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The first minimum wage figures for 2025 show that in 10 EU countries the minimum wage was below €1,000 per month, in six other countries it ranged from €1,000 to €1,500 per month and in the remaining six countries the minimum wage was above €1,500 per month.more

Flexible working, sick pay and pensions are the most sought-after benefits for jobseekers, but employers are failing to offer them, new research suggests. A study of millions of job adverts by Totaljobs found a significant gap between what candidates want and what’s on offer.more

Official figures show that 728,000 people came to the UK in the year to June 2024 - fewer than in the previous 12 months. The fall was greater than expected because the estimated number of people who came in the year to June 2023 was revised up sharply, to 906,000. more

In rural Portugal, the number of sheep and goat herders is decreasing year by year, although the demand for their work is not decreasing. Those who have remained in the profession can count on help from local governments and organizations supporting this dying profession.more

Major investors including Axa and Scottish Widows are backing shareholder resolutions pressing retailers Next, Marks & Spencer and JD Sports to increase pay for thousands of workers.more

According to ZUS data, the number of sick leave days due to mental and behavioral disorders (F00-F99) in 2024 amounted to 30.3 million. This is 16.2% more than in 2023, when there were 26.1 million.more

Vacancies have increased in the construction industry as well as for gardeners, teachers and maintenance workers, according to a new report. Research by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and data firm Lightcast showed a recent fall in demand for veterinary nurses, delivery drivers and train and tram drivers.more

Tesco will lift pay for its store staff by 5.2% but will scrap the extra pay for working on Sunday. The UK's biggest supermarket chain said the hourly rate will go up by 43p to £12.45 from 30 March after reaching a deal with unions.more

Teachers in England are abandoning the classroom over worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices, leaving vacancies at their highest rate on record, according to a report.more

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced a major initiative to help long-term unemployed sick and disabled people back into work. The move comes ahead of a wider reform package aimed at overhauling the UK’s welfare system, which ministers have described as "broken" and "unsustainable."more

More than 900,000 Londoners say they are unable to work full-time because of a long-term health condition – including a rising number of younger adult Londoners blaming mental health issues. A City Hall report has revealed that, over the last decade, there has been a 62 per cent increase in the number of Londoners reporting a work-limiting mental health condition.more

Poland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.6 per cent in January 2025, up from 2.7 per cent in December last year, Eurostat said on Tuesday. The same value as in Poland in January was recorded only in the Czech Republic - also at 2.6 per cent.more

Agency workers will reportedly be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts as part of changes to the UK government’s employment bill. Under the new rules, employers will have to offer agency workers a contract that guarantees a minimum number of hours every week, the BBC reported.more

Women’s worsening unemployment and participation in the workforce has pulled the UK behind Canada to its lowest ranking for workplace equality among large economies in a decade.more

More than 1 million of the lowest-paid UK workers are to be guaranteed sick pay worth up to 80% of their weekly salary from the first day of sickness, under changes intended to boost living standards.more

Experts say the UK faces a youth jobs crisis after a rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (neets) to almost a million, the highest level in more than a decade. Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were about 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were neets in October to December last year, up from 877,000 in the fourth quarter of 2023. more

More than two-thirds of hospitality businesses will reduce staffing as a result of tax changes taking effect in April, according to research by industry bodiescalling on the government to delay the changes.more

From 1 March, the limits on the amount pensioners can earn in addition to their benefits will change, reminds ZUS. Earnings from additional income do not apply to pensioners who have reached the age of 60 and pensioners who have reached the age of 65.more

Companies have ramped up hiring in recent weeks while consumer confidence has started to rise, research suggests, in a boost for Rachel Reeves as the government looks for signs of economic growth.more

The end of the war could lead to the departure of Ukrainian women, hitting the care business, hotels and catering, among others, but also to an influx of demobilised men, today's ‘Rzeczpospolita’ points out.more

Companies are planning to cut jobs or recruit fewer people ahead of rises to National Insurance payments and wages, according to a survey of UK employers. Businesses questioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) also said they would raise their prices to cover increasing employment costs.more

The number of foreign workers seeking help over claims of exploitation, bullying, underpayment and poor living conditions on UK farms significantly increased last year, the BBC has learned.more

British Airways has announced its applications for new pilots are open with those dreaming of a career in the sky encouraged to apply. The airline’s Speedbird Pilot Academy is giving people the opportunity to become a pilot with no cost.more

Canine beauticians, DJs and pilates instructors are among the categories of overseas workers eligible to apply for UK skilled worker visas, an Oxford academic has found.more

The Randstad research institute has examined the level of job satisfaction among employees in Poland. It turned out that many of them are looking for new offers because they are not fully satisfied with the amount of remuneration and the atmosphere at work.more