Job creation and losses

Retail union Usdaw is backing Labour's New Deal programme because, it says, it has put a million people back into work and created job opportunities for shop workers in the UK.

The Employers Organisation for Local Government (EO) has produced guidance to assist authorities in measuring savings in staffing costs as...

IT outsourcing could be worth more than £71bn by the end of 2005.

Thousands of civil servants are destined for remote working if the chancellor of the exchequer's intended cuts to public sector jobs are to be fulfilled. But Nic Paton finds that the idea of packing workers off to set up at home is proving less than popular with government mandarins.

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is hoping to build on the 'fresh start' being offered by the government to win assurances on planned job cuts at the Inland Revenue (IR)

This week's international news in brief looks at heavy-handed layoffs in Denmark, censured tourist guide obstacles in France and offensive Xmas gifts in Australia

A Labour MP is set to challenge the government on the looming recruitment crisis facing clubs and pubs which employ bouncers.

Journalists at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph have voted in favour of a strike

The banks' Australian owner expects the substantial job losses to contribute to £117m of savings it is seeking

Staff working in the UK finance sector are increasingly stressed because of under-staffing, with more than half wanting to change jobs, according to new research

The public private partnership between Jobcentre Plus, Manpower and Cap Gemini has notched up 50,000 job placements.

Brent Council in London claims to be the first local authority to publish a jobs supplement.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has admitted that its recruitment policy discriminates against protestant applicants.

Bank of Ireland cuts 2,000 jobs in bid to save £83m.

HR staff at motoring services group RAC are likely to be among those who lose their jobs following its proposed take-over by Norwich Union, the group's director of HR has confirmed