Labour market

Long-awaited response to a 2021 call for evidence suggests regulating umbrella companies around employment rights.

Professional bodies, charities and unions urge government to publish the long-awaited NHS workforce plan for England.

Unemployment rates for Black and ethnic minority workes are twice those of white counterparts, according to the TUC.

An education think-tank has revealed six essential future work skills anticipated to be most in-demand by employers in 2035.

Official NEETs figures show one in 10 16-24 year olds in the UK is still economically inactive, but the number is falling.

Net migration to the UK was 606,000 in 2022, according to the latest data, a record figure for a 12-month period.

The 'great resignation' was not a short-lived phenomenon, according to research that highlights the number of active UK job seekers.

Official figures reveal that a record number of people in the UK are economically inactive due to long-term sickness.

The CIPD's spring 2023 labour market outlook suggests public sector pay is set to increase at a record rate.

The home secretary Suella Braverman will call for UK businesses to train up British nationals in labour shortage areas in a bid to reduce immigration.

Young people are failing to access apprenticeships in some areas due to patchy support for the schemes, the IPPR has found.

The Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) and the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) will merge from 1 May 2023.

ONS labour market figures published in April 2023 show that many employers are holding back on recruitment. 

The UK is among a small proportion of OECD countries that have still to achieve the same workforce participation rates as before the pandemic.

The availability of candidates rose for the first time in just over two years in March, according to the latest Report on Jobs.