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Across a range of other sectors, platform cooperatives want to revolutionise industries including transport and delivery by providing workers with fair wages and better conditions.

British employers agreed average pay rises of 4% with their staff in the three months to the end of June, the joint-highest since 1992 but falling further behind inflation, industry data showed on Wednesday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will offer millions of public sector workers pay rises averaging 5% next week, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed government ministers.

Britain is set to have the lowest economic growth of any Group of Seven country, projections show.

British manufacturing firm Corbetts the Galvanizers used to rely on a stream of workers from Poland and Romania to fill its shop floor, where steel is dipped into a long vat of molten zinc at temperatures of around 450?C (842?F).

The recognition of a safe and healthy work environment as a human right is a first step, but not an end in itself.

Employees at risk of redundancy are entitled to a fair redundancy process underpinned by the Employee Rights Act 1996, which includes the right to meaningful consultation.

One reason for lower membership levels among younger workers is that they are more likely to be in precarious employment with less access to unions.

Quebec's plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.

Intel Corp has frozen hiring in the division responsible for PC desktop and laptop chips, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters, as part of a series of cost-cutting measures.

Shareholders in Sainsbury's will get to vote on a resolution at next month's annual meeting calling for Britain's second biggest supermarket group to commit to paying the so-called real living wage to all its workers by July 2023.

Similar trials have also taken place in Spain, Iceland, the United States and Canada. Australia and New Zealand are scheduled to start theirs in August.

Before the pandemic, Britain enjoyed steady labour force growth and high rates of participation.

The trade deficit accelerated 22.3% to $109.8 billion in March amid a record increase in imports.

More than 99 percent of the remaining US staff complied with the requirement

Canada also reported a surprise increase in employment, confounding forecasts for a big drop.

The extension of work into commute time reflects the presence of an intrusive and pernicious "always-on" culture.

Part of the drop-off in optimism reflects growing worries about what Trump's get-tough approach on trade might do to U.S. growth prospects.

Australian worker went to wedding in India after telling bosses he was unable to attend work due to illness.

Study finds construction workers atop those harbouring murderous thoughts followed by media professionals.

It's the end of the Christmas period and millions of employees across Britain are already back in work.

When it comes to finding the perfect job, new research suggests it's not all about the money.

The problem of hiring bias may fester on with many organisations still not taking active steps to tackle it, new research finds.

Figures indicate that applications fell by nearly 90% in the 12 months to September.

A Japanese company has offered its employees six days of paid time off after they complained their colleagues were taking too long for cigarette breaks.

Data suggests the American job market was healthy but a little less active in August with employers advertising plenty of job openings.

While salary remains the top reason for people to move jobs, there are more nuanced reasons for people making their career decisions.

Despite progress, we're only just beginning to see how influential technology will be in recruitment arena.

Workers felt people only use buzzwords to sound more intelligent in front of their colleagues.

Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary issued warning to IBTimes UK after latest ONS figures.