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National Take Your Child to Work Day 2023 is April 27th. The day is an opportunity for parents or guardians to expose their children to the workplace.

Rishi Sunak wants growth, but ONS figures show rising levels of inactivity because of ill-health

ONS labour market figures published in April 2023 show that many employers are holding back on recruitment. 

While wages have been rising over recent months, they have failed to keep pace with prices

This chronic disease primarily affects people of working age, and in addition to the social cost, it has a significant economic cost. Yet there is insufficient recognition of the condition at an EU level.

Teamsters representing workers at Sysco are on strike, while separately, the union was voted out of a warehouse in Wisconsin.

Jeremy Hunt has changed the benefits system for lead parents, most of whom are women. Hundreds of thousands of parents who rely on Universal Credit will be discouraged from providing day-to-day care for their children. The changes affect 800,000 parents or carers. About 300,000 people with young children will face a greater risk of sanction (having benefits docked), according to estimates from the Work Foundation. The government says it could dock benefits unless parents:

College students who received $4,000 scholarships applied to renew them each year. In January, they learned the renewals were abruptly ended.

On Monday morning, the Supreme Court heard arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the year, Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31. This case involves forcing public employees who opt out of union membership to pay a fee for the “fair share” of costs associated with collective bargaining.

Investegate announcements from Wagestream, Research: Hospitality firms falling behind on staff wellbeing