Nearly three in five (57%) of young employees believe it is important for businesses to have set race and gender targets, a new study reveals
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UK employers are becoming more flexible in their approach to hiring people who don’t speak English in a bid to combat labour shortages.
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Care England urges the government to take urgent action after its latest report shows vacancies in the adult social care sector remain high.
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Nearly half (49%) of employers have struggled with recruitment in the past year, with nearly three in five (57%) blaming salary expectations.
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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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One in three small and medium-sized companies believe artificial intelligence could positively transform workplaces, according to a global study.