work
Why we should fear the National Living Wage
The term ‘living wage’ may cause the legal minimum to become the going rate for low-skilled work.
Jobs or pay – we still haven’t got the hang of delivering on both
There are good reasons to worry that stalling earnings may stifle household demand
Finally, employment growth and wage gains. But…
As risks to the global economy increase, these cuts are all the more dangerous
Unemployment down 79,000 to 1.77m
Unemployment decreased by 79,000 in the three months to August 2015
Unemployment up 10,000 to 1.82m
Unemployment increased by 10,000 in the three months to August
The jobs recovery is still too finely balanced to call
We should be cautious about seeing a labour market trend from a month or two of bad figures