One in four UK jobs are 'bad jobs', with women more likely than men to be in poor-quality employment, according to an economist.
Job creation and losses
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CIPD ACE: Training and reskilling is the best response to the growth of artificial intelligence, according to economist Daniel Susskind.
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Permanent hires decreased for a further consecutive month in October, according to the latest Report on Jobs.
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British Steel plans to close its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, which would reportedly put around 2,000 jobs at risk.
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Danish shipping giant Maersk is to cut 3,500 more jobs due to lower freight rates and demand.
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence will eliminate the need to have a job.
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Thousands of employers are at risk of insolvency, according to data from Begbies Traynor.
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Workers over 65 have added almost 1 million employees to the UK labour market since 2000, according to the Centre for Ageing Better.
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New UK graduates are facing a tough jobs market, with annual graduate roles down -32.13% in September 2023.
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Nokia has announced thousands of job losses after it saw a 20% fall in net sales in the third quarter of 2023.
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Average weekly earnings figures for July-August 2023 showed pay growth outperformed inflation for the first time in two years.
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Rolls-Royce has announced plans for 2,500 job losses globally as it seeks to create a more efficient organisation.
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Amazon is to increase the minimum starting pay for its UK frontline operations staff twice over the next six months.
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The UK’s jobs market in September 2023 showed signs of normalising following the Covid upheaval of 2020-2022.
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The civil service is to employ 2,500 new tech recruits via apprenticeships and early careers programmes by June 2025.