Work & careers
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As robots begin to replace people, some employers are realising the value of human interaction in customer service
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Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced a new £500m-a-year plan to reshape the British workforce for life after Brexit by offering technical students loans to help counter the fall in EU workers
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Drivers who deliver for M&S, John Lewis, Amazon and others say they sometimes force themselves to work when ill
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Conservative minister defends reduction in payments to widows and widowers with young children
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Workers to be offered redundancy or other roles as supermarket scraps price controller position and absorb task into other jobs
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Nearly 1m people on controversial terms but growth slowdown points to ‘zero-hours juggernaut’ grinding to a halt, say experts
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The Future of Work and Death documentary questions the real consequences of our preoccupation with progress for its own sake
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Spy recruiter says she is looking for the sort of people who have had to fight to get on in life, whatever their background
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With almost 4m tonnes of food from the commercial sector going to landfill, social enterprise Yume connects suppliers with restaurants and other buyers
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Founders who escaped war in their home countries describe their routes to enterprise, each requiring a healthy dose of hard work and perseverance
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Comments have largely been insightful, sometimes heartwarming, and often a poignant reminder of the passing of time
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Firms like Google are as white and male as ever despite costly initiatives. A shift to corporate empathy, taking ‘otherness’ out of the equation, can bring change
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Five women talk about what retirement means to them, and reveal the ‘deep-rooted gender issues’ it has exposed
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Creative thinking can come from unusual places. Academics and entrepreneurs reveal the secrets behind an innovative company culture
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Global pay analysis shows UK was one of 21 countries where employees suffered fall in wages in the seven years after the financial crisis
Topics
- Small business
- Career choices
- Economics
- Work-life balance
- Employment law
- Couriers/delivery industry
- Equality
- Women
- Gig economy
- Job hunting
- Business (Australia)
- Entrepreneurs
- Race issues
- Apprenticeships (Education)
- Supermarkets
- Older people
- Economic growth (GDP)
- Apprenticeships (Guardian Careers)
- Politics
- Retail industry
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