Workers

Two thirds of young people say work damages their mental health

Polling shared exclusively with Spotlight finds that most workers think their job does them harm.

How AI can help unleash employee potential

With careful regulation, AI can move us to an economy truly based on our skills.

Is universal basic income possible here?

In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.

In my renter’s mind, a broken boiler valve means I might have to rethink my entire life

I collect, compulsively, stories from friends of rents being raised in response to maintenance requests.

Elon Musk and MrBeast are building sinister company towns

We should be extremely wary of the super-rich building “utopias” for their workers

Why didn’t Huw Pill point the finger at “greedflation”?

The furore over the chief economist’s comments suggests the Bank of England should be more open about the causes of…

The dystopian rise of supermarket discount security barriers

Record grocery prices mean staff apply discount stickers from behind security barriers, to protect them from desperate customers.

Forcing sick people into work only makes the economy sick

It’s a vicious circle – aggravating illnesses only puts more pressure on the NHS.

The number of bank holidays in the UK is lower than most countries in Europe

People in Malta, Austria, Iceland and Portugal typically receive around two weeks or more of public holidays. England and Wales…

US rail workers get closer to a deal, and what they deserve

Interventions by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden helped avert strike action, and an economic crisis.

14 June 1913: The secrets of a farm labourer’s life.

UK wages have fallen behind European rivals

By 2018, UK incomes were just 9 per cent higher than in 2005, compared with 40 per cent in Germany…

Why a four-day work week makes complete sense for businesses and the economy

A major new trial could bring benefits for companies as well as workers.

“They make fun of us”: Government cleaners respond to the Sue Gray report

Long treated with contempt, Whitehall cleaners have dealt with vomit, faeces and bloodstains.

Office clearout leaves Britain with more jobs than workers to fill them

So many people have left work or changed industry since the pandemic that for the first time demand for staff…

“The price of getting to your job is astronomical”: Britain’s cost-of-working crisis

Employees are being hit by inflation, childcare and commuting costs ⁠— especially those who moved away to work from home…

The fire-and-rehire policy used by P&O jeopardises millions of British jobs

Policies that enforce insecure work have become more widespread since the pandemic.

P&O proves Brexit has failed on its own terms

800 crew members have been replaced by “cheap agency workers from eastern Europe” overnight.

Cutting Covid support is a betrayal of the working class

Low-income workers have been given a bleak choice by the government: attend work while sick or risk falling into financial…

The grey resignation: why the disappearance of older workers is an economic risk

There are now 208,000 fewer over-50s in the UK’s labour market than there were before the pandemic, and that’s a…