Jobs and work

Fact checks related to the employment rate, unemployment, pensions and the gender pay gap

15 November 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Deliveroo, unions and the ‘gig economy’

On 7 November, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) asked Deliveroo, an online food delivery company, to voluntarily recognise it as the trade union for Deliveroo drivers and riders Read

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2 November 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

How many disabled people are in work?

Since 2013 the number of disabled people in work has increased by just under half a million. Under the current government the number of disabled people in the UK in work has increased by around 100,00 Read

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14 October 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Scottish jobs after Brexit

A ‘Hard Brexit’ would see 80,000 fewer jobs in Scotland than EU membership, according to one set of figures. Read

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