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Time Has Come To Dispel The Myth Of 'Feckless' Young People, UKCES Claims

Time Has Come To Dispel The Myth Of 'Feckless' Young People, UKCES Claims | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) is calling for more to be done to dispel the myth of 'feckless' young people.
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Breaking: NHS Staff Vote To Strike Against 'Destructive' 1% Pay Offer - Unite

Breaking: NHS Staff Vote To Strike Against 'Destructive' 1% Pay Offer - Unite | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Besides the four-hour strike between 07.00 and 11.00 on 13 October, Unite members in England will be working to rule and adhering to the 37.5 hour week
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Self-Employment 'Is A Ticking Time Bomb'

Self-Employment 'Is A Ticking Time Bomb' | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Amid new data on the rise of the self-employed, a workers' union says poor pension provision is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Fewer elderly people at work nowadays compared with Victorian times

Fewer elderly people at work nowadays compared with Victorian times | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Research shows only 10% of over 65s carry on working in 2014 compared with more than 50% in the 1890s
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Britain’s youth risk being locked out of any recovery

Britain’s youth risk being locked out of any recovery | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Tom Clark: From housing to jobs and benefits, the under-35s have little to hope for in the aftermath of this economic slump
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Self-employed workers have taken the biggest hit of all in great pay squeeze

Self-employed workers have taken the biggest hit of all in great pay squeeze | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Commenting on a new analysis of self-employment published today (Wednesday) by the Office for National Statistics, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:
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Government To Ban 'Exclusivity' Clauses In Zero-Hours Contracts

Government To Ban 'Exclusivity' Clauses In Zero-Hours Contracts | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
The coalition government is to unveil plans to ban 'exclusivity' clauses in zero-hours contracts, the Business Secretary Vince Cable has revealed.
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Job Creation 20% Below Pre-Recession Levels, New Report Shows

Job Creation 20% Below Pre-Recession Levels, New Report Shows | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Trade Union Congress (TUC) Press Release: Inner London is the only area of the country to have a higher rate of job starts than before the recession, while job creation in some parts of the country...
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NHS executives bag hefty 6.1% pay rise as nurses' pay packets are hit

NHS executives bag hefty 6.1% pay rise as nurses' pay packets are hit | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Salaries of NHS executives had soared by 6.1% since 2012, while nurses’ pay had gone up by just 1.6%
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Unemployment down 161,000 to 2.6 million | Left Foot Forward

Unemployment down 161,000 to 2.6 million | Left Foot Forward | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unemployment decreased by 161,000 in the three months to April 2014 to 2.6 million, with the unemployment rate now at 6.6 per cent, today’s labour market s
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Unemployment and out-of-work benefits - Full Fact

Unemployment and out-of-work benefits - Full Fact | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

To be classed as unemployed from a statistical perspective, you need to meet two criteria

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News story: Record number of women in employment in Scotland

News story: Record number of women in employment in Scotland | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unemployment in Scotland fell by 7,000, to 183,000 in the period February to April 2014, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data released today.
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Oxfam 'perfect storm' poster attacked as 'shameful' by Conservative politicians

Oxfam 'perfect storm' poster attacked as 'shameful' by Conservative politicians | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
A leading aid charity is facing an investigation by the Charity Commission after Tory MPs complained about a poster campaign attacking the Government's austerity drive.
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New Minimum Wage Is ‘A Disgrace’, Says Unite

New Minimum Wage Is ‘A Disgrace’, Says Unite | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unite said that it was disgraceful that the coalition had allowed wage rates for council workers to drop to the NMW level.
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We Need An £8 Minimum Wage NOW - Not Later, Say Unite

We Need An £8 Minimum Wage NOW - Not Later, Say Unite | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Independent report says £1.50 increase in minimum wage in 2015 is affordable
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Bills soar FOUR times faster than wages as total pay falls for first time since 2009

Bills soar FOUR times faster than wages as total pay falls for first time since 2009 | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Inflation slowed from 1.9% in June to 1.6% last month, using the Government’s preferred way of measuring it
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Older worker hotspots revealed

Older worker hotspots revealed | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
According the figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions, Watford has the highest rate of employment among older workers.
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UNISON | Name and shame councils if care providers ignore the minimum wage | Home

UNISON | Name and shame councils if care providers ignore the minimum wage | Home | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

UNISON has called on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to publicly name and shame councils who commission social care employers that flout National Minimum Wage laws. 

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David Cameron Rebuked Over Jobs Claim

David Cameron Rebuked Over Jobs Claim | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Neither the original fear that migrants were taking British jobs nor the reversal of this trend were supported by official data
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Government Cannot Deny ‘Growing Scandal Of In-Work Poverty’, Say Unite

Government Cannot Deny ‘Growing Scandal Of In-Work Poverty’, Say Unite | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Unite renewed calls for an immediate increase to the national minimum wage to tackle in-work poverty, following publication of a Living Wage Commission report.
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Job Prospects For Young People Not In Full-Time Education ‘Deteriorating’, Say TUC

Job Prospects For Young People Not In Full-Time Education ‘Deteriorating’, Say TUC | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Trade Union Congress (TUC) Press Release: Young people not in full-time education are now less likely to be in work than people of other ages and their prospects are declining, despite the recent...
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Employment rockets by record high as UK economy continues recovery

Employment rockets by record high as UK economy continues recovery | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
THE number of people with a job in Britain rocketed by a record 345,000 in the first three months of this year, official figures showed today.
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UK unemployment total falls to 2.16m

UK unemployment total falls to 2.16m | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it

The UK jobs market continued to improve in the three months to April, although the rate of wage increases slowed sharply, official figures show.

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Press release: Welsh Secretary responds to Labour Market Statistics

Press release: Welsh Secretary responds to Labour Market Statistics | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
This government’s long-term economic plan is working for the people of Wales, Welsh Secretary David Jones said today (11 June), as official figures reveal a further fall in unemployment in Wales.
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Families suffer as wage growth falls again - Telegraph

Families suffer as wage growth falls again - Telegraph | Welfare News Service (UK) - Newswire | Scoop.it
Wages fall back below inflation as squeeze on living standards goes on
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