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Junior doctors are striking. Should we increase their wages by a third?

by Economy Team in News
4 in 5 of us aren’t putting enough into our pension pot

by Economy Team in Issues
Rail strikes have rolled into the UK. Why?

by Economy Team in News
How will remote work impact the careers of younger workers?

by Economy Team in News

Recent articles

Published 12 months ago

A new UK policy will kick people off benefits if they don’t try to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

Only three percent of UK nursery workers are male

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 2 years ago

Why caring about climate change means caring about Congolese mining

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Midlands binmen have gone on strike

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should companies ban employees from talking about politics?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Denmark has no minimum wage… and lots of well-paid low-skilled jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Post-pandemic, is workplace power tipping towards employees?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The rise of remote work had led to predictions of a digital nomad boom

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Would more foreign workers solve Britain’s current labour shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Millions more kids are having to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

The UK’s biggest trade union just got a new boss

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

EU companies can now ban Hijabs. Religious neutrality or Islamophobia?

by Sahra Mohamed in Voices
Published 3 years ago

Will welfare cuts fix staff shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

What would happen if our colleagues chose the size of our pay check?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Over five million EU citizens want to remain in post-Brexit Britain

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

How much should charity bosses earn?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should we all start having hours-long work lunches?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

One in three Deliveroo workers earn less than minimum wage

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Wanted for hire: 6 million new nurses

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

UK gov pirouettes away from ad suggesting ballerinas switch careers

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

1 in 4 US women are considering stepping back from their job

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Having a job helps you sleep at night

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Workplaces may have to drug test staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

My family moved to the UK for a better life. Then Covid-19 happened.

by Rohin Sheja in Voices
Published 4 years ago

Unemployment is going up. Is a four-day working week the answer?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Employees used to love the idea of WFH. Do they still?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Thousands of Brits have lost their job… and it’s about to get much worse

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Police, doctors and teachers are getting a pay rise

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 & Jobs [Podcast]

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 4 years ago

I want to work. But without my legal refugee status I’m not allowed.

by J - May Project Gardens in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Is furlough worse for high earners?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

92% of Britons want footballers to take a pay cut. Why aren’t they?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Coronavirus is destroying the underground economy

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK plans to bar all low-skilled, low-paid non-English-speaking migrants

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Minimum wages may reduce suicide rates

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want to quit as royals and some UK taxpayers are mad about it

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Greggs made loads of money in 2019. So it gave £7 million to its staff.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

GPs make £100k a year. Half of them still want to quit.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK government wants to hire “weirdos” (their words, not ours)

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

We could all probably take every Friday off and be just as good at our jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

H&M’s boss says stopping shopping will have “terrible social consequences”

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Commuters attacked Extinction Rebellion protesters who were stopping them going to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Low-skilled immigrants may make some poor Brits poorer. Here’s why that’s not the whole story.

by Economy Team
Published 5 years ago

Personality tests reveal nothing about you

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can we treat the Climate Strike like a regular strike?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can you keep teachers in schools by paying them more?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is rush hour responsible for the gender pay gap?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

You can retire early by saving 3/4 of your pay. But isn’t that only an option for the rich?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Emoji is now a global ‘language’. ?????

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A trend towards having kids later in life is good news for the fertility industry

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Doctors are being financially punished for working overtime

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Poland scraps income tax for young adults

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Universities are told off for making it too easy for students to get a place

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A campaign group tried to shut down strip clubs by secretly filming employees

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Work is good for you – if you do it just one day a week

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The rise of the raspberry-picking robots

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

People are having less sex. Blame society.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The NHS is running out of nurses

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Would banning tips improve hospitality work?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Home Secretary wants UK to stop disclosing all criminal records to employers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

We met a drug dealer. He told us about his pension plan.

by Economy Team in Voices
Published 6 years ago

UK gov won’t give benefits to people who “deliberately” use up their savings

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Would you become a drug dealer if the UK legalised all drugs?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Working pensioners are being stuck with a big tax bill

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Too much free time makes us unhappy

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

10% of British adults have never had a paid job

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Big business bosses have already earned as much as you will for the whole of 2019

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

80% of UK manufacturers can’t find skilled staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

UK train fares just got 3% more expensive

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Hungarians have been asked to work an extra 400 hours a year.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Americans want their workplaces to pay them to never call in sick

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Japanese companies told to pay compensation to former forced workers

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Every UK child is going to be taught coding

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

How should economists think about sex work?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Brits think benefit claimants should take any job they can. Should that include sex work?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

People have some opinions on the fees migrants pay to send money to their families

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Technology is taking over our workplaces. Should we be scared?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

New software stops journalists ignoring women

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

What’s technology got to do with the economy?

by Economy Team
Published 6 years ago

Men have longer commutes than women. #EverydaySexism?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

UK firms want to put microchips in their staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Is the minimum wage a good thing?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Businesses are trying to find people to sit in empty offices

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Should we be able to ‘self-identify’ as any age we want?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

British women now have to wait as long as men to retire

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

WTF was Fiscal Phil actually on about?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Phil’s Budget Speech: Hot or Not?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

UK Budget 2018: Highlights

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

How will the UK Budget 2018 change your life?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Getting up earlier won’t (always) make you more productive

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Californian companies are being fined if they don’t hire senior women

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Equal opportunity statements don’t make companies more diverse

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

England’s just got its first mental health government minister

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Um, did the Archbishop of Canterbury just blame the devil for zero hour contracts?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The 2008 financial crisis cost you £800 a year

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Labour wants businesses to share profits with their employees

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Minimum wage coming in for New York app-based drivers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

It’s just not cool to work in a factory anymore

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Teens should get their noses out of books and get a job instead, Esther McVey says

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Build It In Britain’ plan

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

London cab drivers are considering a billion pound lawsuit against Uber

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Robots are going to… make you a new job

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Stop going to work when you’re sick

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

It’s May Day. Here’s what that means

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

The number of zero-hours contracts has gone up

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Jaguar’s cutting 1,000 jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Businesses are worried about where they’re going to find workers after Brexit

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Record number of slavery victims in the UK

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Wages are rising faster than they have in two years

by Economy Team in News
Published 7 years ago

Ever had to work an unpaid trial shift? They could be banned

by Economy Team in News

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