by Sam | 17 Sep 2014 | Data, Economy, Employment
The BBC reports that the unemployment rate fell to 6.2 per cent over the three months to the end of July, its lowest level since 2008, official figures show. The number of jobless people fell by 146,000 to 2.02 million over the quarter, the Office for National...
by Sam | 16 Apr 2014 | Employment, Politics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning published its latest monthly labour market statistics, covering the quarter December 2013 – February 2014 . The figures show that unemployment fell by 77,000 on the previous quarter (September – November...
by Sam | 25 Mar 2014 | Employment, General Election 2015, Outsourcing, Politics, Welfare
The Resolution Foundation think tank has called for workers on a zero-hours contract to be given a legal right to a fixed-hours contract after 12 months. The think tank’s report has also called for: a ban on ‘exclusivity clauses’ in zero-hours...
by Sam | 17 Mar 2014 | Employment, Outsourcing, Politics, Welfare
A leaked internal memo from the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) has stated that the Government’s flagship employment website, Universal Jobmatch, is to be scrapped when its contract is renewed in two years’ time, according to The Independent. The...
by Sam | 13 Mar 2014 | Employment, Outsourcing, Politics, Welfare
Channel 4 news has run a report on an internal analysis of the Work Programme completed last September, and allegedly blocked for publication by Ministers, which found that only 23% of Work Programme providers believed that the programme was either ‘somewhat’ or...
