DEBATE: Could bringing back bonuses help make pay fairer? January 10, 2020 Could bringing back performance-based bonuses help make pay fairer? YES, says Giles Gibbons, chief executive of Good Business, an ethical strategy consultancy. News this week that FTSE 100 bosses earn a typical worker’s wage in just 33 hours angered people across the UK — something has to change. And counter-intuitive as it may seem, bringing [...]
How to ask your boss for a pay rise in 2020 January 8, 2020 January is one of the busiest hiring months of the year, as many people re-evaluate their career options over the holiday period. Perhaps you enjoy your current job and don’t want to leave it, but would quite like a pay rise. If you believe that you’re working above your pay grade and are consistently producing [...]
Gender pay gap: UK women earn £263,000 less than men over working life October 29, 2019 British women will earn £263,000 less than their male counterparts over their life, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The ONS study shows that the average working woman can expect to take home 59 per cent of what the average man takes home. Read more: UK inflation stays at Bank [...]
Employers, it’s time to add some freelancers to your armoury October 12, 2019 Talk to graduates, new mothers, or young creatives about work today, and the one word you’re likely to hear more than any other is freelance. The term itself certainly isn’t new. In Walter Scott’s 1819 novel Ivanhoe, paid mercenaries described as “free lances” are offered from one feudal lord to another. Fast-forward 200 years, and [...]
Is your star employee all they’re cracked up to be? September 6, 2019 YOUR star employee brings in the money, keeps the customers smiling, and boosts your online reviews. On the surface, they are driving your business forward single-handedly. You can’t imagine things without them. They’re indispensable, and the thought of them leaving brings you out in a cold sweat – the firm would never survive. But is [...]
US employment reaches new high as country adds 164,000 jobs in July August 2, 2019 The United States added 164,000 jobs last month, suggesting the economy is cooling but not as much as analysts had feared. The gain was well down on June’s figure of 224,000, but was roughly in line with economists’ forecasts of around 165,000 for July. Read more: FTSE 100 sinks into red on Trump’s threat to [...]
UK employment hits record high driven by women finding work April 16, 2019 The number of people in work in Britain hit a record high in the three months to February 2019, driven mainly by more women finding jobs, pushing up wages as firms kept hiring during political impasse in Westminster. Read more: Employment rate jumps to record high Britain’s unemployment rate fell by 0.1 percentage points in [...]
London’s creative industries are a culture club boxing out young people – here’s how we can fix that March 26, 2019 London’s creative and cultural sector has boomed in recent years, but despite its success, women, members of black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups, and other people from less advantaged backgrounds remain woefully underrepresented, particularly in senior positions. This is a result of London’s creative industry becoming a “culture club” – one that is exclusive, with membership [...]
Staffline startles investors with results delay, shares plummet January 30, 2019 Recruitment support services company Staffline spooked investors into a mass sell-off today by delaying the publication of its full-year results without giving a reason. The AIM listed firm announced this morning it would provide a further update as soon as possible, sending shares into a nosedive. Staffline’s stock was 32 per cent down this afternoon. [...]
Shares in recruitment firm Page Group drop amid macroeconomic uncertainty despite record profits January 14, 2019 Recruitment firm Page Group saw its shares fall by seven per cent today after it said in its annual results statement that Brexit uncertainty has affected the job market. The FTSE 250 recruiter said that while it had increased its number of fee-earning staff by 561 in the first three quarters of 2018, this slowed [...]