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Immigrants take 70% of new UK jobs

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:35:00 GMT

More than seven in 10 jobs created under the Labour government have been taken by foreign workers, according to a new report by the Org

Met Police admits officer cuts possible

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:51:00 GMT

The Met Police has admitted that it may have to make front line police officer job cuts if all other options to save money are exhausted. HR director Martin Tiplady told Personnel Today that the force would conside

Under-25s who refuse job or training will lose benefits

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:22:00 GMT

Young people will lose their benefits if they refuse a job or training place, the government announced yesterday. As part of the 'Building Britain's Future' plan, launched by prime minister Gordon Brown, everyone under 25

No jobs or college places for a million young people

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:28:00 GMT

More than a million young people will be without a job or college place this summer, research has found. The number of young people not in education, employment or training, known as

Prosecutions for employing illegal migrants up over 500%

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:06:00 GMT

The number of employers prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants has rocketed by 513%, according to Home Office figures. New laws introduced in February 2008 have led to a record 233 firms prosecuted for employing illegal i

CBI welcomes increased flexibility in recession

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:05:00 GMT

The CBI has praised employers for harnessing a more flexible working culture during the recession and improving industrial relations. The

20% of staff work 25 extra unpaid hours a week

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:24:00 GMT

One in five employees have been working for an extra 25 hours a week unpaid during the recession - equivalent to an extra three days of work, new research has revealed. The 'employee attitudes in the credit crunch' survey o

MI5 aims to recruit teachers as spies

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:11:00 GMT

MI5 has launched a new recruitment drive to recruit teachers as spies. An advertisement placed in the Times E

Hastings Direct bucks recession to seek more staff

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:21:00 GMT

An insurance company has doubled its recruitment drive in less than a month after a "great start" to the year. Hastings Direct announced today it was looking to fill 150 new roles across the company,