Hacker NewsFeb 26

Number of UK workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high ahead of crackdown

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj1m7d4gxpo

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Number of workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high

There has been a 181,000 increase in the number of zero-hours contracts since Labour was elected.

BBC News
PPC LandSep 27
Study reveals which business terms confuse UK workers most in 2025: Research shows "stakeholder" is searched 163,800 times annually as professionals seek clarity on corporate jargon while Inverness emerges as least business-literate city. https://ppc.land/study-reveals-which-business-terms-confuse-uk-workers-most-in-2025/ #BusinessTerms #CorporateJargon #WorkplaceCommunication #UKWorkers #Stakeholder
Study reveals which business terms confuse UK workers most in 2025

Research shows "stakeholder" is searched 163,800 times annually as professionals seek clarity on corporate jargon while Inverness emerges as least business-literate city.

PPC Land
CheshireSep 6, 2023
UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/06/uk-workers-will-be-worse-off-in-2024-than-in-2019-thinktank-warns?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns

Resolution Foundation predicts average Britons will be 4% poorer but better-off pensioners will be ‘big winners’

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Mar 27, 2023
Two-thirds of UK workers with long Covid have faced unfair treatment, says report | Long Covid | The Guardian
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#Inequality
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/mar/27/long-covid-two-thirds-workers-unfair-treatment-report
Two-thirds of UK workers with long Covid have faced unfair treatment, says report

TUC and charity call for better support and legal right to reasonable adjustments at work for sufferers

The Guardian