Labour market

New CBI president Rupert Soames says the Labour party's proposals for workers' rights should be watered down.

Employer market power has been affected by the rise of hybrid working and the gig economy. A new report details how the labour market is responding.

Hiring into permanent positions fell sharply at the start of 2024, according to the latest Report on Jobs.

Government criticised for appearing to omit employment from its disability action plan, despite push for disabled people to find work.

The proportion of the working-age population who are economically inactive is higher than previously suggested, the ONS has revealed.

The governor of the Bank of England argues that employers must embrace the positives of AI.

Seven in 10 employers across the UK are still witnessing a shortage of all types of candidates for their roles, new research reveals.

Sickness absence by geography: Think tank finds areas with high levels of ill-health have growing long-term sickness trends.

The UK jobs market experienced its biggest monthly fall in vacancies in more than three years in December, as business...

The average number of hours worked in the UK has fallen at a rate equivalent to the loss of 310,000 workers, figures have suggested.

Totaljobs’ latest Hiring Trends Index found that securing another job with higher pay was the leading factor behind staff resignations in Q3 last year.

LinkedIn found that almost half (48%) of the fastest-growing job titles in the UK did not exist 20 years ago.

Pay growth continued to outpace inflation in autumn 2023, but at a slower rate, January 2024 labour market figures show.

Henley Business School has identified six types of worker that have emerged post-pandemic, with many keen for flexibility.

December 2023 saw a continued rise in candidate availability with economic uncertainty causing redundancies and a slowdown in hiring.