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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Improved pay offer still ‘unacceptable’, say teaching unions

    Leaders of NEU and NASUWT warn education secretary’s proposal ‘doesn’t come close’ to their demands

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    The Weekend Essay
    Have we had enough of the nanny employer?

    Companies pushed hard to attend to workers’ needs during the pandemic. But have they encroached too far into our personal lives?

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    UK inflation
    Why UK inflation will stay higher for longer than in other nations

    Surging energy costs and a tight labour market are underpinning big price rises in Britain

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    BT staff vote to strike for first time in 35 years

    Telecoms group embroiled in dispute with union over flat-rate £1,500 pay rise

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Staffing agencies attack UK government’s strikebreaking plans

    Repeal of decades-long ban on use of outside workers would ‘inflame’ industrial action, say 13 recruitment groups

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Emma Jacobs
    It’s time to call a truce in the ‘war for talent’

    The fetishisation of stars omits the work of organisations or teams

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Sarah O'Connor
    Young men are slipping quietly through the economy’s cracks

    A positive employment trend for young women masks a rise in the proportion of inactive young men

  • Monday, 27 June, 2022
    Special ReportUpskilling
    America Inc steps up training to solve staff shortfalls

    Upskilling programmes are helping companies recruit and retain staff in a tight jobs market

  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    LexTrade unions
    Labour: the new US trade unionist is young, educated and ethnically diverse Premium content

    Unionisation surge partly reflects a labour shortage that has increased collective bargaining power

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    LexUK employment
    Wages: data measurement encourages its weaponisation Premium content

    Examining salaries in Britain’s rail industry demonstrates how easily numbers can take diverging tracks

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    FT readers respond
    Rail strikes across Britain: FT readers share their views

    Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    UK explores 5% pay rises for public sector workers

    Ministers examine more generous deals because of concern about strikes

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Be a guest on Money Clinic podcast

    Seeking FT readers prepared to chat about how rising inflation is affecting their lives

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    What business can learn from the UK’s public sector strikes

    Prepare to pay up — but also to play nice

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Most UK employers failing to act against ageism, survey shows

    Managers think they are doing right thing on inclusivity but in practice very few are

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Is Britain headed for a summer of strikes?

    Tensions over pay are rising but it will take time to pass legal hurdles and test union members’ resolve

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Special Report
    Upskilling

    After the Great Resignation, the War for Talent: finding staff with the right knowhow is a growing challenge for business. This report looks at how both companies and workers can acquire the skills they need

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Special ReportUpskilling
    Fast-changing world creates training challenge

    New industries will require new knowhow — but shortfalls in more basic skills also need to be remedied

  • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
    Fund management
    Talent war in the funds industry is driving a ‘great negotiation’

    Employees have more options and fund firms are having to work to keep staff, says JPMorgan Asset Management chief George Gatch

  • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Rail union warns disruption could last all year after pay talks fail

    Leader of RMT accuses government of blocking progress in negotiations

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Looming wave of UK industrial action unnerves government

    ‘If we get this wrong, we risk a de facto general strike,’ minister says, as anger builds over public sector pay

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    Chinese business & finance
    ‘Let it rot’: China’s tech workers struggle to find jobs

    Beijing’s assault on Big Tech has led to mass dismissals as Covid-19 lockdowns batter economic growth

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    UK employment
    Sharp rise in early retirements drives contraction of UK workforce

    Almost half a million fewer people were in paid work in first quarter than before pandemic

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    FT live news
    Live news updates from June 16: US mortgage rates jump by most since 1987, European leaders back Ukraine’s EU candidate status
  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK employment
    GMB union takes Bolt to tribunal over employment rights

    Ride-hailing app refuses to reclassify drivers as workers after similar case against Uber

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