Work & careers
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Care work is billed as local and family-friendly, but the reality is unpredictable rotas and unsociable hours. This must change to stop the system collapsing
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Are you chaotic, unconfident or lack the ability to connect with others? Here’s what may stop you progressing
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Letters: Better use of space | YouGov polls | Guardian subscribers | Magic money tree
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public servant: my letter to the public After surviving cancer I thought work would go back to normal – I was wrong
Claire ForbesWalking back into the office without any hair was difficult, but having a supportive public sector employer has made all the difference
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a parent whose daughter’s health is being affected by her job and a 72-year-old who wants to keep on working
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The Greens endorse a universal basic income. Others need to follow
Jonathan BartleyIn an increasingly precarious world of work, a regular payment to all would make lives less stressful and more secure – and eliminate the poverty trap -
My job is interesting and rewarding, but it is also increasingly stressful and frustrating. Although I’m at a senior level, I keep thinking I should spend more time with my children
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Jenny Rohn: Oxford’s decision on compulsory retirement raises pressing questions about fairness – and what is best for academia as a whole
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Employers and policymakers urged to tackle bias and racism in the workplace
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Sex discrimination commissioner says ‘We get these women all the way to the top, we prove that we are fantastic, and then we plummet’
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Letters: Clare Slaney, Richard House and 73 others involved in the mental health field say that voters face an unusually grave choice on 8 June
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Union leaders say loss of good-quality jobs in the public sector and rise of the gig economy to blame for 4.2% drop
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Are your job applications being ignored? Cut the cliches, sum yourself up and keep them brief, say the experts
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Metropolitan police for the first time welcome applications from aspiring sleuths with no experience on the beat
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An estimated three-quarters of employees say their boss is the most stressful part of their job, while a third dread going to work because of colleagues. Here’s how to cope
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We spend more online than any other country but the people who deliver the parcels struggle on low pay and have little job security. Is it time consumers faced up to the true cost of ‘free’ delivery?
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Presenter ate poppy seed bread after a contributor to Rip Off Britain: Food said he had been sacked over failed drug test
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Tory and Lib Dem claims to care about employment rights ring hollow when you look at their track records. But Labour has concrete plans to help workers
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Meet the women who want to protect the robotic workforce of the future from pre-programmed gender bias
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I’m an expert in my field with skills that are sought after, but it seems the lines on my face are affecting my chances
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Politicians cannot avoid addressing the fall in living standards forever – it is foremost in the minds of voters
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Work until you drop or be called an ageing skiver
Barbara EllenWhat about those who physically can’t carry on forever? -
As a headhunter, Romanie Thomas was so frustrated that men dominated the top roles, she started her own recruitment company
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help an employee stressed out with company cuts, and a parent seeking the best path for their son
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Officials said it was too financially burdensome and logistically challenging to hand over salary records that the government requested in discrimination case
The Tories restate the belief that work is the best way out of poverty