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Employment

  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    US employment
    Treasury yields jump after US jobs report smashes expectations

    Bank of America says ‘gangbusters’ figures will dash hopes for further Federal Reserve rate cuts

    Chart of US employment growth
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    The Big Question
    The Big Question: How much sick pay should companies offer?

    Policies vary dramatically between different countries, but striking the right balance is hard

    FT montage of a payslip on the left and a woman wearing a protective medical mask on the right, separated by a question mark
  • Friday, 10 January, 2025
    Social affairs
    UK businesses back scheme to prevent repeat offending

    Prisons minister James Timpson’s initiative will see people on probation and serving sentences outside jail helped into work

    James Timpson
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    UK politics
    Civil servant long-term sickness hits post-pandemic high in UK

    Ministry of Justice was department with highest average length of absence

    Whitehall
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    UK employment
    UK recruiters report fresh slowdown in hiring as planned tax rises bite

    Survey results will heighten investor concerns over stagflation threat in economy

    Workers walk through the Canary Wharf financial district
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    UK employment
    Back to office disputes spread across UK public sector

    Staff at Land Registry to take industrial action after being ordered back to their desks three days a week

    City office workers cross London Bridge on their way home
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    The Big Read
    The fight over robots threatening American jobs

    As automation becomes a reality everywhere from retail warehouses to restaurant kitchens, the use of robots is increasingly controversial

    A humanoid robot;  a striking dockworker holds up a placard; and a  factory robotic arm
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    US economy
    US stocks slide as strong data sends Treasury yields higher

    Investors bet Fed likely to lower interest rates just once this year after better than expected jobs and services figures

    The Federal Reserve building in Washington DC
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Sarah O'Connor
    How much sick pay is too much sick pay?

    The contrasting cases of Germany and the UK are revealing about policy trade-offs

    A sick pay now placard at a zero hour contracts protest.
  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    FT Swamp Notes
    The battle for working people Premium content

    Laura Loomer makes an important point about supporting American workers in the face of global competition

    Maga influencer Laura Loomer
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    US economy
    The coming American labour market shock

    Ignore the Fed’s flip-flop and focus on labour dynamics

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    UK economy
    Problems with UK economy data could be widespread, warns lawmaker

    Meg Hillier highlights damaging consequences of under-investment in key forecasting systems

    Meg Hillier is seated in a committee room
  • Saturday, 28 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Starmer must make 2025 ‘year of delivery’, says union boss

    TUC chief Paul Nowak calls for prime minister to set out road map on public services and see off populist right

    TUC general secretary Paul Nowak
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    News in-depthUK defence industry
    Fears over defence industry skills as UK waits for new Typhoon orders

    Workers at BAE Systems’ Lancashire factory assembling the fighter jet are worried about their future

    The Typhoon final assembly line in Warton
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Dozens of UK Amazon workers suffer serious injuries leading to union anger

    New data over recent years reveal blindings and amputations, prompting calls for more focus on safety for vulnerable staff

    A general view of the Rugeley Amazon Fulfilment Centre in the UK
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Work & Careers
    Young people are rejecting work. Why?

    An increase in Neets, who are not in education, employment or training, exposes grievances about the labour market

  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks baristas strike in big US cities as contract talks falter

    Workers launch 5-day protest in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle as union and coffee chain remain far apart on pay

    Nafi Soumare, far right, a barista picketing outside a Chicago Starbucks on Friday
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Draw your own chart game: how well do you know the jobs market?

    Test your knowledge on trends from hybrid schedules to AI hiring

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    UK employment
    UK employers eye ‘competitive advantage’ in hiring neurodivergent workers

    Six-fold rise in job ads that mention conditions such as ADHD and autism since 2019, data shows

    Joseph Koppenhout
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    US employment
    Fewer people are finding jobs

    This seems bad?

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    UK employment
    UK wage growth accelerates to 5.2%

    Increase in pay for three months to October driven by private sector

    Commuters crossing London Bridge
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    UK immigration
    Skilled migrants contribute more to public finances than working Britons, report finds

    Migration Advisory Committee figures highlight trade-offs of tighter UK immigration policy

    People waiting in a queue to enter the UK at passport control at Heathrow airport
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    The gig economy is coming to a shop near you

    Apps that let retailers hire freelance staff by the shift are increasing in popularity

    Young ones promotional picture of a  younger person looking at her mobile phone while standing next to a black labradoodle
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    UK economy
    Higher business taxes take toll on UK economy as companies cut back hiring

    Fall in private sector employment blamed on Reeves’ £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions

    Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge
  • Monday, 16 December, 2024
    UK employment
    UK private sector employment shrinks at fastest pace since 2021

    S&P data for December follows tax rises on business in autumn Budget

    City office workers cross London Bridge
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