UK firms to invest £338bn on re-industrialisation in next three years, research shows April 18, 2024 Like many advanced economies, the UK has seen a relatively rapid fall in the importance of manufacturing.
Flexible jobs market booming as UK workers won’t budge on return-to-office demand April 17, 2024 According to exclusive data shared with Morning Wire by Flexa, compared to this time last year, 62 per cent more flexible jobs are on offer in job adverts.
Gen Z can’t use pens and Boomers are too slow: The office as a generational battleground March 14, 2024 Gen Xers (born 1965-1980) and Millennials (born 1981-1996) are the biggest groups in the workplace, accounting for over a third of employees. Around
They may be annoying, but Gen Z’s quarter life gap years are economically rational January 17, 2024 Gen Z have been lambasted as lazy, but their desire to push back the corporate timeline makes economic sense, writes Paul Ormerod.
Labour to strengthen workers’ rights ‘within first 100 days’, Rayner says October 8, 2023 Labour will implement plans to bolster workers’ rights within 100 days of taking office, Angela Rayner said today.
Pay boost for 2m workers as Hunt to confirm living wage rises to £11 an hour October 2, 2023 Workers could see their pay packets feel heavier as Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a rise in the national living wage to at least £11 an hour.
Long-term sickness prevents 2.5m people from working, report suggests September 25, 2023 Women, young men and people unable to work from home are more likely to suffer from long-term sickness which prevents them from working, according to a new report. One in 16 working-aged people in the UK – or around 2.5m – are “economically inactive” due to long-term sickness, the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) said. [...]
Labour vow to scrap minimum service levels law if elected, unions told September 12, 2023 Labour would scrap the minimum service levels law within their first 100 days in office, Angela Rayner told a trade union conference.
Brits among least likely to say work important to them, survey finds September 7, 2023 British workers rank among the lowest globally for how likely they are to say their work is important to them, a study has found.
Don’t be TWaTs: Councils urged to dodge four-day week plans at risk of being ‘part time town halls’ August 31, 2023 Councils have been urged to swerve introducing four-day work week schemes in a bid to dodge “part-time town halls”. Campaigners at the Taxpayers Alliance (TPA) have written to every council leader in the UK asking them to pledge not to bring in a four-day work week. Many City firms have been accused of a Tuesday, [...]