The monthly report from private payroll processing firm ADP is typically viewed as a loose indicator of the direction the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) official jobs report is headed. It does have what’s been called a ‘spotty’ reputation regarding predictive accuracy as far as the government figures, but still has enough heft to...
David Deans Political reporter, BBC Wales News Getty Images Sir Keir Starmer spoke at Welsh Labour’s conference on Saturday Nigel Farage’s plans for steel in Wales could result in the cancelling of 5,000 jobs, the prime minister has claimed. Sir Keir Starmer used his speech at the Welsh Labour conference on Saturday to attack the...
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News Getty Images Government plans to speed up employment support for people affected by the changes to welfare benefits will be “undeliverable”, the BBC has been told. As part of the U-turn on welfare reforms, ministers are expected to fast-track a £1bn support plan to get people into work,...
At base, a “fair” wage is one that will attract people to do what you need them to do. It isn’t $20, $30, $40, or $1, $3, or $10 an hour. It is the wage at which people think they are better off taking than not. There is no non-artificial minimum wage, and no absolute...
James Melley and Alison Holt BBC News, Social Affairs Family handout Alice’s family say she had a big personality and a passion for art WARNING: This article contains upsetting details and reference to suicide There didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary when Jane Figueiredo spoke to her daughter that night on the...
Manager Tanya Oxtoby says her Northern Ireland side know the “job’s certainly not done” in the Nations League. Northern Ireland travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina knowing a win or draw would secure a promotion play-off with a League A side. However, a defeat would open up a number of permutations with the Bosnians just three points behind...
KFC has announced plans to create 7,000 new jobs across the UK and Ireland as part of a £1.5bn investment which will include new restaurants. The fried chicken chain said it would focus on setting up shops in “key locations” such as Ireland and north west England, where it first launched in Britain 60 years...
Sweden-based car maker Volvo Cars says it will cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its cost-cutting measures. The firm says the layoffs will mainly impact office-based positions in Sweden, representing about 15% of its white collar workforce. Last month, Volvo Cars, which is owned by Chinese group Geely Holding, announced an 18 billion Swedish...
United had about 1,100 employees before the first wave of cuts last year. About 250 employees were made redundant during the first round of redundancies, saving the club between £8m and £10m. United chief executive Omar Berrada said earlier this year that between 150 and 200 redundancies were set to follow. Defeat in Bilbao means...
Jiyar Gol BBC world affairs correspondent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps special forces (file photo) US and Israeli intelligence have accused Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards of planning attacks abroad There has been a sharp rise in plots by the Iranian regime to kidnap or assassinate dissidents, journalists and political foes living abroad, according to reports by...
The ambulance service in the South West has announced up to 40 jobs could be at risk in a bid to save millions of pounds. The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) said its Corporate Support Services had to save £5m in 2025. Therefore, the service had entered into a period of consultation,...
Bodo/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen should be applauded “all the way to the airport” should he leave the over-achieving Norwegian club. As they prepare to face Tottenham in the Europa League semi-final on Thursday, Knutsen has been the subject of links to Leeds and Scottish giants Rangers. Technical director Havard Sakariassen told BBC Sport he...
For many years, Eric Wunderlin’s health issues made it hard to find stable employment. Struggling to manage depression and diabetes, Wunderlin worked part-time, minimum-wage retail jobs around Dayton, Ohio, making so little he said he sometimes had to choose between paying rent and buying food. But in 2018, his CareSource Medicaid health plan offered him...
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent Contributor handout It took six months for Lucy Earle to be assigned an Access to Work caseworker Businesses employing disabled people say they are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government, and fear they may have to let staff go. Under the Access to Work scheme, companies...
Alex Forsyth Political correspondent Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media Men are prepared to sacrifice family lives for successful careers in a way many women aren’t, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said. Speaking at an event in Parliament, Farage argued people should judged on merit in the workplace, not on certain characteristics. When asked...