Work & careers
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Firms admit to MPs they would not go out of business if change in law meant they could no longer rely on self-employed staff
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Investigation into benefits system comes amid mounting evidence that payment delays have left thousands facing eviction
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A Franco-era decision to adhere to Central European Time is to blame for everything from poor productivity to a low birthrate. But that could change
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What qualifies as disability? And what legal protection do people who experience discrimination at work have under the Equality Act?
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Facebook now offers staff 20 days off for a death in their immediate family. It’s a clear acknowledgement that people deal with loss and grieving in different ways
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Government green paper discusses giving annual rises based on CPI, not RPI, which could cost average of £20,000 over lifetime
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Bruce Chatwin understood how ‘civilisation’ represses our need to wander. The ‘gig economy’ may allow us to ditch the ballast of routine for the tonic of change
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Is your board super busy? Top tips on sharing the burden: bring in specialist expertise, include more junior staff and work with service users
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Aspiring business owners often turn to family to fund their ideas. But those without that safety net need resilience, creativity and grants to survive
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Gaming company Rocketwerkz claims staff focus better when not stressed by issues that need attention outside the workplace
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a worker deal with music in the office and come up with ideas on how to survive Brexit with a home study course
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Shadow chancellor says Labour government would set up banks to fund startups to take on giants of gig econmony
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Companies with paid parental leave retain employees and save on recruitment, but proposed government changes could discourage employer-funded schemes
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Hardworking Britain I, Daniel Blake is a realistic depiction of life on benefits. Isn’t it?
Frances RyanAccusations that the film is inaccurate are part of the ongoing attempt to dismiss what is being done to vulnerable people in Britain’s toxic social security system -
Future of work As a call centre worker I saw how employees are stripped of their rights
Jamie WoodcockCall centres are ‘electronic panopticons’ where staff are constantly watched and stress is used as a management strategy -
New social procurement plan will encourage government contracts to support social enterprises, as sector expands to more than 20,000 businesses
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Fourth industrial revolution The résumé is dead: your next click might determine your next job
Tim DunlopThe argument about whether robots will take our jobs is irrelevant: workforce science and data aggregation have already changed how we find work -
Retailers, restaurants and hotels among a record 360 firms named for shortchanging staff by almost £1m
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Letters: I’m genuinely upset about the poorer prospects of younger generations compared to mine, but I’m not going to be the fall guy for it. This baby boomer has paid her dues. Trade union dues
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Letters: The unemployed cannot be expected to have the transport to reach a field 10 miles away
Disability at work week Disability employment gap: sanctions, cuts and death after 'fit to work' tests