A National Audit Office report has revealed that testing the free childcare hours rollout could have avoided some risks.
Pay & benefits
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The median basic pay award in the three months to the end of March dropped slightly to 4.8%, according to...
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Up to £6,000 will be available for teachers working in key STEM subjects as part of drive to recruit and retain the best staff.
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P&O wages: Ferry operator will comply with new French regulations requiring it to pay £9.96 an hour minimum to workers.
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More than half of employees would like their company to invest in more sustainable benefits such as electric vehicles and sustainable pensions, a survey has revealed.
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About 40,000 extra staff are needed if the government is to fulfil its pledge to offer 30 free hours of childcare to all pre-school children by September next year.
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Low pay is putting job seekers off green jobs or those that have a positive impact on society, research by Indeed has found.
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Unemployment and economic inactivity both increased at the beginning of this year, April 2024 labour market figures show.
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The best way of improving diversity within companies is by improving culture, not by imposing quotas, writes Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, commenting on problems at Goldman Sachs.
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Tesco will pay a ‘thank you’ bonus to more than 220,000 workers after soaring profits last year.
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A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned.
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Nurses are calling for the government to overhaul NHS pay structures or face a “potentially irreversible” workforce crisis.
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One in five highly-skilled contractors is currently not working, with many attributing their absence to reforms to IR35 rules.
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Starting salaries rose at their slowest rate for over three years, according to the UK report on jobs for March 2024.