Ministers are urgently drawing up measures to try to prevent a "job-lite recovery" in which unemployment continues to rise even when the economy starts to grow again.
Official figures due out today are expected to show that unemployment has risen to about 2.5 million. There are growing fears that it will remain above two million by the end of 2010.
A Back to Work White Paper will be published alongside the pre-Budget report in November. Although the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will spell out the first of the spending cuts promised yesterday by Gordon Brown, he is also expected to expand programmes to combat unemployment.
The White Paper will include new opportunities for the young jobless, to prevent the recession creating a "lost generation", help for older people who have been out of work for more than six months, those on long-term sickness benefits and the mentally ill, and a boost for childcare to enable more mothers to return to work.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministers-fear-recovery-will-fail-to-reduce-unemployment-1787954.html
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Saturday, 3 October 2009
Monday, 28 September 2009
New rule to protect British workers
Jobs will have to be advertised to British workers in job centres for four weeks before companies can employ individuals from outside of Europe, under new government measures to be introduced at the start of next year.
At the moment jobs have to be advertised for two weeks before they can be given to an individual who is outside Europe.
The minimum salary that will allow an individual to qualify as a skilled worker and be eligible to work in the UK will also rise from £17,000 to £20,000.
"These changes will ensure that businesses can recruit the skilled foreign workers that the economy needs, but not at the expense of British workers, nor as a cheaper alternative to investing in the skills of the existing workforce," said Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
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At the moment jobs have to be advertised for two weeks before they can be given to an individual who is outside Europe.
The minimum salary that will allow an individual to qualify as a skilled worker and be eligible to work in the UK will also rise from £17,000 to £20,000.
"These changes will ensure that businesses can recruit the skilled foreign workers that the economy needs, but not at the expense of British workers, nor as a cheaper alternative to investing in the skills of the existing workforce," said Home Secretary Alan Johnson.
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Thursday, 20 August 2009
UK job losses declining
The rate of decline in the UK job market is slowing, according to research conduced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
In the second quarter of this year the balance of firms cutting jobs over those recruiting in the private sector shrunk from the previous three months' figure of -30% to -2%. This means that recruitment has almost caught up with job losses in the UK private sector.
"When it comes to the immediate jobs outlook, the best that can be said is that things are getting worse more slowly," said Mr Philpott, chief economist at the CIPD.
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In the second quarter of this year the balance of firms cutting jobs over those recruiting in the private sector shrunk from the previous three months' figure of -30% to -2%. This means that recruitment has almost caught up with job losses in the UK private sector.
"When it comes to the immediate jobs outlook, the best that can be said is that things are getting worse more slowly," said Mr Philpott, chief economist at the CIPD.
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Friday, 12 June 2009
Businesses across the country share £11 million to create nearly 3000 new places
More apprenticeships will be open to young people thanks to £11 million in Government funding as part of a new approach to help employers train the skilled workers of the future, Skills Secretary John Denham and Schools Secretary Ed Balls announced recently.
Businesses which already have a proven track record in offering high-quality apprenticeships will share the cash to train extra apprentices - over and above those they already employ. This will result in around 3,000 new apprentices being trained at 16 firms over the next two years and allow smaller firms to benefit from the expertise of businesses which have been training apprentices successfully for some time.
Nearly 60 per cent of the funding will be targeted towards 16 to 18-year-olds with the majority of the remaining support going to support 19 to 24-year-old apprenticeships.
The announcement delivers on a pledge by Ministers in last year’s Apprenticeship Review to explore financial incentives so larger firms could take on apprentices, benefiting smaller companies in their supply chains which could take them on at a later date. At the same time, the move supports more young people and helps build a more highly skilled workforce.
The firms which have so far reached agreement with the Government will offer a wide range of apprenticeship frameworks, including motoring and sport and leisure, reflecting the diversity of apprenticeships now available.
The move will help deliver on the Government’s recent commitment to fund an extra 35,000 places across the public and private sectors backed by an additional £140 million of funding.
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Businesses which already have a proven track record in offering high-quality apprenticeships will share the cash to train extra apprentices - over and above those they already employ. This will result in around 3,000 new apprentices being trained at 16 firms over the next two years and allow smaller firms to benefit from the expertise of businesses which have been training apprentices successfully for some time.
Nearly 60 per cent of the funding will be targeted towards 16 to 18-year-olds with the majority of the remaining support going to support 19 to 24-year-old apprenticeships.
The announcement delivers on a pledge by Ministers in last year’s Apprenticeship Review to explore financial incentives so larger firms could take on apprentices, benefiting smaller companies in their supply chains which could take them on at a later date. At the same time, the move supports more young people and helps build a more highly skilled workforce.
The firms which have so far reached agreement with the Government will offer a wide range of apprenticeship frameworks, including motoring and sport and leisure, reflecting the diversity of apprenticeships now available.
The move will help deliver on the Government’s recent commitment to fund an extra 35,000 places across the public and private sectors backed by an additional £140 million of funding.
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Monday, 11 May 2009
The rate of job losses fell steeply from around 47,000 to 7,000 from the start of 2009 to mid-April
According to Warwick Business School there were around 24,000 job losses in the four weeks to mid-December, 47,000 in January, 24,000 in March and just 7,000 in the four weeks to April 12th.
If the Warwick figures provide an accurate predictor then the labour market could recover sooner than economists forecast.
"Although the data are not an indicator of unemployment per se, I think the steep fall in the ‘announced job losses' gives a pretty good indication that the labour market is recovering somewhat," said Thomas Prosser, researcher at Warwick university.
Official statistics recently revealed that the number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to 2.1m - the highest figure since 1997.
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If the Warwick figures provide an accurate predictor then the labour market could recover sooner than economists forecast.
"Although the data are not an indicator of unemployment per se, I think the steep fall in the ‘announced job losses' gives a pretty good indication that the labour market is recovering somewhat," said Thomas Prosser, researcher at Warwick university.
Official statistics recently revealed that the number of unemployed people in the UK has risen to 2.1m - the highest figure since 1997.
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Monday, 13 April 2009
Companies incentivised to take on new staff
From 6th April, businesses will be able to take advantage of up to £2500 recruitment and 'on the job' training subsidies, as an incentive to take on people who've been looking for work for six months or more. The subsidy is worth £1000 and the company can, depending on location, access up to £1500 worth of in-work training.
Read more here: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=397805&NewsAreaID=2
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Read more here: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=397805&NewsAreaID=2
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Business Owners Urged Not To Cut Staff
Small business owners have been urged to explore different options rather than cutting staff by the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development and the arbitration and conciliation service (Acas).
With cash flow tight for many small firms cutting costs by loosing staff can seem like the best option, but businesses that cut too many staff have been warned that they will damage staff morale and could leave themselves worse off in the long run.
"Many of those organisations that were quick to lay off people in the last recession struggled to meet renewed business demand when the economy picked up again," said John Taylor, chief executive of Acas.
Employers are being advised to offer voluntary redundancy rather than sacking staff, consider pay freezes and look to re-train workers in different areas of their business rather then laying them off.
Source: http://www.newbusiness.co.uk
With cash flow tight for many small firms cutting costs by loosing staff can seem like the best option, but businesses that cut too many staff have been warned that they will damage staff morale and could leave themselves worse off in the long run.
"Many of those organisations that were quick to lay off people in the last recession struggled to meet renewed business demand when the economy picked up again," said John Taylor, chief executive of Acas.
Employers are being advised to offer voluntary redundancy rather than sacking staff, consider pay freezes and look to re-train workers in different areas of their business rather then laying them off.
Source: http://www.newbusiness.co.uk
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