Work

How and when to claim unemployment benefits
benefits

How and when to claim unemployment benefits

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

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

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?

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?

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’

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through
Health

Suffering a brain injury forced me out of work and onto benefits – it’s a lonely thing to go through

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

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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