zero-hour contracts

Following a recent article in The Guardian, which focused on higher education, and in particular the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) treatment of its academic staff, UoN has now released their official response. Last week The Guardian published an interview with two academic members of staff working at the University...

UK unemployment has fallen by 97,000 in the last quarter of 2014. Unemployment now stands at 5.7% for the working population in the UK; the employment rate for those between 16 and 64 now stands at 73.2%- the highest rate since December 2004 to February 2005. Coupled with annual...