Duncan Brown
@duncanbhr.bsky.social
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Rewards advice and research, two girls' dad, pension trustee, runner
Elon Musk celebrates $1tn Tesla pay vote victory - 'This is pay for unchecked power, not pay for performance,” said New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli'
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Elon Musk celebrates $1tn Tesla pay vote victory
Record package of shares wins 75% approval, reinforcing billionaire’s control of electric-car maker
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1 day ago
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Duncan Brown
Institute for Employment Studies
2 days ago
📢New blog! IES'
@naomiclayton.bsky.social
reflects on the Keep Britain Working Review, considering how the recommendations can be best implemented by both government and employers, when taking a 'whole-system' approach and embedding good work as a foundation for health. Read:
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A lesson for UK boardrooms: you get what you pay for - 'Director pay is like board members themselves: it’s the quality and attitude that counts at least as much as the number.'
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A lesson for UK boardrooms: you get what you pay for
If UK investors want to stick with cash, they should offer more of it
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2 days ago
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“There’s a risk we end up with a 2nd Gilded Age” 32% of moderate-income households (earning $42,000-$84,000pa) endured food insecurity in 2023, 39% found healthcare unaffordable and 33% housing hardship. The poverty rate is 25%: vs the national rate 13%
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How New York’s affordability crisis reshaped its politics
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral upset reflects growing frustration with soaring living costs
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3 days ago
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Duncan Brown
Financial Times
4 days ago
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
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To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
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My letter in
@financialtimes.com
today defending the minimum wage. City bosses’ recruitment blues cut little ice here -
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Letter: City bosses’ recruitment blues cut little ice here
From Duncan Brown, Principal Associate, Institute for Employment Studies, London TWI, UK
https://on.ft.com/3WNftGx
3 days ago
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Trump told Fox News that Pelosi’s retirement was “a great thing for America. She was evil, corrupt and only focused on bad things for our country.' This lack of empathy, humanity and generosity is the most obnoxious, dangerous trait of Trump and populism.
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Nancy Pelosi to retire from politics
US Democratic party titan will stand down after nearly 40 years
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5 days ago
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Reeves plans £2bn Budget raid on UK retirement savings - really dumb. It "may well result in employers reconsidering the generosity of their pension offer. “At a time when millions are not saving enough, this is a backward step,” he added.
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Reeves plans £2bn Budget raid on UK retirement savings
Move would reduce tax benefits from salary sacrifice pension schemes as chancellor aims to fill fiscal hole
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5 days ago
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Number of British workers underpaid by employers falls sharply - Really?! The LPC puts it at 400k and as for disincentives to do so, as noted '3 employers were successfully prosecuted last year
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Number of British workers underpaid by employers falls sharply
Data shows 25,000 workers were not paid fairly in financial year ending in 2025, compared with 52,000 in 2024
https://on.ft.com/4qMtYbi
6 days ago
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GSK’s retreat on diversity targets: 'Stunning' fall by GSK in ft European diversity league table 7th last year to 224th. Largely down to fall in employee net promoter score. CEOs don't realise just how badly this will impact on rec and retention espec where skill shortages persist
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GSK’s retreat on diversity targets felt by employees
More than half of UK drugmaker’s revenues are in the US where it sells to government-backed health insurance programmes
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7 days ago
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Trump’s diversity retreat leaves European companies walking a tightrope - Great summary of current highly dysfunctional situation on corporate diversity in the age of Trump. 'A restatement as opposed to rollback.' Really?! Or a retreat based on spineless hypocrisy?
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Trump’s diversity retreat leaves European companies walking a tightrope
Multinationals have crafted different corporate values by region in bid to offset pressure from Washington
https://on.ft.com/4nJJ4M2
7 days ago
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Great meeting last night, excellent Charlie Mayfield report out this morning that should enable employers to address the UK health crisis, and landslide Mandami win overnight. Life is good, there is hope!
