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Labour on Welfare in UK / Make benefit claimants take skills tests and training
A Labour government will introduce a Basic Skills Test to assess all new claimants for Job Seekers Allowance within six weeks of claiming benefits. Those who dont have the skills they need for a job will have to take up training alongside their jobsearch or lose their benefits Continue reading
Immigrant Welfare Rules in UK / Housing pay to be removed
The U.K. is to stop immigrants from receiving payments to cover housing costs unless they have jobs, as political parties seek to show voters they’re tough on welfare. “No longer can people come here from abroad and expect to get something for nothing,” Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith and Home Secretary Theresa May … Continue reading
Grads in UK / Recruitment levels at a seven-year high but jobs ‘reserved for student interns’
Companies said that four-in-10 positions being advertised for graduates in 2014 would be reserved for those with previous experience – barring other final year students from applying Continue reading
Skills Gap in UK Wind Power / Apprenticeship scheme launched
The UK’s Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) – the national body responsible for developing and benchmarking standards and skills in the power sector – recently launched its Wind Turbine Installation and Commissioning Apprenticeship. The second part of the UK’s first wind power-dedicated apprenticeship, it’s designed to develop skills of new recruits to the sector, … Continue reading
UK / More than three quarters of a million young people believe they have nothing to live for
The Prince’s Trust Macquarie Youth Index has found that more than three quarters of a million young people believe they have nothing to live for, with jobless youngsters facing “devastating” symptoms of mental illness Continue reading
UK / Unemployment rate slips to four-and-a-half year low of 7.4%
Britain’s unemployment rate has slipped to a four-and-a-half year low of 7.4%, edging closer to the “threshold” at which the Bank of England has said it will consider raising interest rates. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Wednesday that unemployment in the three months to October was 2.39 million, or 7.4% of the … Continue reading
Gender Pay gap in UK / Increased to 10.0% from 9.5% in 2012 finds ONS
The gender pay gap (i.e. the difference between men’s and women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings) based on median gross hourly earnings (excluding overtime) for full-time employees increased to 10.0% from 9.5% in 2012 Continue reading
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
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
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
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