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Job vacancies down on same period last year

Job vacancies down on same period last year

It seems that all this talk of double dip recessions and financial crises in the Euro Zone is affecting employers […]

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Working Tax Credits not available to strikers

Working Tax Credits not available to strikers

From next year, low-paid workers who take strike action will no longer have their wages topped up by the state. […]

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National Minimum Wage, welfare to work and employment

National Minimum Wage, welfare to work and employment

Last week the Government wrote to the Low Pay Commission setting out the remit for their 2013 report. The Low […]

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Compulsory work scheme not working

Compulsory work scheme not working

Despite employment minister Chris Grayling’s announcement that the Department of Work and Pensions will pump an extra £5 million into […]

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Private training providers will be in direct competition with universities for the first time.

Private training providers will be in direct competition with universities for the first time.

The Government announced in its response to the higher education White Paper, that private providers will be subject to the […]

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Transitional arrangement for Universal Credit

Transitional arrangement for Universal Credit

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that there is likely to be transitional support for claimants moving […]

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Half of organisations which left the Work Programme are in the voluntary sector

Half of organisations which left the Work Programme are in the voluntary sector

Employment minister Chris Grayling has announced that 28 organisations left the Work Programme between August and January 2011: over half […]

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Number of people working beyond state retirement age has doubled in 20 years

Number of people working beyond state retirement age has doubled in 20 years

This morning of the office of National Statistics published figures into the working status of people over the age of […]

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Bank robbery does pay, (£36,000) but not on the fourth time

Bank robbery does pay, (£36,000) but not on the fourth time

Crime does pay for bank robbers but only if they stop after the third raid. A recent study has proved […]

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New Enterprise Allowance, growing business

New Enterprise Allowance, growing business

Figures released by the Department of Work and Pensions reveal that since the launch of the New Enterprise Allowance in […]

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