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The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will today publish a report considering the impacts of Brexit on the UK labour market.  The Committee was asked to carry out the research by the Government in July 2017 and will cover areas including wages...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published more details on the future of DWP jobcentres. Damian Hinds, Minister for Employment (July 2016 to January 2018), said: We will always make sure that people have the support they need...

Colchester Jobcentre Plus is opening at the weekends to keep up with demand says staff - many of whom have been training on Universal Credit. The UK government has been eroding workers entitlements with companies signing in staff to 48 hr contracts w...

We were contacted by Allen who has set up this 'chores' website. Anyone willing to write an eBook about stick vacumn cleaners needs a new set of friends was out first opinion.  Still if doing the dusting gets you all hot and excited, this i...

The labour market statistics were published today by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency. Unemployment increased over the quarter and decreased over the year The latest NI seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the period May-Jul...

11 September 2018:  The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, along with the EURES Cross-Border Partnership, will host a cross-border Job Fair in the Slieve Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan on Thursday, 20 September, from...

Universal Credit full service has been rolling out across Scotland since March 2016 and is due to be completed by December this year. Speaking ahead of her address to the National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers in Glasgow today, Shi...

SDLP Social Justice Spokesperson Nichola Mallon MLA has said it is unacceptable that over two months on from the publication of the Independent Review of the PIP Assessment Process Report by Walter Radar, the Department for Communities has still not...

Benefit claimants who are Danske Bank account holders due to receive payment on Monday 3 September have instead been paid today, Friday 31 August 2018. No-one will miss out on a payment and customers do not need to take any further action.  This...

Last week Social Welfare Inspectors from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection conducted approximately 1,000 inspections of employers in Dublin city. These inspections were undertaken across the city and in a variety of sectors....