The UK jobs market grew on an annual basis for a second consecutive month as more companies advertised seasonal roles.
Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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Unions in the public sector have threatened to go on strike despite above-inflation pay rises being announced yesterday.
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Understanding the neuroscience behind a personal connection to employees can make reward and recognition budgets go further.
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Pooled tips and service charges – also known as ‘tronc’ payments – should be included in holiday pay, according to...
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Less than half of UK workers would comply with a full-time return to office mandate, according to researchers at King’s...
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Ryanair has asked a number of flight attendants in Spain to repay salary increases after a legal dispute with one of their unions.
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Falling public sector productivity could drive up labour costs by more than £5 billion by the end of this decade, a forecast suggests.
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Thousands of jobs at discount retailer Poundland could be at risk as its parent company looks to sell it off.
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Two-fifths of employers are struggling to hire despite an increase in unemployment, according to the latest Talent Trends report from Michael Page.
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Ministers could block executives at Thames Water from taking bonuses after the utility applied for a £3bn emergency loan.
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The government plans to cut the number of civil service roles in London by 12,000, closing 11 offices in the...
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The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal regarding a discrimination claim brought by a cleaner for the Ministry of...
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Burberry announced the proposed cuts as it reported its financial results today, recording a £66 million loss in the past financial year.
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The University of Salford has launched a new research cluster focused on cultivating better workplaces and the impacts of evolving trends.
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Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government’s Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers’ reliance on overseas...