Furloughed workers who lose their jobs are less likely to have higher-level qualifications than the general population, impacting their search for new job opportunities.
The UK government’s extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has come as a welcome relief for many employers as the country faces its second national lockdown.
The coronavirus pandemic has reportedly had the biggest impact on young people, especially those from a deprived background, as their education and job prospects have been largely affected.
Thousands of disabled employees have lost their jobs in the past year due to coronavirus, leading to calls for immediate government intervention.
Amendments to the Job Support Scheme (JSS) aim to support businesses in need of more financial aid but HR professionals aren’t so sure it will go far enough.
HR professionals will be working on average 22 days of overtime due to the workload of processing redundancies over the winter.
COVID-19 has impacted the young graduates’ confidence in their career prospects, a new report has revealed.
?Yesterday the UK government confirmed its three-tier lockdown rule to protect the public from coronavirus.
Despite the ongoing challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, there has still been plenty of job changes in the HR sector. Here, we roundup our top movers and shakers.
?The Department for Work & Pensions’ (DWP) £238 million Job Entry Targeted Support (JETS) has provided another piece in the puzzle faced by people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic, yet critics...
The government’s £2 billion Kickstart job placement scheme has attracted more than 65,000 applications in its first month, as the UK’s benefits system braces for a significant rise in unemployment as...
?Last week the chancellor announced his winter economic plans, with chilling consequences for millions of workers.