England April 16, 2024 Wages are closely monitored by the Bank of England for signs of how its campaign of interest rate hikes are impacting the wider economy.
The Notebook: City trend to cut compliance workers will come back to bite March 26, 2024 Lucy McNulty, editor of Following the Rules, takes the Notebook pen to talk compliance job cuts, social media and the stubborn glass ceiling.
Pagegroup: Recruiter ‘managed headcount’ down by 1,000 as profits hit by weak jobs market March 7, 2024 Pagegroup said as a "result of this action on headcount", its gross profit or free earner, which it uses to measure productivity, was 'flat'.