• October 14 2020
  Lex

  Lex letter from London: of jobs and jabs Premium

  Unemployment is rising but holding out for a vaccine to end the pain could mean a long wait

  
• October 13 2020
  Sarah O'Connor

  Retail’s tick-box approach to supply chains is untenable

  To halt labour abuses, companies must stop thinking about the issue as a matter of ethics

  
• October 13 2020
  City Bulletin

  City Bulletin: Redundancies surge to highest level since the financial crisis Premium

  Redundancies surge, Disney targets streaming, Lex on Alex Cruz's BA exit

  
• October 13 2020
  UK job losses rise at record rate in 3 months to August

  Redundancies jump by 114,000 while number claiming out-of-work benefits rises to 2.7m

  
• October 13 2020
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  Equities up on Biden outlook, US bank earnings, UK lockdowns

  Investors are assessing US presidential election polls that show a strong lead for Joe Biden

  
• October 13 2020
  Analysis

  British youth count cost of Covid on their future

  As UK economy faces sharp slowdown, unemployment looks set to hit younger generation hardest

  
• October 11 2020
  UK politics & policy

  Boris Johnson faces rebellion over Covid job support for workers

  Tory MPs in northern England want higher wage subsidies for employees at companies forced to close

  
• October 11 2020
  UK retail industry

  UK retail body steps up calls for government action on illegal pay

  More than 10,000 factory workers denied £27m in wages since July, says British Retail Consortium

  
• October 9 2020
  UK business & economy

  Sunak unveils local furlough plan ahead of new curbs in north

  Government will pay up to 66% of wages of workers in hospitality venues forced to close

  
• Promoted Content
• October 8 2020
  UK apprenticeships set to shrink without funding, warns trade body

  On-the-job training schemes halve in the four months since lockdown restrictions began

  
• October 7 2020
  London a recruiting black spot as rest of UK recovers

  Demand for employees still declining as jobseekers look outside the capital

  
• October 6 2020
  HM Revenue & Customs

  Job support scheme fraudsters face HMRC crackdown

  Agency already faces huge task to recover money from £39bn furlough programme

  
• October 5 2020
  JPMorgan Chase & Co

  JPMorgan opens UK apprenticeship scheme to aspiring investment bankers

  On-the-job training programme includes funding to complete a degree in applied finance

  
• October 4 2020
  UK politics & policy

  Welfare system ready for surge in jobless claims, insists Coffey

  Work and pensions secretary believes there will be no return of mass unemployment

  
• October 2 2020
  Global Economy

  The jobs market is far bleaker than the headline stats show

  The main readings for unemployment are saying little about the state of labour conditions in the eurozone or the US.

  
• October 2 2020
  Personal Finance

  How to manage your risk of redundancy

  Knowing your rights is key to managing the financial considerations of losing your job

  
• September 29 2020
  UK immigration

  Care homes jobs should be on post-Brexit ‘shortage’ list

  Migration body warns of problems recruiting in sector with end of free movement

  
• September 29 2020
  Sarah O'Connor

  Be bold like FDR and create jobs directly

  A British ‘New Deal’ must equip the unemployed with skills for the future

  
• September 29 2020
  Coronavirus economic impact

  Redundancy — your questions answered

  FT experts took questions on the job support scheme and employment rights

  
• September 28 2020
  Johnson to outline new measures to retrain unemployed

  Promise of ‘lifetime skills guarantee’ as some sectors face permanent contraction

  
• September 27 2020
  Pilita Clark

  The looming legal minefield of working from home

  Today’s employment laws were written for a world of work that may never be the same again

  
• September 25 2020
  1m more British workers set to lose jobs this year, warn economists

  Wave of unemployment among young and low skilled forecast despite Sunak support package

  
• September 24 2020
  Sunak sets up moment of truth for UK jobs market

  Chancellor’s statement outlines plan to swap furlough scheme for wage subsidies aimed only at those still with work

  
• September 24 2020
  Rishi Sunak is warned that support scheme will not stop redundancies

  UK business groups raise fears over mass loss of jobs

  
• September 23 2020
  UK employers urged to ‘exhaust all alternatives’ before cutting jobs

  CBI, TUC and Acas issue joint warning as chancellor weighs new rescue package