Disadvantaged areas see disproportionate amount of job seekers per vacancy
Twenty unemployed people are chasing every vacancy in disadvantaged areas of the UK, up from around four people per vacancy before the coronavirus hit. Analysis by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) found the number of applications per vacancy increased to...
Budget 2020: Seven things employers may have missed
Given the covid-19 coronavirus has now been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget announcement yesterday was rightly focused on the how the government would support employers and workers as the UK attempts to contain the...
Uber drivers in France are employees
Uber drivers in France are employees and not self-employed, the country’s highest court has confirmed. The landmark ruling, which confirms the Paris Court of Appeal’s January 2019 finding that Uber drivers have employee status, could also have ramifications for other...What impact will Brexit have on EU nationals currently working in the UK?
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. A transition period is now in place, which ends on 31 December 2020. EU nationals residing in the UK before 31 December 2020 will be eligible for settled status when they have been resident for five years. This will give them the...