The unemployment rate is expected to stay around 8%.
Britain’s new coalition government will receive an immediate report on the state of the economy today, with the release of monthly unemployment figures and the Bank of England’s latest economic forecasts.
Economists expect official labour market data due at 9.30am to show the
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The recession has been blamed for ruining everything from our love lives to Christmas, but one thing we just don’t seem to talk about enough is the impact the bad economy has had on beautiful people.
As we’ve reported before, one telltale sign of an economic downturn is that you see
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Public sector employers are preparing the ground for substantial post-election
cuts that could result in 750,000 jobs disappearing according to surveys
published todayahead of the final TV election debate between political
leaders.
By Roland Gribben
Published: 6:00AM BST 29 Apr 2010
Capital Economics believes unemployment could reach 3m over the
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FOR the first time in two years, many job seekers may have reason to feel hopeful. Employers are beginning to hire again — or at least think about it.
Sean Kelly
Although the unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent in March, and many economists expect the rate to stay high for
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I’m stranded and missing work – will I lose pay?
You may do. James Willis, an employment lawyer at legal firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, says that if an employee fails to turn up to work, his or her employer is within its rights to dock pay.
“For an employer to meet
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Businesses face 370,000 extra employment tribunals over the next three years,
raking up an additional cost of around £2.6bn.
By Louise Armitstead, Chief City Correspondent
Published: 6:45AM BST 07 Apr 2010
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The first national audit of the country’s skills needs have provided some
shocking statistics. According to the UK Commission for Employment and
Skills, the number of people reported as “not fully proficient” at
their job has increased from 1.3m in 2005 to 1.7m last year.
By James Caan
Published:
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Among people who have lost their jobs in the last year, 71% have suffered symptoms of depression. The number of people suffering stress, anxiety and depression because of redundancies, job insecurity and pay cuts owing to the recession is soaring, a study published today reveals.
Worries about the effects of the
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On Fiverr.com, thousands of jobs are available and they all pay $5. It’s kind of like giving an allowance to adults.
Welcome to the world of micro-employment. Users on Fiverr.com advertise a wide variety of jobs they are willing to do or want someone to do for them for just $5.
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The number of people seeking to resolve an employment dispute by going to tribunal has shot up since the start of the recession, with 90,000 cases heard last year alone compared with an average of about 68,000 a year in each of the three previous years. Each case costs the
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