Job creation and losses

A new jobs website has promised to provide only ethical work and aims to get more people employed by sustainable industries.

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Investments aimed at re-routing economies to improve social outcomes will drive employment across both advanced and developing economies, says the World Economic Forum.

MPs will examine the challenges faced by workers and employers and what the government and businesses can do support the labour market.

The first year of the UK's new post-Brexit immigration system has seen a large increase in the number of visas issued to non-EU migrants.

Boris Johnson is reported to have told ministers at an away day that they must return civil servant numbers to those of 2016, reducing overall headcount by a fifth overall.

The Green Jobs Delivery Group, with business, industry, union and academia involvement, has been tasked with supporting the delivery of up to 480,000 skilled green jobs by 2030.

Convenience store chain McColl’s is urgently seeking a rescue deal that would save 16,000 jobs.

The number of active job advertisements across the UK has risen steadily since late March 2022 but the lower level of new job ads suggests gathering fears over the economy.

The Home Office tells French multinational Teleperformance to hire more staff in a bid to tackle Passport Office backlog.

Unemployed workers face more job opportunities that match their skills now than they did pre-pandemic, according to labour market research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Asda’s parent company EG Group has announced the creation of 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years, with most positions in the UK.

Employers are feeling less confident about their ability to hire, as national insurance contributions rise and companies come under pressure to increase pay.

Insolvency Service data on planned redundancies record large jump in February 2022.

Pressure from investors over the cost of living has prompted Sainsbury’s to raise wages for the second time this year.