labor-economics

Government officials said in December that Britain’s largest automotive employer could lead exodus from UK Jaguar Land Rover would have considered moving car production out of the UK and slashing jobs if not for a £380m subsidy for its sister battery company, government officials claimed privately. Officials at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) warned in December that Britain’s largest …

Heightened immigration enforcement during the second Trump administration has not expanded job opportunities for U.S.-born workers and is associated with a reduction of employment for U.S.-born men with no more than a high school degree, according to new CU Boulder research.The study also found that employment among remaining immigrants declines 4% on average after an Immigration and Customs Enfo…

Remote work culture has led to a comfort level with more ad-hoc employment options

More than 7,000 join employment tribunal that will include claims for minimum wage and holiday pay More than 7,000 Just Eat couriers are taking legal action against the food delivery company in an attempt to gain better employment rights including the minimum wage and holiday pay. The employment tribunal, which begins on Tuesday and is set to run until 2 June, will determine if the couriers are c…

K Niithyaashree, LL.B., School of Law, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai. Ms. L. Keerthana, Assistant Professor, Department of Legal Studies, VISTAS. ABSTRACT The gig economy has transformed the nature of employment by introducing flexible, task-based work arrangements facilitated by digital platforms. While it provides income opportunities and flexibili…

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged. In a report exposing the…

I’m not trying to brag, I am just genuinely confused. I got laid off recently and I had a new job within a week because I constantly get contacted by recruiters both through LinkedIn and directly by email. I’ve never sent an application to anyone and I’ve had dozens of interviews in the past year while I was looking for a new job before getting laid off. I would have had a new one earlier except …

Despite tech layoffs, California added 28,700 jobs in March, dropping the state's unemployment rate to 5.3%

There’s a phrase that keeps showing up in corporate earnings calls this year — “efficiency rebalancing.” It sounds sterile. Bureaucratic. Almost boring. But if you strip away the PR language and look at what’s actually happening, it translates to something far more visceral: companies are selling their people to buy computers. Not metaphorically. Literally. April 2026 has made this undeniable. Ac…

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels CEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world’s largest trade union federation. When adjusted for inflation , global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the …

Financial services firms fire people. It's a sad fact of life, but it also comes with the territory of what can be very high pay at a comparatively young age and the ability to wear a vest/gilet in all weathers if male. When you are fired from your financial services job, you have three options. You can go quietly. You can go noisily. Or you can go quietly and then make a noise. If you choose…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 30 April 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07419-1 Effect of dynamic marketing capabilities on marketing performance of medium and large manufacturing firms with mediating role of specialized marketing capabilities in Sidama region, Ethiopia

Labor market policies intended to protect trade secrets may limit late-career wages and encourage firms to replace human labor with capital investments in machinery and other equipment, according to a research team that includes Penn State Smeal professor Bharadwaj Kannan.

FT branch of NUJ say there is not ‘compelling case’ for mandate for editorial staff to be in office four days a week Journalists at the Financial Times are at loggerheads with the publication’s management over plans to order staff back to the office four days a week by the end of the year. Members of the Financial Times’ union have unanimously voted to invoke the company’s dispute procedure over …

Atharv, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Delhi NCR ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9022-4955 ABSTRACT India’s recent consolidation of labour legislation into four codes covering wages, industrial relations, social security, and occupational safety aim to simplify compliance while extending formal recognition to categories such as gig and migrant workers. Yet, questions persist regarding ho…

The new body will examine how AI is reshaping London's labor market, with a mandate to strengthen workforce skills and protect pathways into employment. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new AI and Jobs Taskforce chaired by Baroness Martha Lane-Fox to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the capital's labor market. London, England’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has appointed Baroness Martha …

The firms said last week that they will be reducing parental leave and other benefits for employees starting next year Recent moves by US companies Deloitte and Zoom to reduce how much paid parental leave they offer employees could signal a larger reduction in benefits in corporate America, according to labor market experts. American workers are already seen as having less benefits and labor prot…

IntroductionThe rise in non-traditional employment has reshaped the labor market, with freelancers emerging as a significant and increasingly strategic segment of the workforce. Freelancers are highly skilled professionals who contribute to knowledge-intensive and innovative projects, yet despite their growing importance, they are often overlooked by HR practitioners and excluded from formal HR p…

The search for work has become crushing for many, scrolling through limitless unsuitable job ads. Is there a way out of this cycle? Name: Doomjobbing. Age: Old, but increasing in frequency. Continue reading...