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    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      Workplace diversity & equality
      A new generation refuses to keep quiet on age discrimination at work

      Staff willingness to whistleblow is finally shining a light on employers who tolerate such practices

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      UK employment
      UK farmers stop recruiting Nepalese workers after exploitation warning

      Halt to hiring from south Asian nation will exacerbate labour shortages

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      UnhedgedEthan Wu
      The forever labour shortage Premium content

      Two views on wages, ageing and inflation

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon warehouse workers set for first UK strike

      Action by 300 staff in Coventry represents a milestone in the efforts of unions to establish a foothold in logistic sector

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      UK employment
      Fire and rehire should be ‘absolute last resort’, UK warns

      Code of practice aims to protect workers from threats of dismissal over new employment terms

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Federal Trade Commission US
      But what about my garden leave?

      Or: what the FTC’s proposed non-compete ban could mean for hedges

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

      Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Big tech
      Alphabet swings axe as Big Tech retreats from pandemic boom

      Google parent to cut 12,000 jobs as tech sector sheds more than 200,000 posts over 12 months

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Ros Altmann
      Pension regulator must tackle rule-breaking employers

      The onus on employees to challenge workplace pension problems needs to change

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      LexHays PLC
      Hays: Europe-focused recruiter needs to diversify Premium content

      Expansion into technology helps a group that is vulnerable to regional downturns

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      LexTechnology sector
      US tech jobs: dismissals do not reverse pandemic-era expansions Premium content

      Workforce reductions are more readjustment than sector-wide predictions of prolonged economic downturn

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Technology sector
      Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs in push to bring down costs

      Tech giant is the latest to trim staff following post-pandemic recruitment sprees

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      News in-depthChinese economy
      China pins growth hopes on struggling small businesses

      Mom-and-pop enterprises crucial to driving post-Covid revival after GDP expansion slows in 2022

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      UK employment
      UK wages jump but fail to keep pace with inflation

      Gap between public and private sector pay growth is fuelling current wave of strike action

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      In labour markets, the devil is often in the detail

      Non-compete clauses buried in contracts stack the deck against workers

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      UK business & economy
      UK worker shortfall due to Brexit curbs estimated at 330,000

      Ending free movement from EU is ‘contributing significantly’ to shortages in lower-skilled sectors, think-tanks find

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Teachers in England and Wales vote to strike over pay

      Biggest education union announces seven days of walkouts in February and March

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      FT Swamp Notes
      Lina Khan’s new line in the sand Premium content

      She’s been especially creative in taking on the problematic asymmetries between labour and capital

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      LexExecutive Pay
      Pay resentment: a little knowledge is an expensive thing Premium content

      Being open about what is in everyone’s wage packet tends to hold back overall worker income

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Wanted: older workers for flexible and desirable jobs

      Growing numbers of companies are changing their attitudes towards age and targeting over-50s for key roles

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      UK employment
      Sunak prepares big push to tackle economic inactivity in the UK

      Prime minister rejects business pleas for increased immigration to deal with labour shortages

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Social affairs
      New policy idea: give older workers money. Because why not?

      Yes, and ho!

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Trade unions vow to boycott NHS pay review body

      Pressure mounts on ministers to increase wages of health workers amid latest walkout by ambulance staff

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      LexUS employment
      Non-competes: Khan move would raise costs for shareholders Premium content

      FTC’s pending decree set to hand US workers more leverage over employers

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK labour disputes
      Are Britain’s striking public sector workers underpaid?

      FT analysis shows that many key occupations have seen their pay squeezed over the past decade

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