Economics, government & business

The energy skills passport will be launched in January, and will help the offshore wind industry with recruitment by identifying transferable skills.

Seasonal hiring is so far sluggish for Christmas 2024, while jobseeker demand for work over the period reaches six-year high

The average employer now receives 140 applications per graduate job, according to new figures from the Institute of Student Employers.

Robert Walters slashes more than 700 jobs in the past year and 159 in the last three months due to falling job vacancies.

New official data suggests a mixed picture for the UK’s labour market, with employment down on the previous month

Hundreds of UK staff could be affected after the company announced it would cut a tenth of its global workforce.

Older workers with long-term health conditions are more likely to be out of work than their younger peers, according to...

Unite, one of the UK's largest trade unions, has said the government's Employment Rights Bill ‘stops short of making work pay.’

More than one in five people with neurodivergent conditions are not in employment, research commissioned by Heston Blumenthal OBE reveals.

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has rejected early criticism of the Employment Rights Bill from some quarters of the business community. CBI offers support for reform, however.

Employment lawyers give their initial reactions to the Employment Rights Bill after its full publication.

From autumn 2026 officers at the new agency will have inspection powers and will be able to enforce new penalties for those who breach employee rights.

The government has announced the launch of the Office for Equality and Opportunity, which will oversee equality policy and legislation...

With just weeks to go before Labour’s first budget, Steve Herbert considers the factors that may shape any changes to pension provision.

September saw a further fall in the number of permanent staff placements, new figures show, as businesses await the new UK government's first Budget.