Job creation and losses

Measures to increase workplace equality, extend flexible working rights, reform the welfare-to-work process and boost skills featured in the Queen’s...

Demand for both permanent and temporary staff has plummeted to a record low, a comprehensive report revealed today.The Recruitment and...

HSBC’s decision to cut more than 500 jobs so close to Christmas has been branded a disgrace by unions.Yesterday (1...

Aston Martin has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, as it announced plans to cut up to 600...

Almost 100,000 manufacturing jobs will be lost next year as the UK plunges into recession, according to a report.The December...

Thousands of public sector HR professionals could pay for Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report spending splurge with their jobs, it has...

Employment and welfare reform minister Tony McNulty has called on the public sector to hire more long-term unemployed people and...

Tesco, Royal Mail and Centrica are among the employers helping Gordon Brown to set up the National Employment Partnership (NEP)...

Staff a high street retailer Woolworths have been reassured they will be paid their salaries in full tomorrow, despite the...

The government has announced a moratorium on Jobcentre Plus closures and pledged to find 6,000 extra front-line staff to help...

The government’s Pre-Budget Report may not save any jobs in the long run, an expert has warned.Chancellor Alistair Darling yesterday...

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advice from a senior HR director about the function’s role during the...

Axed staff face lengthy spells out of work as the economic crisis hits the government’s ability to get people off...

Building supplies group Wolseley has unveiled plans for a further 2,000 redundancies in the UK.In a statement, the company warned...

More than 2,000 UK jobs could be on the line as US banking giant Citigroup looks to axe 52,000 jobs.A...