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Today - 05/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ln7f
8 days ago
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Duncan Brown
The Guardian
8 days ago
Bosses at six water firms had £4m in bonuses blocked under new rules, Ofwat says
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Bosses at six water firms had £4m in bonuses blocked under new rules, Ofwat says
Regulator considers forcing companies to report pay received by parent firms after Guardian investigation Water company bosses were blocked from receiving £4m in bonuses for the last financial year – and the industry regulator is considering forcing companies to report pay received by parent companies following a Guardian investigation. Ofwat, the regulator for English and Welsh water firms, said six companies had complied with the new rules governing the sector and did not pay out bonuses to bosses. However, it is consulting on further rules to force the disclosure of payments by other companies after the revelation that Yorkshire Water’s chief executive, Nicola Shaw, had received £1.3m in secret payments via an offshore parent company. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/05/bosses-at-six-water-firms-had-bonuses-blocked-under-new-rules-ofwat-says?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Climate=growth, not just survival. Last night brilliant European HRD Circle meeting hosted by the inspirational @Shaneholland at his Borough Market Excellent group illustrated the contribution that HR can make to this huge agenda. Fascinating!
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Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth
Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...
https://observer.co.uk/news/business/article/climate-action-is-the-best-way-to-ensure-long-term-growth
8 days ago
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Excellent
@cipdpolicy.bsky.social
@highpaycentre.bsky.social
report on workforce reporting in FTSE 100. Poor progress eg use of a people-related KPI lower vs 2022. Labour must go further than extending gender pay reporting & mandate detailed human capital reporting
www.cipd.org/globalassets...
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https://www.cipd.org/globalassets/media/knowledge/knowledge-hub/reports/2022-pdfs/9021-future-of-workforce-reporting-report-web.pdf
9 days ago
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Dumont at the OECD:key is invest in people'as soon as possible,don’t wait 5, 10 years”.People pay attn to the jobs immigrants do when they arrive. But to let people get stuck in jobs that don’t use their potential is a waste, for them andfor the economy'
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Why the job ladder matters for migrants
Obstacles in progressing are important both for people and for the economy
https://on.ft.com/3JjtTLz
9 days ago
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Duncan Brown
Financial Times
9 days ago
Reeves bets on the long-term — will she be around to reap the benefits?
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Reeves bets on the long-term — will she be around to reap the benefits?
UK chancellor lays groundwork for further tax rises in speech weeks ahead of Budget
https://on.ft.com/4nNyLqw
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AI vs faith ' There is the potential for a unifying vision for regulating AI companies. God willing, someone will take it up.' -
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AI vs faith
How religious voters react to the upheaval of artificial intelligence could have big implications in elections
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10 days ago
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Evidence? None. These leaders just show their ignorance of reality . Most low pd workers don't work full time& the most stay low pd with no progression. Wasn't the @FinancialTimes reporting recentlyon £100k+ starting salaries for magic circle graduates?!
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City bosses warn on pay as minimum wage closes in on graduate salaries
Chief executives voice fears about impact on recruitment ahead of expected rise in Budget
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11 days ago
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'I would like to see London’s water supply in the hands of people whose principal concern is to provide reliable effective service to the people of London, for whom the objective of providing exceptional returns to investors over 3-to-5-years is secondary'
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What exactly are we paying for? The UK’s legacy of privatising utilities
All-round expertise is lacking, but urgently needed to run key public services efficiently
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11 days ago
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Joe a retiree, blamed Democrats for failing to offer a +ive alternative to Trump.“Their agenda is just blame him . . every day, People are tired of it. Tell us what you’re gonna do, how you’re going to make it better for Americans.” Familiar @UKLabour?!
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Trump and plastic bags: New Jersey is bellwether of US political mood
Democrat Mikie Sherrill battles to hold off Republican Jack Ciattarelli in tight contest for state’s governorship
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11 days ago
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Wonderful piece by @claer barrett , the best thing you will read all week
@financialtimes.com
Friendship: the best investment we can ever make -
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Friendship: the best investment we can ever make
A life that is rich in friendship is one worth living to the full
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11 days ago
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'Most Starbucks workers that I talk to on a day-to-day basis are one or two paychecks away from homelessness, and that shouldn’t be the reality of people who are working at a job that claims to support their workers.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Starbucks workers hold strike vote amid anger over pay and conditions
Union says world’s largest coffee chain engaged in bad faith bargaining and stonewalled over contract
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/31/starbucks-workers-strike-vote
12 days ago
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'That high levels of inequality hold back economic progress is empirically proven.'
