Employment

RBS Cuts 1,400 Jobs, HSBC Considering Bigger Job Cuts

RBS Cuts 1,400 Jobs, HSBC Considering Bigger Job Cuts

Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland plans to axe over 1,400 jobs during its next round of layoffs. The troubled financial…

Disabled workers protest factory closures amid claims of discrimination

Disabled workers protest factory closures amid claims of discrimination

As the Remploy website states, they are ‘committed’ to helping disabled workers find employment so with the news of planned…

Minimum wage will not rise for UK youth

Minimum wage will not rise for UK youth

Although it was a hard decision to make, according to Vince Cable, there will not be a rise in the…

Jobless rate slowly falling

Jobless rate slowly falling

Jobs in the private sector are showing signs of finally offsetting the redundancies within the public sector. However, at the…

Young black men currently the highest group of unemployed

Young black men currently the highest group of unemployed

The most recent data released by the Office for National Statistics show that the jobless rate amongst young black men…

Chaos in the work experience scheme

Chaos in the work experience scheme

Recently Tesco made an announcement that the store would begin offering wages to those on benefits who have been working…

Employment Outlook in the UK Worse Than in Two Decades

Employment Outlook in the UK Worse Than in Two Decades

With more than 200,000 people expected to become unemployed during the next 12 months, UK employment is set to reach…

UK austerity measures now striking at cancer patients

UK austerity measures now striking at cancer patients

In what may yet be the most controversial of government cuts, MPs are being advised to consider forcing cancer patients,…

Jobs steadily declining in the UK

Jobs steadily declining in the UK

Recent figures released by accounting firm KPMG and REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) show that jobs have declined at the…

Public sector strike begins disrupting services across the UK

Public sector strike begins disrupting services across the UK

More than two million public workers have staged a strike shutting down schools for the day and bringing public services…