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UK / Workers face biggest fall in living standards since Victorian era says the New Economics Foundation
More than five million people are officially classified as low paid and an increasing number of public sector workers are struggling to make ends meet, according to the New Economics Foundation (NEF) think-tank Continue reading
IT Security Skills Gap in UK / A self-inflicted crisis?
Some experts, however, believe efforts to boost cyber security education ignore a more fundamental problem: the shortage is largely down to unrealistic recruitment criteria Continue reading
UK / JCB creates 2,500 jobs
JCB has unveiled plans to create 2,500 jobs by 2018 in a boost to the government’s plans to create a sustainable recovery. The earthmoving equipment maker is to build two plants – replacing its facility at Rugeley – and expand operations at its Staffordshire headquarters under a £150m scheme unveiled on Friday. Chosen excerpts by … Continue reading
Hewlett-Packard in UK / To cut 1,124 jobs says union
U.S. IT group Hewlett-Packard Co is set to cut 1,124 jobs in Britain at the start of next year, the Unite union said on Wednesday. Unite said it had attended a meeting where managers were outlining their plans to cut jobs at the group’s sites in Bracknell, Sheffield and Warrington in the first three months … Continue reading
UK / 83% of jobseekers over 60 believe that they have been rejected for a job because of their age
The survey also found that 73% of those aged 51-60 feel that they too have been discounted from a role due to their age Continue reading
UK needs a better developed vocational higher education system with higher apprenticeships says AoC’s rep
Universities are trying to fit a “square plug into a round hole” by attempting to “tack on” employability skills to a three-year academic degree, a college representative has said. Nick Davy, higher education policy manager at the Association of Colleges (AoC), argued that England instead needed a better developed vocational higher education system, including a … Continue reading
India / TCS wins 1,000 offshore jobs from British energy firm NPower
India’s largest IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) on Thursday won a major deal to handle nearly 1,000 offshore jobs for the British energy giant NPower as part of its restructuring Continue reading
Post Office in UK / ‘Modernisation’ means 4,000 postmasters face compulsory redundancy says union
Responding to the government statement on funding for Post Office modernisation today (Wednesday) the Communication Workers Union explains that the reality behind the spin is that up to 4,000 postmasters will face compulsory redundancy as a result of being forced to take a cut in pay and conditions or lose their jobs. The Network Transformation … Continue reading
Social Mobility in UK / Almost three-quarters of workers who were on low pay in 2002 failed to escape
A report from the Resolution Foundation, an independent thinktank, shows that of the 4.7 million workers who were low-paid in 2002, 1.3 million (27% of the total) didn’t improve their earnings at any point during the decade and that a further 2.2 million (46%) moved in and out of low pay but had failed to escape it for good by the end of the decade Continue reading
UK / Almost half of graduates work in non-graduate jobs, says ONS
Almost half of graduates in the UK are working in non-graduate roles, a report published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) has found. Continue reading
NEETs in UK / 1.07million, a drop of 19,000 says ONS
There were 1.07 million young people (aged from 16 to 24) in the UK who were Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), down 19,000 from April to June 2013 and down 28,000 from a year earlier Continue reading
UK / Nestle to create 1,600 jobs for young people
Nestle is hiring almost 2,000 young workers – the BBC hears from one engineer and the firm’s UK boss KitKat maker Nestle has said it will create 1,600 jobs for young people in the UK and Ireland over the next three years. The food giant says it will also create 300 paid work experience placements. … Continue reading
UK / Blockbuster to cut 452 jobs and close 72 UK outlets
Appointed administrators to Blockbuster have announced plans to close 72 of its 264 outlets with the loss of 452 jobs Continue reading
UK / Jobless rate falls to three-year low
The unemployment rate fell to 7.6%, the lowest rate in more than three years. Continue reading
Childhood bullying victims in UK / Earn less and are more unemployed
Victims of bullying earned 2.1% less than the average wage, are 3.3% less likely to be in employment, and are 4.1% less likely to be participating in the labour market research finds Continue reading
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