The UK system is a mess and a big threat to economic growth
Gaps in labour market figures are hampering policymakers, businesses and researchers
Companies will have to pay much higher salaries to people recruited on skilled worker visas from April
Solving Britains’ productivity and growth puzzle depends on collective action on employment and skills
Starting salaries’ pace of growth is softest seen in 34 months, recruiters say
Experts warn ‘patients will suffer’ as students drop out and nursing course acceptances fall by 12%
Rupert Soames says UK needs to avoid ‘European model’ of employment law and resist excessive regulation
Port Talbot closures raise questions over what net zero means for areas blighted by industrial decline
Rate-setters face prolonged uncertainty over state of labour market due to problems at Office for National Statistics
Unhappy employees would need to pay up to bring cases to employment tribunals under government proposals
Sectors from oil and gas to defence are struggling to fill skills gaps
MAC chair accuses government of ‘do as I say’ attitude over raising salary threshold for skilled overseas recruits
TUC and trade body for recruitment sector urge ministers to abandon plan for hiring agency workers during industrial action
Rise in proportion of women working full-time fails to fully offset decline
Demand for care staff is certain to rise, but providers are already failing to fill vacancies
Workers are retraining to take advantage of opportunities in sustainability and environment
Unions warn that decision to shut down blast furnaces will have ‘devastating’ effect
Sweeping restructuring will result in loss of up to 2,800 jobs
Case brought by senior employee at financial watchdog is one of first to deal with back-to-office push
Move by country’s largest craft beer brewer points to broader cooling of wage pressures across economy
Two-year scheme sets new standards for pay and working conditions on British boats
Lower inflation will result in little perceptible improvement to living standards as growth stagnates in 2024, the FT’s annual survey predicts
Experts’ full responses to questions on the year ahead for the UK economy
Letters setting out review bodies’ remit for wages in coming year cite ‘historic nature’ of recent settlements
The figures show the extent to which salary pressures are still bubbling in Britain’s economy
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