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Relocating high-skilled public sector jobs to a struggling area is an obvious lever to pull, but the real issue is their lack of high-skilled jobs in the private sector.

The gender pay gap for women in their 50s will not close until 2050 at current rates, Labour has claimed.

BME workers are more than twice (2.2 times) as likely as white workers to face unemployment. The BME unemployment rate currently stands at 7.0 per cent compared to 3.2 per cent for white workers.

Men’s earnings outstrip women’s earnings by more than double the UK average, a new report has revealed.

This report makes the case that economic and policy changes in the last two decades necessitate a comprehensive review of the UK pension system.

The Good Friday Agreement ended a three decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland. Peace has brought some economic improvements, including lower unemployment, higher wages for low earners and the arrival of new industries. But progress in other areas – particularly productivity – has been limited.

According to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) October 2022 report, Annual survey of hours and earnings, while the median UK gender pay gap for full-time workers was lower than 2019’s pre-pandemic figure of 8.9%, it increased in 2022 to 8.3% from 7.9% in 2021, and 7.4% in 2020. Such figures demonstrate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic crisis on employers’ pay gaps.

The gender pay gap for women in their fifties will not close if current rates continue, it has been claimed.

‘Equal pay generation’ of female workers abandoned by Tories, says Anneliese Dodds, who commissioned research

Analysis for Byline Times reveals charity sector employees are themselves being pushed into poverty pay, Nic Murray reports. But staff are fighting back

'Overconfident' men often wait longer for higher-paying positions, accounting for about 30% of difference between sexes, study finds

In January, thanks to a sale of 467,000 copies in its first week on shelves, Prince Harry’s Spare (Bantam Books) became the fastest-selling nonfiction book since Nielsen BookData’s official sales records began in the late 1990s.

The budget available to Members of the Senedd to meet their business costs will be increased by 10.1% in line with inflation to help fund office running costs and residential accommodation for Members who live outside Cardiff.

Thousands of employers in the scope of the gender pay gap reporting requirements are still to publish their data just days before the deadline.

The Home Office has issued its annual Spring Statement of Changes to immigration rules. Vanessa Ganguin outlines the key developments HR and hiring teams need to be aware of.