David Woods

A level results: young people are facing toughest employement outlook since 1994, claims TUC

School leavers may be anxiously awaiting A level results this morning, but the TUC has claimed young people finishing school, college or university this summer are facing the toughest outlook since...

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Dropping levels of unemployment ‘almost impossible to explain’, says Work Foundation

Yesterday the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported the unemployment rate was 8.0% of the economically active population, down 0.2% on the quarter. There were 2.56 million unemployed people,...

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Changes in retirement legislation look set to shake up workforce profiles, predicts Jelf

Following the abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA), and the chancellor, George Osborne’s, decision to link the state pension age (SPA) with longevity expectations, UK employers expect a...

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Pearson becomes first FTSE 100 company directly delivering undergraduate degrees in the UK

Pearson, owner of Penguin and the Financial Times, is launching a higher education college - becoming the first FTSE 100 company to directly deliver degrees in the UK.

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UK has some of the world's most effective leaders of today, but less potential for tomorrow, SHL global study reports

Hong Kong, Germany and the UK have more effective leaders today than any other country in the study whilst Denmark, Brazil and Norway have the lowest supply, according to SHL’s Global Leadership...

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Employers may be overestimating their levels of preparedness, ahead of mandatory payroll RTI, KPMG suggests

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Almost nine out of 10 businesses (86%) of businesses have started to plan for implementing real time information (RTI) reporting of payroll data to HMRC when it becomes mandatory in April 2013,...

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Unemployment falls by 46,000 to 2.56 million, ONS reports

Employment levels in the UK are continuing to rise, according to the Office for National Statistics, with the employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 at 71% for the past quarter of 2012 (April to...

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A third of staff work 16 hours a week more than they did five years ago, reports Travelodge

Every week one in 10 UK employees is squeezing an extra week of unpaid work into their working schedule, giving away more than £157 billion in unpaid overtime every year.

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Government discussion to extend Sunday Trading laws after Paralympics could lead to discrimination claims, employment lawyers warn

The Government is understood to be discussing the possibility of lifting Sunday Trading regulations after the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Interview with Alita Benson, group director of people at Easyjet

Easyjet’s Luton Airport base is hard to miss.

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Staff don't expect mobile connectivity to improve work life balance, Virgin Media Business research shows

Over half of the UK’s mobile workers (54%) think blanket connectivity on the move would significantly shorten their working day, but don’t believe it would improve their work life balance, according...

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Employees' pride in their organisations drops 10% since January, reports Hyphen

Only two fifths of employees are proud to work for their organisations, according to research from Hyphen, the recruitment solutions provider; declining from nearly half at the start of the year.

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