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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
Points-Based Immigration Systems in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom
The individual country surveys reveal that Australia operates a hybrid system for skilled migration that involves employer sponsorship and a points-based visa program that was revised in 2012. The UK’s points-based program, introduced in 2003, provides for five different immigrant tiers. Canada uses a points-based selection process for its Federal Skilled Workers Program, which is one of several programs within its “economic class” of immigration 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
UK / The Gender pay gap still at 15%
Official figures analysed by the TUC show the hourly rate of pay for men is £26.54 and for women £18.32, with the disparity even wider in part-time jobs Continue reading
BAE / To cut 1,775 jobs in Britain
British arms maker BAE Systems is set to axe more than 1,000 jobs at its shipbuilding yards in Scotland and southern England Continue reading
UK / Immigrants pay more tax into the British economy than native Brits and claim less in benefits
The report by University College London’s Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration found immigrants arriving after 1999 were 45% less likely to claim state benefits Continue reading
UK / One in five skilled jobs filled by immigrants
One in five skilled British jobs are now filled by immigrants s experts warn UK is becoming too reliant on foreign workers Continue reading
UK / Tata Steel cut around 500 jobs
Tata Steel, Europe’s second-largest steel producer, said on Tuesday it could cut around 500 jobs under plans to restructure the part of its British business that supplies the construction and engineering industries. Changes to its long products business – which makes tubes, rails and rods, used in many industrial sectors – will affect management and … Continue reading
UK / Apprenticeship reforms ‘favour’ large employers, say the AELP
Government reforms of apprenticeship schemes in England and Wales are biased in favour of large employers at the expense of SMEs, according to the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) Continue reading
UK Gender Life Expectancy Gap / Narrows to less than four years
Babies born from 2010 to 2012 can now expect to live to 79 if they are boys and 82.8 if they are girls Continue reading
UK / Record number in apprenticeships, but participation dips in under 19 age group
A record number of people – nearly 860,000 – were taking part in an apprenticeship in 2012/13, new figures show Continue reading
UK / Jobless claims drop by most since 1997, youth unemployment rate at 21%
U.K. jobless claims fell the most in 16 years last month as a wider measure of unemployment remained at 7.7 percent amid signs that the labor market is improving. Claims for unemployment benefit fell 41,700, the most since June 1997, the Office for National Statistics said in London today. The decline exceeded the 25,000 median … Continue reading
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