Labour market
MAC report: New immigration system should not favour EEA migrants
A post-Brexit immigration system should make it easier for highly-skilled workers to move to the UK and should not favour...
Job automation: more than half of workers will need reskilling by 2022
More than half (54%) of the workforce will need reskilling in the next five years as emerging technologies such as...
Pilot visa scheme announced for non-EU migrant farm workers
The government has announced a pilot visa scheme for non-EU migrants working on fruit and vegetable farms after the UK...
Migration experts highlight Brexit risks for low-skilled jobs
A new study on how low-skilled roles will be filled in the UK after Brexit has warned that alternatives to...
Record fall in EU nationals employed in UK
The number of EU nationals working in the UK has fallen by a record amount, with 86,000 fewer EU workers...
Business must improve support for over-50s workforce, finds study
More than half of over-50s feel unsupported at work although millions of employees are planning to work longer than they...
Employers have not ‘bothered to find UK people to work’ – IDS
Former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith has said a lot of employers have “not even bothered to try and...
Tier 2 visa alternatives: Employing skilled non-EEA workers
For eight consecutive months the number of applications for certificates of sponsorship for non-EEA workers have surpassed the number available...
Number of applicants per vacancy hits record low
Competition for job roles hit a record low in June, as the number of applicants per vacancy dropped to 0.38...
Workers fear automation will worsen their role
Around 10 million workers – 37% of the UK workforce – are worried that automation will change their jobs for...
Retail sector employee levels set to stagnate further
Nearly a fifth of retailers are preparing to shed employees, and more than half do not expect staffing levels to...
What’s going wrong with the apprenticeship levy?
More than a year after the apprenticeship levy came into effect, most agree that it is not going according to...
Sajid Javid: no ‘automatic right’ for EU citizens to work post-Brexit
EU citizens would not have any “automatic right” to work in the UK after the Brexit transition period, Sajid Javid...
Fruit industry calls for seasonal permit to avoid post-Brexit labour shortage
The soft fruit industry could be “crushed” by Brexit if it loses access to the thousands of seasonal workers it...
IR35 changes have ‘seriously damaged’ the NHS
Changes to self-employment tax rules have “seriously damaged” the NHS and the public sector, according to research by the Association...
