Around 15 years ago a new tribe entered our lexicon: the NEETs, young people who are not in education, employment or training. Reducing their number was a priority for the Labour government of the day. The Social Exclusion Unit was...
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Quick on the heels of his ‘fight back’ speech at Senate House, which was peppered with references to inequality, low pay, and zero-hours contracts, on Monday Ed Miliband returned to the subject of insecurity, exploitation and unfairness at work by...
In a Guardian article published last week, Martin Bright, former political editor of the New Statesman and founder of youth employment charity The Creative Society, argues that our main political parties are ‘bullying’ young people into work. With recent announcements...
Since the launch of Modern Apprenticeships in 1994 there has been a welcome (and very necessary) cross-party support for the renaissance and expansion of apprenticeships. But this progress is now in danger of going into reverse.
Antiquated eighteenth-century thinking frames new...
Workers’ rights have been seriously eroded since the coalition government came to power. It is now much harder for someone to challenge unfair employment practices or discrimination at an Employment Tribunal (ET). It is also getting much harder to get...
My name is Sarah and I have been working on and off as a waitress for almost 10 years. I have worked in nine restaurants in Scotland: two in Glasgow, four in Dundee, and three in the Scottish highlands (one...