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The London consensus is a timely challenge to Trump’s isolationism | Phillip Inman
A debate on how to achieve fairer, greener growth could point the way to a successor for neoliberal capitalism
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/01/london-consensus-neoliberalism-trump-fairer-growth#Echobox=1762013418
12 days ago
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Anything called 'clafouti' just has to be good and make you smile.😁Let's hope it tastes as good 😋
12 days ago
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'If demand is crushed by overzealous efforts to control borrowing by raising taxes in a weakening economy, productivity growth becomes impossible — and public finances just lurch from crisis to crisis.' To boost UK productivity, ordinary workers must bear more of the tax burden -
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To boost UK productivity, ordinary workers must bear more of the tax burden
The key to restoring both fiscal sustainability and productivity growth is to expand Britain’s most competitive businesses
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12 days ago
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Tips are taking the place of restaurant wages - UK getting more like the US?
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Tips are taking the place of restaurant wages
UK hospitality chains have increased service charges to offset the high cost of employment
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/9d451fea-34b0-46ee-86ee-3db3ba7c0868
13 days ago
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“In these times, with what’s going on in the world, we must not give up and instead fight harder for truth and justice. If you lose hope then we are doomed” Her message was clear: “You must not give up. You must do your bit” Good motto for HR and us all
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‘You must not give up’: the last testament of Jane Goodall
The conservationist led a 65-year fight to raise eco awareness. She gave the Financial Times one of her final interviews
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21 days ago
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Duncan Brown
Financial Times
21 days ago
Steakhouses in the UK and US are cutting staff, shrinking portions and raising prices as cattle shortages and high consumer demand drive up the cost of beef, squeezing restaurants’ profit margins
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Good in the bad: Musk's obscene package includes an objective to deliver a succession plan for himself. -Musk really deserves that $1tn bonus package -
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Elon Musk really deserves that $1tn bonus package
The billionaire must reach multiple challenging operational targets, so it is by no means money for nothing
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21 days ago
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New ASHE data. Good news low pay and gender pay gaps narrowing. Bad news is that's partly as average pay is stagnant. Real growth in ONS figure belies reality. Focus of attention now needs to shift to improving pay, protection and living standards for all
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Retail and hospitality wage growth hit as UK employers offset tax rise
Data suggests businesses cut number of hours worked by staff to bring down labour costs
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21 days ago
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Reward strategies for 2025/6: act less, plan more. My new blog
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HR and reward strategies 2025/6: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)
https://www.employment-studies.co.uk/news/hr-and-reward-strategies-20256-%E2%80%98festina-lente%E2%80%99-act-less-plan-more
23 days ago
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Even PE getting the message on employee ownership. KKR heads worker ownership push in Japan -
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KKR heads worker ownership push in Japan
Industry-backed initiative seeks to share windfalls with blue-collar employees of portfolio companies
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23 days ago
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Duncan Brown
Institute for Employment Studies
24 days ago
New resource! These infographics summarise the evaluation of the JobsPlus pilot programme, which supports job seekers living in social housing to find employment and progress in the workplace, including the key success factors identified so far. See more:
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this is where leaders and politicians opposing the NLW and employment rights want to take the uk: they 'have no clue about a courier’s life, and neither know nor care'. Low paid in insecure work need more not less protection, higher pay& predictable hours.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan review – startling stories of China’s new precarity
The viral blog turned book details the exhausting life of a courier, but something may have been lost in translation
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/21/i-deliver-parcels-in-beijing-by-hu-anyan-review-startling-stories-of-chinas-new-precarity
24 days ago
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'Each 1% improvement in financial literacy levels equates to a 2.78% fall in household loan default rates; a 10% boost boosts GDP growth above expected rates by 0.3% points.' Yet literacy levels have fallen due to 'a decline in employer support'.
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What if financial literacy could boost GDP?
