Work & careers
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Risk of dying increases among desk-based workers who sit for eight hours and do low amounts of exercise, new research finds
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Our traditional support now struggles in low-paid work and on zero-hour contracts. We need to reconnect – and Owen Smith is the man to help us do it
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How has a fall in wages affected your life?
Sarah MarshBritain’s been hit by a bigger fall in real wages since the recession than any other OECD country apart from Greece. Tell us what impact this has had on you -
When the national living wage was introduced, my colleagues and I expected an improvement – not for ISS, our employer, to cut our hours to pay for it
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TUC found that between 2007 and 2015 in the UK, real wages fell by 10.4%, the joint lowest in OECD countries
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The coffee chain now encourages staff to express their personalities through jeans, flatcaps and colourful neckerchiefs. Is it trying too hard?
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Workers’ rights must not be bartered away in Brexit negotiations
Frances O'Grady and Keir StarmerUnions warned workers might pay the price for leaving the EU. The government must not invoke article 50 until it has negotiated a secure future for them -
With social care already suffering from retention and funding problems, what impact will Britain leaving the EU have on the sector?
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Party claims its figures showing 61% rise in advertising spend since 2010 point to growing crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
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The chain that once provided 11,000 jobs will disappear from the high street by 20 August. An anonymous employee describes the months of uncertainty as all rescue attempts failed and depleted stores were stripped by bargain-hunting ‘vultures’
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Delivery firm tells its self-employed couriers they cannot go to court to be recognised as staff with more rights
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I want to make sure I can get a job when I come back
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Letters: As someone who represents workers in retail, warehouse and distribution work, I see these practices on a daily basis
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Looking to begin a multi-strand career? Ask our experts for their advice on Wednesday 27 July from 1–2.30pm BST
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Hearing ‘no’ is hard to take, be it after a date, at work, or on social media. So how do you cope?
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help someone seeking a midlife career change, and a worker who wants to excel in a new job having previously been made redundant
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Investors are beginning to share unions’ concern about the retailer’s treatment of warehouse staff
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Mike Ashley has promised to address low pay and poor conditions – but only because he was forced to
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Editorial: The Commons report on Mike Ashley’s employment practices is rightly angry. But it could easily be a glimpse into the future world of work
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Launching his campaign for re-election, the Labour leader will propose extending compulsory pay audits to smaller firms
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Hardworking Britain Andy was badly injured on an oil rig. Yet he’s been judged ‘fit for work’
Frances RyanHe’s apparently not disabled enough for sickness benefits – but he’s too disabled to stand a chance in the job market, and he’s hungry
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Letters: Britain needs to move to double-decker trains. They work on the continent and they should work here.
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Letters: There is a fast-growing army of self-employed and often precarious workers and we need to find ways to ensure they have appropriate financial security and rights
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Nearly 90% of newly created full-time jobs are self-employed but many workers face fewer rights and lower pay, says TUC
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A new study looking at decades of medical research concludes that working hard during busy periods is bad for your health. Time to put your feet up …
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Whether you’re a night owl pottering at home, you work, or are an excitement-seeker hitting the town, we want to discover what you do in the wee small hours
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The low-pay scandal at the delivery firm reveals a new norm of the workplace, where apparently ‘self-employed’ workers are exploited for the sake of a company’s profits
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