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Authored by Vassilios Vassiliou, University of East Anglia; Ciaran Grafton-Clarke, University of East Anglia, and Ranu Baral, University of East Anglia Two weeks after your second COVID-19 vaccine dose, the protective effects of…

Temporary measures brought in to support businesses from insolvency during the pandemic will be phased out from 1 October. Companies in financial distress as a result of the pandemic have been protected from creditor action since June last…

Amazon’s more than 750,000 operations employees in the US are eligible for fully funded college tuition, including cost of classes, books, and fees The online retail giant is also adding three new skills training…

The NHS will be exempt from the new health and social care levy, government plans reveal, yet in a bizarre twist, care providers and their workers will pay for the levy, The Telegraph has reported. There are also revelations that the…

SPECIAL REPORT The government has announced a 1.25% Health and Social Care levy based on National Insurance contributions to tackle the social care crisis. "Another short-sighted attack from the government on the self-employed": Seb…

Off-payroll labour and IR35 – six months on but uncertainty remains for end clients, recruiters and contractors More than half of the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have not put in a formal process to adhere to changes…

Care workers are quitting to become Amazon warehouse pickers and for other better-paid jobs in a growing staffing crisis which operators now warn could leave 170,000 vacancies by the end of the year, the Guardian reported. The shift of…

Freelancers and contractors are curious people. That’s why they love to hear how others broke into this weird and wonderful world of work and how they are improving their game and switching off when they aren’t working. This week Sarah…

On the 2nd of September, the Insta villagers revolted. Ok, that's a bit dramatic, but Instagrammers did voice their outcry when the platform was not refreshing posts, was "down" or "compromised". Social media for some freelancers and…

Agencies are still playing second fiddle to in-house companies when it comes to where communications professionals would consider moving to in their next role, according to a new salary guide. The Annual Salary Guide 2021 by The Works,…