Job creation and losses

The number of people claiming Jobseekers Allowance has risen again, but nearly as many jobs remain unfilled.

Graduates are stuggling to find jobs as employers question the relevance of their skills.

Thai Airways, which has reported its largest quarterly loss in six years, is to lay off half its staff in Los Angeles

Agilent Technologies, the world’s biggest manufacturer of testing equipment, is to eliminate thousands of jobs as part of a restructuring plan to cut costs by $450m (£249m)

A breakdown in talks has led to 5,500 broadcast staff in Canada being locked out of their workplace.

British Airways (BA) is planning to cut up to 15% of its baggage handling staff - the group of workers who staged last week’s wildcat strikes at Heathrow – according to newspaper reports

The catering firm at the centre of the travel chaos at Heathrow airport considered provoking strikes last year to replace staff with cheaper labour, a leaked memo reveals

The prospect of more firefighter strikes could be looming after the government said it would go ahead with plans to replace England’s 47 control rooms with nine new fire control centres

BA is giving its long-haul passengers vouchers and is asking them to bring their own sandwiches after its catering company sacked hundreds of workers.

People feel more secure in their jobs as economy remains stable.

IT services firm Computer Sciences Corporation promises no compulsory redundancies and a commitment to invest in the skills of its 10,000 UK staff.

Critics of Scotland's public sector should spend a week with staff to see how hard they work, according to the country's most senior civil servant.

Royal Mail is to reduce its number of full-time employees by at least 30,000, according to a strategic plan that it has submitted to the mail regulator.

As newly qualified nurses join the jobs market many NHS trusts in the red are freezing vacancies

The latest Deloitte and REC jobs report shows the UK is still fighting fit.