employment
Encouraging news on jobs, but far too early to call a labour market recovery
This month’s REC/KPMG Report on Jobs makes for moderately hopeful reading, but it is still far too early to call a labour market recovery, writes Richard Exell.
Osborne’s solution to unemployment? Make it easier to unemploy people
George Osborne reignited his war on working people last night by urging company bosses to lobby the government - ie. him - to make it easier to sack staff.
Employment figures mask the rise in under-employment
Duncan Wheldon argues that even the mediocre employment figures released today STILL overstate the positive news
TUC warns EU – don’t undermine our employment rights
Tony Burke writes about the fear of the unions over the EU's attempts to undermine employment rights
The US has turned a corner in unemployment; can we follow them?
Tony Burke reports on the continuing rise in employment in the USA - and asks if we can follow their path.
“The PM is wrong: the labour market is very weak”
Richard Exell runs through the latest figures from the labour market, and finds that "it is very weak and the prospects for unemployed people are very poor."