Labour market

The number of flights in August at the airport south of London will be reduced to 825 from the current 850. In recent years there were over 900 flights per day.

The number of job adverts was six percentage points more than in the first week of June.

More people are working part-time or in temporary jobs than at any time since the start of the pandemic.

The construction industry is facing a shortage of a quarter of a million workers within the next four years because of Brexit and the effects of the Covid pandemic.

Employees’ real pay has fallen by 2.2% in a year, despite an increasingly tight labour market that has made it...

Youth worklessness has fallen dramatically since the mid-nineties, but rising inactivity among young men needs urgent attention, according to a think-tank.

The rate of hiring new employees was its slowest since March 2021 in May as businesses struggled to find candidates.

A new jobs website has promised to provide only ethical work and aims to get more people employed by sustainable industries.

In his latest episode of the Oven-Ready HR podcast, Chris Taylor speaks to Labour MP Justin Madders.

Restart scheme figures show just 7% have found jobs since the programme began in July 2021.

A report from the transport committee suggests a “supply chain levy” would assist in building facilities and training new drivers.

Delays in getting security clearance for staff are behind huge staff shortages at UK airports, according to trade body the...

Employers have called for a broadening of what apprenticeship levy funds can be used for. How would this work?

Investments aimed at re-routing economies to improve social outcomes will drive employment across both advanced and developing economies, says the World Economic Forum.

MPs will examine the challenges faced by workers and employers and what the government and businesses can do support the labour market.