Employment

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises
Hands holding a piggy bank
Real Living Wage

Half a million workers to receive pay rise worth up to £5k as real Living Wage rises

More than 16,000 UK companies are signed up to the real Living Wage – a voluntary pay standard based on the cost of essentials
Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million
a young person sat on a bench
NEETs

Disability and poor health drives number of young people not in work or education to almost a million

When speaking out about racism costs you everything
Hameeda Khan
Hameeda Khan

When speaking out about racism costs you everything

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'
Employment

Older workers are turning to Botox and plastic surgery to keep their jobs: 'What a depressing thought'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Employment Rights Bill promises landmark reform. Will lack of foresight let it down?
Keir Starmer speaking in the House of Commons. Image: House of Commons/ Flickr
Emma McClelland

The Employment Rights Bill promises landmark reform. Will lack of foresight let it down?

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services
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Department for Work and Pensions

DWP job advisers will soon be in GP surgeries and mental health services

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support
Jobcentre Plus
Disabled people

DWP plans could see more than 50,000 disabled people lose access to vital work support

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion
a person using a phone
Elizabeth Anderson

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK
woman in supermarket
Living standards

Single people must earn at least £30,500 per year to live well in the UK

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts
A Trussell food bank worker sorting food parcels. Image: Dan Prince
Food banks

Revealed: Millions of disabled people went to a food bank last year as Labour plotted benefit cuts

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn
Workers' rights

Watering down the Employment Rights Bill after Rayner exit would be 'gift' to Farage, experts warn

Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs
A DWP Jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

Universal credit sanctions 'undermine' Jobcentre employment support, DWP warned by MPs

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'
jobcentre plus/ dwp
Universal credit

DWP penalises universal credit claimant despite getting new job: 'Congratulations – you're sanctioned'

Architecture trailblazer Muyiwa Oki on building for tomorrow, AI and the race for net zero
Royal Institute of British Architects president Muyiwa Oki
Architecture

Architecture trailblazer Muyiwa Oki on building for tomorrow, AI and the race for net zero

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world
Severn Trent workers.
Neil Morrison

I'm the HR director of a water company. We've got to make some changes in the world

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts
Nyree Ambarchian

The simple reason employers must publish salaries on job adverts

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'
Access to work

Disabled people warn of brutal 'secret' cuts to DWP Access to Work support: 'It's been horrific'

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?
Regeneration

The 2012 Olympics promised to regenerate East London. What went wrong?

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead
Diane Johnson

As an autistic teen I depended on the benefits system – we're all at risk if harmful reforms go ahead

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'
Workers' rights

Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's ex-assistant, applauds UK's NDA ban: 'It's given me faith in democracy'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders
Stock photo of UK bank notes and coins
Wages

Activists are trying to force JD Sports, M&S and more to disclose low pay – all through shareholders

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate
Four-day working week

Is a four-day working week inevitable? Latest UK pilot sees 100% success rate

It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don't know where I'd be without PIP
Haitham Elmasri
Disability benefits

It never crossed my mind I might need disability benefits. Now I don't know where I'd be without PIP

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there
Work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall speaking in parliament
Disability Benefits

Labour's disability benefits bill is supposed to help people into work – but the jobs aren't there