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    Hiring confidence at highest point for more than two years

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2024

    Confidence in making hiring and investment decisions surged in the three months to June.

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    DWP fleshes out welfare reform plans

    by Jo Faragher 24 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 24 Jul 2024

    The DWP has set out its blueprint for getting people back into work, after a report by a Labour adviser called for the long-term sick to be forced to seek work.

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    National living wage hike drives median pay award

    by Rob Moss 24 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 24 Jul 2024

    Impact of April’s 9.8% increase to NLW continues to affect the median pay award, currently almost three percentage points above inflation.

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    Wage growth slows but remains ahead of inflation

    by Rob Moss 18 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 18 Jul 2024

    Annual wage growth slows to 5.7% in the ONS July 2024 labour market statistics, the slowest rate since August 2022.

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    REC to MPs: Hard work on the labour market starts now

    by Kate Shoesmith 15 Jul 2024
    by Kate Shoesmith 15 Jul 2024

    Kate Shoesmith, deputy chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), writes an open letter to MPs.

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    Overtly ageist employers pay the price for such blinkered thinking

    by Emily Andrews 12 Jul 2024
    by Emily Andrews 12 Jul 2024

    Dr Emily Andrews from the Centre for Ageing Better argues that ageist employers harm both themselves and the economy.

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    Business optimism at high levels as new ministers get to work

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024

    The BDO index indicates that despite worries over unemployment and skills, businesses are feeling more optimistic than at any time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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    Government launches Back to Work plan to tackle economic inactivity

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jul 2024

    Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall has set out what the new Labour government's Back to Work plan will entail.

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    Labour ministers begin work on employment issues

    by Jo Faragher 8 Jul 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 Jul 2024

    The Labour government has begun its first week in power with announcements and meetings related to its election pledges on employment.

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    General election: What the major parties are offering employers

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024

    We round up the major political parties' policies for employers ahead of the general election 2024, taking place on 4 July.

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    Non-UK jobseekers prop up labour market postings

    by Jo Faragher 27 Jun 2024
    by Jo Faragher 27 Jun 2024

    Job postings are down by a fifth over the past year, according to job site Indeed, but interest from foreign jobseekers has increased.

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    Real wages only £16 a week higher than 2010

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jun 2024

    The Resolution Foundation claims real wages have barely moved since 2010, when the Conservative government rose to power

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    Inflation hits target as median pay awards remain under 5%

    by Rob Moss 19 Jun 2024
    by Rob Moss 19 Jun 2024

    Median basic pay award in the three months to the end of May 2024 increased slightly to 4.6%, according to Brightmine.

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    No sign that generative AI is replacing jobs

    by Rob Moss 18 Jun 2024
    by Rob Moss 18 Jun 2024

    Increased use of GenAI is not replacing jobs, according to Nash Squared's pulse survey of technology leaders.

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    Levels of insecure work reach record-high

    by Rob Moss 14 Jun 2024
    by Rob Moss 14 Jun 2024

    Number of people in insecure work reaches a record high of 4.1 million, according to TUC analysis published today.

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