Election 2024: Labour dodge calls for four-day working week Battle for No10 The Labour Party is reportedly avoiding calls from unions to make a four-day work week an official policy.
Election 2024: Labour to guarantee work experience to all secondary pupils Battle for No10 The Labour Party has pledged to offer a minimum of two weeks' quality work experience and recruit over 1,000 new careers advisers.
Election 2024: Labour to create fair work watchdog, Angela Rayner says Battle for No10 Labour is set to create an employment watchdog to enforce its workers rights reforms, Angela Rayner has said.
How to talk about politics at work June 7, 2024 It’s the run up to an election and tensions are running high – so how do you make sure political discussions stay calm, respectful and conflict-free? Toby Hough explains Political conversations are a part of the workplace more than ever before – and with just five weeks until a general election, tensions between colleagues could [...]
UK workers less likely to trust AI than other countries, study finds June 4, 2024 New data reveals a lack of trust in AI, which may jeopardise the growth and success of the UK's technology economy.
Brits should fill overseas workers job vacancies, minister to say May 21, 2024 British jobseekers should fill vacancies previously staffed by overseas workers, the work and pensions secretary is to say.
Is Westminster leading a workplace revolution? The noes have it May 15, 2024 After MPs voted to ban politicians who’ve been arrested from parliament, Westminster has gone further than the law dictates, so should other employers follow suit? Asks Simon Neville Earlier this week MPs voted to approve new rules that would see politicians banned from the Parliamentary estate if they are arrested for a serious sexual or [...]
Long-term sickness now top reason for women being out of work May 13, 2024 Long-term sickness has become the main reason for women being out of work, according to research by one trade union.
Half of workers ‘tempted’ to move jobs for four-day week, survey finds May 11, 2024 Half of workers say they would be “tempted” to move jobs for the offer of a four-day working week, a survey has found.
Let’s be honest, there are no easy answers to worklessness May 2, 2024 The government is right to be focused on getting people off welfare dependency and into work, but we shouldn’t be too optimistic about its chances of success, says Matthew Lesh In 1906, William Beveridge declared that those who cannot work should be maintained by public support. The condition, however, would be the “complete and permanent [...]