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JRF: A job is no longer a way out of poverty
24 November 2014
A report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) reminds us that “the recovery is precarious for people in poverty”.
Pay falls for sixth consecutive year
26 November 2014
British workers are facing a sixth year of falling pay, figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown. This year wages have risen by 0.1% – the smallest increase since records began 17 years ago. When inflation is taken into account, pay is down 1.6% on 2013.
Failure to offer suitable alternative vacancy to woman on maternity leave not necessarily discriminatory
24 November 2014
Felicia Epstein’s commentary on the case.
Government response to overseas job advertising is published
14 November 2014
A government response to the consultation on prohibiting employment agencies and employment businesses from advertising jobs exclusively in other EEA countries has been published. The response confirms that the government will proceed with introducing the new regulations.
G20 governments are “not tackling the inequality of wages and rising unemployment”
13 November 2014
As the G20 leaders assemble in Brisbane today (November 13), a survey of Labour 20 (L20) members has found that 56% of G20 policies are ineffective at improving outcomes for working people.
TUC: only 1 in 40 new jobs are full-time
13 November 2014
The TUC has released research showing that only one in forty jobs created since the recession is full-time.
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