Jobs and employment

Half a million self-employed people to get just two-fifths of income under new Government support

Freelancers will be able to apply for grants worth just 40 per cent of average monthly trading profits - half of what was offered previously

By Amy Jones 23 Oct 2020, 8:43pm
Five business tests that must be met to limit the impact on firms and jobs

Support is welcome but no amount of state aid can compensate for an open, fully functioning economy

Hannah Essex 23 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
Should I work from home? What Boris Johnson’s update means for employers and staff

Employees should work from home if possible, the Government has said, but it has left it up to businesses to decide who can do so

By Marianna Hunt 23 Oct 2020, 11:31am
Should I return to work? Your rights if your employer asks you to go back to work

By Marianna Hunt 23 Oct 2020, 11:30am
Rishi Sunak provides extra £13bn to keep businesses alive

By Gordon Rayner 22 Oct 2020, 8:51pm
Shielding workers sacked in the pandemic could wait three years for a tribunal, Citizens Advice warns

By Mason Boycott-Owen 22 Oct 2020, 12:01am
Revealed: The best place to work from home in the UK

By Telegraph Reporters 21 Oct 2020, 1:13pm

Sunak warned off tax raid on self-employed

Many freelancers won’t be able to survive if forced to pay more tax, Chancellor told as he draws up plans to hit self-employed

By Tom Rees 20 Oct 2020, 3:28pm
Cathay Pacific slashes 6,000 jobs

The Hong Kong-based airline expects to operate at about 10pc of pre-pandemic capacity for the rest of the year

By Telegraph Reporters 20 Oct 2020, 12:41pm
Six holiday destinations tempting remote workers with tax perks and cheap visas

From Caribbean islands to the cobbled streets of Tblisi: these places are offering incentives

By Marianna Hunt 20 Oct 2020, 6:00am

I've lost my job, how do I apply for Universal Credit?

There were 31,387 new jobs advertised in just three days last week on Indeed

By Jessica Beard 19 Oct 2020, 10:25am
Redundancy rights: how much pay and notice am I entitled to?

From redundancy notice to statutory pay: we lay out what you are and aren't entitled to

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 10:25am

What does coronavirus mean for my travel plans, savings, investments and pension?

Cancelled holidays and falling stock markets could prove costly. Here's how best to coronavirus-proof your money

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 10:22am
How much statutory sick pay can I get if coronavirus stops me working?

Thousands employees have been unable to go to work because of infection concerns: but will they still be paid?

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 10:14am
Five ways you can help the UK economy recover from coronavirus, while helping yourself

Buy British, retrain and learn a new skill to contribute to the economic recovery

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 10:11am
I'm self-employed – can I get sick pay for coronavirus?

Many self-employed workers could find themselves having to live on a quarter of their income

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 9:54am
'I haven't been able to work for months… I've lost everything'

Nic Mitchell fell seriously ill with coronavirus early on this year and has been unable to work since

By Marianna Hunt 19 Oct 2020, 7:00am
Covid 'accelerates' need to act now on impending skills crisis, CBI warns

The CBI said research carried out prior to the crisis found that nine in 10 workers would need new skills before 2030

By Hannah Boland 19 Oct 2020, 6:00am
Work from home crowd and office hardcore try to make the best of both worlds

With many staff continuing to work from home, the office is adapting to a new role

By Michael O'Dwyer 18 Oct 2020, 5:00am
Four ways to make a circuit-breaker economy work

Coping with repeated lockdowns won’t be easy, but there are ways some businesses could make it work

Matthew Lynn 17 Oct 2020, 5:00am

Women and lower-paid hit hardest by home working

'Right' kind of jobs see higher productivity as workforce divide widens, according to research

By Russell Lynch 16 Oct 2020, 12:14pm
Pret a Manger to axe another 400 jobs as Covid restrictions bite

The latest cull follows 2,800 redundancies at the city-centric coffee shop chain

By Telegraph Reporters 16 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
Peacocks and Edinburgh Woollen Mill to shut 50 stores

Retail tycoon Philip Day is culling 600 jobs across his empire after being badly hit by national and local lockdowns

By Laura Onita 16 Oct 2020, 9:21am

UK job losses: all the companies axing staff amid coronavirus

More than 170,000 jobs disappear as Covid-19 pandemic takes toll on corporate Britain

By Sophie Smith 15 Oct 2020, 7:59am
Borrowing to hit 120pc of GDP, warns OECD

The UK's finances could become unsustainable unless serious action is taken, according to the international body

By Tim Wallace 14 Oct 2020, 1:29pm

Recruiter PageGroup suffers bigger blow in UK than Europe

Profits at the firm fell more sharply in the UK than in any of the recruiter's other markets

By Michael O'Dwyer 14 Oct 2020, 11:42am
Let's pay the jobless to start the firms of the future

The Government should make encouraging entrepreneurship a key part of its recovery plan

Sajid Javid 14 Oct 2020, 7:00am
Over-65s among worst casualties of jobs crisis as 122,000 out of work since March

One in 10 older workers have been squeezed out of their jobs during the pandemic

By Jessica Beard 14 Oct 2020, 6:00am
How to avoid losing your sense of humour in the workplace

A survey shows a fun can be in short supply among colleagues, but Michael Hogan says we should embrace the joy

Michael Hogan 14 Oct 2020, 6:00am
The pandemic has destroyed a decade of rising employment in a matter of months

The UK’s jobs miracle is turning into a nightmare

Ben Marlow 13 Oct 2020, 10:08pm
Bailey warns scourge of long-term unemployment threatens workers

Industries are being upended while local lockdowns hit regional economies, threatening to scar the economy for years to come

By Tim Wallace 13 Oct 2020, 7:13pm
Unemployment is rising: the 'phoney war' is almost over

Job losses are finally starting to show through in the latest statistics, as economists forecast an extra 1m cuts

By Russell Lynch 13 Oct 2020, 4:21pm
Covid-19 to blow $28 trillion hole in world economy

The shortfall by 2025 is equivalent to an entire year of output from the UK, US and Germany combined

By Tim Wallace 13 Oct 2020, 1:50pm

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