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July 4, 2020

Pandemic threatens career prospects of young workers

Over the last decade, young people starting out in the labour market have increasingly been working in relatively low-paid occupations, many of which are in sectors hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
January 16, 2020

Apprenticeship report reveals gender pay gap and concerns about quality

Non-compliance with the minimum wage and a growing gender pay gap are just two of the issues that are raised in the report.
May 22, 2019

Employers must publish their disability pay gaps, says TUC

TheTrades Union Congress has called on the government to make it compulsory for employers to publish their disability pay gaps, as the TUC’s annual disabled workers’ conference started in Bournemouth.
May 15, 2019

Crisis cohort’s pay and career prospects 'scarred for up to a decade'

The ‘crisis cohort’ who entered the world of work in the midst of the financial crisis continued to face higher unemployment, lower pay and worse job prospects up to a decade later, compared to other young people entering work before or after the downturn.
January 17, 2019

RCN condemns reported racial discrimination in NHS

Reported discrimination towards staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds has risen from 13.8 per cent to 15 per cent in the last 12 months, according to the latest Workforce Race Equality Standard report from NHS England.
November 26, 2018

Research finds half of apprentices in debt and one in five end up out of work

Apprentices describe being given the same responsibilities and work load as non-apprentices for lower pay.
August 30, 2018

Measuring and reporting on disability and ethnicity pay gaps

Ethnic minority and disabled people’s careers are at risk because employers are failing to collect meaningful data on representation in the workforce, says the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
August 22, 2018

Generational pay gap in South West more than doubled in last 20 years, warns TUC

The pay gap between young and older workers in the South West has increased by more than half in the last 20 years, according to a new analysis published by the TUC.
August 17, 2018

Northern Ireland workers more likely to be stuck in low paid work, says IPPR

Workers in a low paid job in Northern Ireland are more likely than in any other part of the UK to stay in low paid work for the rest of their career.
June 5, 2018

Generational pay gap has increased by half in last 20 years, says TUC

The pay gap between under-30s and over-30s is now 21.9 per cent, compared to 14.5 per cent in 1998.