Work

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

If you’re out of work and struggling, unemployment benefits might be enough to help you get by. Here’s what to know about claiming and eligibility

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

Fine-dining kitchens, US sketch show writers, failing hospitals, battlefields and trade unions – all fertile ground for fiction

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says
Disability benefits

DWP benefit reforms to get people into work are ‘smokescreen for cuts’, disability activist says

Disability campaigner Ellen Clifford says the work capability assessment proposals are motivated purely by cutting spending rather than helping people into work

Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support
Disability rights

Disabled people losing jobs and ‘falling out of work’ due to months-long waits for DWP support

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?
Minimum wage

Pay boost for millions as Labour raises minimum wage to £12.21 an hour – but is it enough?

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DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea
Employment

DWP wants to send job coaches into mental health hospitals. Here’s why it’s a ‘dangerous’ idea

Leading recruitment expert Patrick Graham announced as Non-Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives CIC
Press Release

Leading recruitment expert Patrick Graham announced as Non-Executive Director for Big Issue Changing Lives CIC

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?
Alice Martin

Will Labour’s employment and renting reform bills finally end millennials’ insecurity?

What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’
Employment Rights Bill

What to expect from Labour’s plans for workers’ rights – and why the ‘devil will be in the detail’

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders
Industry

This factory once made every single Rolo in the world. Its decline is a warning for UK’s leaders

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights
Jack Kellam

The ‘right to switch off’ law will be a litmus test for Labour’s plans for workers’ rights

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they’re burned out and yearning for joy

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’
Four-Day Working Week

Three-quarters of Labour voters back a four-day working week: ‘Brits are burnt out’

Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’
Big Issue Recruit

Emilia Clarke: ‘Hospitals will fix your brain, but the recovery process will save you’

‘Huge mandate’: Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds
workers' rights

‘Huge mandate’: Brits of all political stripes want stronger rights for workers, poll finds

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality
Four-day working week

From a new UK pilot to union backing: The four-day working week has never been closer to reality

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury
Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work
Employment

Nearly half of brain injury survivors claim benefits – without enough support to get back to work

FOSO is the new FOMO: Why are we so afraid to switch off and be out of office?
Work

FOSO is the new FOMO: Why are we so afraid to switch off and be out of office?

How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work
Employment

How this social enterprise is tackling stigma and helping neurodiverse people into work

‘It’s an epidemic’: 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes
Employment

‘It’s an epidemic’: 1.4 million workers trapped in insecure jobs are stuck in precarious rented homes

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It’s truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can’t find work
Charlotte White

It’s truly heartbreaking how often food bank guests are punished because they can’t find work

‘Thank God it’s Thursday!’: Will we have a four-day working week by 2030? Yes, probably
Four-day working week

‘Thank God it’s Thursday!’: Will we have a four-day working week by 2030? Yes, probably

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink
Worker's rights

‘We need protection’: How AI, algorithms and oppressive digital tech are pushing workers to the brink

Cost of living: Single mum who works full-time recalls struggle to pay bills – and how she found help
Big Issue Invest

Cost of living: Single mum who works full-time recalls struggle to pay bills – and how she found help