UK lags behind Spain, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan and Norway when it comes to work-life balance.
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Median pay rises in the UK remain at 4% for the three months ending in August, according to new figures from Incomes Data Research (IDR).
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National Education Union (NEU) members overwhelmingly vote to accept the government's 5.5% wage increase offer for teachers in England.
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Council workers in Scotland to be balloted on industrial action after pay offer rejected by Unison was imposed.
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Thousands of NHS staff in Scotland have voted to accept the Scottish government’s pay offer, ending a consultation process.
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New data from LinkedIn highlights a general decline in the number of UK organisations hiring for fully remote positions.
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The government is not enforcing rules that require civil servants to spend three days a week in the office, reports suggest.
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The UK’s labour force is diminishing at its fastest rate since the late 1980s, the Commission on the Future of Employment Support reveals.
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Economic inactivity due to sickness could soar to 4.3 million in the UK by the end of this parliament, a cross-party Commission warns.
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The Belfast company that built the Titanic has announced it is insolvent, putting between 50 and 60 jobs at risk.
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Employers believe the UK will become less attractive to investors if new employment policies are introduced in their current form.
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The moves are meant to ‘reduce costs in Germany to a competitive level’ as the market for electric vehicles evolves.
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One in three small and medium-sized companies believe artificial intelligence could positively transform workplaces, according to a global study.
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Will the UK go with a code of practice, such as that of Ireland, or add teeth, thus following examples in Belgium and Australia?
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With the UK’s skills system ‘in a mess’ according to Keir Starmer, the UK's new skills strategy could do worse than look at how schemes similar to Skills England have fared in the Netherlands.