All news on the topic: Employment

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Santander faces legal challenge over new office attendance rules for former TSB staff
Santander could be hit with legal action after attempts to force its new TSB workforce into the office three days a week.
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Polish food delivery giant PysznePL to fire 5,000 couriers and rehire them through intermediaries on worse terms
The Polish food delivery service PysznePL intends to dismiss all its couriers by the end of August — approximately 5,000 people. After the layoffs, the dismissed workers will be offered the chance to return, but through intermediary companies and on much less favorable terms.
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BBC’s Radio 4 still has no Black lead presenters despite diversity pledges
The BBC’s announcement that it proposes to cut 550 jobs in news, nations, and TV and radio content as part of the first stage in its plan to save £500 million across the corporation over the next two years will have wide-ranging ramifications, not least because people will lose their livelihoods.
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Cambodia sends 156 Chinese nationals home in cyber scam crackdown
Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.
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UK faces "lost generation" as 1.25 million young people risk ending up out of work and education
The number of young people neither working nor learning could reach 1.25 million within the next five years, a review by an ex-Labour health secretary will warn amid fears of a “lost generation.”
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EPPO arrests Spanish official in €3.3m EU funds fraud scheme spanning 15 years in employment subsidy scandal
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain), two suspects were detained on Wednesday.
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Teacher banned for life after ‘racist’ tirade about migrants online
Sam Everett, 29, shared his political views on his X account while working as a PE teacher at Haughton Academy in Darlington between 2022 and 2024.
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Rachel Reeves under fire as fears grow of looming global economic meltdown
The world is on the verge of a financial crisis. Someone should alert our oblivious Chancellor.
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Sharp rise in youth Neet rates puts Labour’s minimum wage pledge under pressure
Labour has been urged to break a manifesto pledge to scrap youth rates of the minimum wage amid a dramatic rise in the number of young people out of work and education.
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Prince William embraces an astonished fan as he’s surrounded by excited students
Prince William had students shouting his name from the windows during his visit to Bournemouth and Poole College today as part of a trip for his Homewards campaign.
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According to the court, a United Nations judge compelled a woman to work as a slave after deceiving her into coming to the UK
A judge from a United Nations criminal tribunal tricked a young woman into coming to the UK to work as her slave while she pursued a PhD in law at the University of Oxford, a court has heard.
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Rogue companies that break visa rules to exploit cheap foreign workers will face punishment under new regulations
Rogue businesses that flout visa rules could face lengthy bans from hiring foreign workers, as ministers seek to crack down on migrant exploitation.
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Employment Rights Bill to cost firms £5bn annually, but gains will justify it, says government
The Department for Business and Trade has said the benefits of the employment rights bill will justify the costs it will impose on business amounting to nearly £5bn per year.
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Autistic people in service in British intelligence
The BBC has been given rare access inside MI5’s headquarters in London to meet a senior intelligence officer who shares what it was like to discover he was neurodivergent.