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Benefit payments to top up the wages of low-paid workers will be stopped if they go on strike. Employees eligible for working tax credits because they earn under £13,000 will no longer receive extra cash if their salary falls through industrial action. Bosses will be given a code to alert the authorities if any drop in wages has been caused as a result of a walkout when all welfare payments are brought under the new Universal Credit system next year.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel – 18th June 2012



Workers must brace themselves for a state pension age of 67 or older becoming the norm, a leading think-tank warned yesterday. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said workers across many countries will inevitably have to wait longer for their pension. But it raised fears about the consequences of continuing to increase the state pension age, with ministers currently planning to link it to life expectancy. Experts from accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers predict that babies born this year will not get their pension until they are 77.
Work/Employment	The Daily Mail June 12 2012



Tensions have surfaced within the Coalition Government over proposals to make it easier for businesses to fire workers. The ‘compensated no-fault dismissal’ scheme is the most divisive proposal in a report for Vince Cable’s Business Department by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft. Mr Cable dismissed the idea as ‘complete nonsense.’ But Tory MP’s said it would encourage businesses to hire workers by removing the worry that they may not be able to afford to get rid of them if they do not perform.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel – 22nd May 2012



The government is on a fresh collision course with public sector workers over it’s controversial pension reforms after more industrial action was called civil servants and NHS staff. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union and Unite announced members will take action on May 10, the day after the Queen’s Speech, which is expected to include a Parliamentary Bill on the pension changes. The PCS said the May walkout will kick start a programme of action, with another strike at the end of June.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel – 18th April 2012



Public sector pay is significantly higher than its private sector counterpart, a study revealed yesterday. The Office for National Statistics said that the difference in average hourly earnings between staff in the two sectors stood at about 8.2 per cent last year, compared with 7.8 per cent in 2010. However, the ONS emphasised that comparisons were "not straightforward" because of differences in the types of job. It said that the public sector was made up of a higher proportion of skilled and older workers and also contained more people with a degree or equivalent qualification.
Work/Employment	The Times - March 28 2012



State school pupils could be missing out on places at top universities because they are not doing enough work experience, a study suggests. Work placements are seen as essential or desirable for large numbers of prestigious courses at Russell Group universities, particularly medicine, dentistry and veterinary science. But state school pupils are less likely than those from independent schools to undertake such placements, the Manchester University study found. Researchers found university applications from independent school pupils drew on 55 per cent more examples of work experience than those from state school pupils, and the nature of the work was also different. State school candidates were more likely to cite unskilled work, such as Saturday jobs, than a placement or internship, while independent school pupils were six times more likely than their state school counterparts to cite work 'experiences' instead.
Work/Employment	Daily Mail - March 19 2012



Sunday trading laws are to be relaxed this summer in a move that could pave the way for longer weekend opening hours all year round. George Osborne confirmed yesterday that he is to push through emergency legislation lifting the six-hour limit on opening hours for larger stores over eight weekends in July, August and September. The move, which brought protests from Labour, church leaders and trades unions, is designed to coincide with London's hosting of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Chancellor, who will set out details in the Budget on Wednesday, said it would be an opportunity to try to stimulate the economy. Critics also predicted the Government would move to a permanent shift in opening hours, undermining family life for those working in retailing. The Chancellor fuelled that suspicion yesterday when he said he was proposing 'at the moment' only a temporary change during the Games.
Work/Employment	Daily Mail - March 19 2012



Unemployed young men and women who turn down State-backed work training schemes will be stripped of their benefits under a Labour government, Ed Miliband said yesterday. The party leader said that for under-25s without work for at least a year 'saying no is not an option'. Labour's Budget would demand a tax on bank bonuses to fund six months' work for the young, he said. Under the 'Real Jobs Guarantee' scheme, businesses would be paid up to £4,000 to cover 25 hours-a-week paid experience, he told a Labour youth conference.
Work/Employment	Daily Mail - March 17 2012



In a speech in Tottenham, North London Iain Duncan Smith tackled issues of welfare and employment, saying that a Universal Credit system, which the Department of Work and Pensions is due to introduce, will help disadvantaged people who can only work part-time. “Universal Credit will reward you for every single hour you take in part-time work, all the way up to full-time work. It should act as an incentive that says that work always pays better than being on benefits” he said.
Work/Employment	The War Cry – March 2012



Unemployment will increase to 2.85 million in 2012, while the number of people in work will fall by 120,000 as jobs continue to be lost in the public sector, a new report predicted today. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development forecast that the jobless total will reach its highest since 1994, adding that it will peak at 2.9 million in the first half of 2013. Long-term unemployment and the youth jobless total are expected to stay just under a million thanks to measures targeting the groups, said the report.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel, December 28, 2011



Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are still struggling to raise money from banks despite an agreement between lenders and the Government, a report revealed today. Some 12 per cent of SMEs have had difficulties obtaining finance over the past year, according to a survey by RSA and the Warwick Business School. SMEs are increasingly looking to sell stakes in their companies in return for cash, as a “Dragon’s Den mentality” emerges, according to the report.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel, December 28, 2011



Stoke-on-Trent has six jobseekers for every position available, according to new research. The latest Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Economic Bulletin has revealed the city’s Jobcentres were notified of 1,310 vacancies in September, down 8.8 per cent from the month before. There are currently 7,887 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in the county, which equates to six claimants per vacancy. The bulletin was put together by Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel - November 4 2011



The latest Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Economic Bulletin has revealed the city’s Jobcentres were notified of 1,436 vacancies in August, down 14.3 per cent compared with the same month last year. With 7,879 people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA), that equates to 5.5 claimants per vacancy. The bulletin, which is put together by Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council, also showed that Newcastle’s Jobcentres were notified of 864 vacancies in August, up 20.3 per cent from the previous year.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel October 5 2011



Grocers, banks and other high street retailers will all now be able to offer legal services to customers.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel – 6th October 2011



Unions were set to move closer to a winter of strikes today despite a warning from the Government that walkouts would be greeted with “little enthusiasm” by workers. More than a million public sector workers could be involved in a one day walkout in November in protest at planned changes to their pensions. Labour leader Ed Miliband was heckled when he told the TUC strikes over public pensions were a mistake.
Work/Employment	The Sentinel, Wednesday September 14, 2011

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