New research suggests a direct link between improved understanding of issues such as inflation and lower loan defaults
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24 days ago
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5 staples fuel inflation. Why do business leaders always blame rising nmw and nics for their woes rather than rises in supply and energy costs? HR leaders and
@cipd.bsky.social
need to counter this false narrative: higher pay & pension contribs than the national minimums pay off
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Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
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24 days ago
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Lack of Labour joined up employmet policies next example: Scientists charged too much to immigrate to UK, says Royal Society -
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Scientists charged too much to come to work in UK, says Royal Society
Combined upfront cost of the five-year Global Talent Visa and the Immigration Health Surcharge stands at £5,941
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24 days ago
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Lack of Labour joined up employmet policies next example: Scientists charged too much to immigrate to UK, says Royal Society -
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Scientists charged too much to come to work in UK, says Royal Society
Combined upfront cost of the five-year Global Talent Visa and the Immigration Health Surcharge stands at £5,941
https://on.ft.com/4qlipHZ
24 days ago
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Duncan Brown
Financial Times
24 days ago
In the video, the council’s leader Linden Kemkaran could be seen telling councillors, in relation to policy decisions, 'you’re just going to have to f****** suck it up'.
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fascinating analysis showing strong labour market protections don't have to mean countries creating barriers to establish and do business in. Neths and Denmark in top 10 of easiest countries despite decent protections for workers
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https://www.tmf-group.com/globalassets/pdfs/publications/gbci/2025-english.pdf
24 days ago
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Rereading and editing listening to Springsteen 'Waitin on a sunny day'! And the reward strategy is: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reward...
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And the reward strategy is: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more
Duncan Brown questions in his latest blog whether in our contradictory context of economic doldrums combined with high uncertainty, HR and reward leaders need to ‘think slow’, review their crisis-driv...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reward-strategy-festina-lente-act-less-plan-more-duncan-brown-emige?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via
25 days ago
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Made some plum trifles in my d gown before getting down to work. Cheered me hugely in this grey showery gloom!
25 days ago
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Tesco hiring 28,500 festive roles. Elzbieta Golab describes Cmas jobs as a "key pipeline for our future leaders."Grt talent management! It shld help close gender pay/rep gaps. HR needs to be smarter at spotting opportunities to promote their people goals
www.personneltoday.com/hr/christmas...
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Christmas job searches hit record high
Searches for Christmas jobs are up 28% compared to last year, according to data from job site Indeed.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/christmas-job-searches-hit-record-high/
25 days ago
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The US rich get richer and... 'Research by Moody’s shows the top 10% of people by income account for around half of all US consumption. In August, the lowest 1/4ile saw an average wage rise of 3.6%, compared with 4.6 per cent for the highest earners.'
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America’s gravity-defying economy
The AI boom is helping to sustain growth but demand is coming from the richest consumers who own stocks while poorer Americans are being squeezed
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25 days ago
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How dumb and inconsistent is this, cutting care worker training, when Labour wants to cut overseas care worker recruitment while growing total numbers to meet the needs of an ageing population?!
www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/15/s...
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Proportion of care workers with basic qualifications hits new low following training cuts, shows report - Community Care
Government's £115m cut to planned adult social care training funding in 2024-25 was followed by reduction in proportion of staff with level 2 qualification
https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/15/share-of-care-workers-with-basic-qualification-hits-new-low-following-training-funding-cuts-reveals-report/
25 days ago
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A utopian future is still possible (just) -
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A utopian future is still possible (just)
Mainstream parties have stopped promising voters better lives
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A utopian future is still possible (just) -
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A utopian future is still possible (just)
Mainstream parties have stopped promising voters better lives
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26 days ago
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And the reward strategy is: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more
www.linkedin.com/pulse/reward...
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And the reward strategy is: ‘festina lente’ - act less, plan more
Duncan Brown questions in his latest blog whether in our contradictory context of economic doldrums combined with high uncertainty, HR and reward leaders need to ‘think slow’, review their crisis-driv...
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reward-strategy-festina-lente-act-less-plan-more-duncan-brown-emige?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via
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Annual growth in average earnings for regular earnings (excl bonuses) was 4.7%, and for total earnings (incl bonuses) was 5.0% in June to August 2025. Annual average regular earnings growth was 4.4% for the private sector and 6.0% for the public sector.
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Labour market overview, UK - Office for National Statistics
Estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/october2025
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