Jobs and employment
Four-day week trial led to better public services, council claims
U.K.
Labour, meanwhile, has resisted union demands to champion the four-day working week despite it being a key policy during the 2019 election. ...
Asda starts clawing back overpayments made to workers during payroll meltdown
Business
It comes after The Telegraph first revealed details of the payroll crisis earlier this year, which was pushed through by bosses despite ...
the town on the front lines of left-behind Britain
U.K.
Grimsby’s experience offers lessons for how the next government can better help other towns with shrinking or stagnating populations. “As a local ...
Asda to outsource staff to Indian company
Business
Following the latest announcement regarding Asda’s outsourcing proposal, bosses are understood to have been inundated with questions from worried workers. Asda’s IT ...
Staff ditching work-from-home Fridays and returning to the pub
Business
This led to many employees steering clear of the office on Mondays and Fridays, earning them the nickname “TWaTs” – in reference ...
Unemployed Britons to do migrant jobs under Labour plans
U.K.
Unemployed Britons will be trained to do jobs normally taken by overseas workers to cut net migration, the Shadow Home Secretary has ...
Porn and gaming blamed for surge in jobless young men
Business
Women’s mental health has been suffering because of unrealistic ideals portrayed on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. “For boys… ...
Rishi Sunak vows to end Britain’s ‘sick note culture’
U.K.
In his speech, the Prime Minister will argue that heightened awareness of mental health issues is a good thing, but also that ...
Offering a chair to an older work colleague could break equality laws, finds tribunal
Health
Offering a chair to an older colleague at work could count as age discrimination, a tribunal has found. Being given the opportunity ...
Slash benefits to get more men into work, IMF urges
Business
“Reduced unemployment benefits and lower labour taxes are associated with higher participation for men of prime working age,” the IMF said in ...
