jobs

• Mr Wonga and the jobs factory
  Posted on May 23, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Apparently all we need to get our sluggish economy up and running again is the ability to sack people more easily. This according to a man who gets at least some of his wealth lending to the desperate and charging them nearly 4,200% APR. This is definitely someone whose advice I want when I am down on my uppers.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: Beecroft, clegg, employment law, employment rights, jobs, no-fault dismissal, red tape, redundancy, unfair dismissal, Wonga
• When is a job not a job? When it's 'work experience'
  Posted on February 27, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I could have been a lawyer. I don’t mean in the way that anyone could, in theory, become a lawyer if they wanted to. I mean because I went to Oxbridge and I came from a family who could afford to support me through some unpaid internships or work experience to help me get a foot in the door. In fact, I did attend one milk-round event to find out how to become a human rights lawyer. Who knows what would have happened if it hadn’t been Linklaters?
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: Alan Milburn, Fair Access to the Professions, internships, jobs, legal profession, Nick Clegg, social mobility, Tesco, training contract, work experience, workfare
• When is a job not a job? When it's a 'self-employment' opportunity
  Posted on January 23, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I am one of the 4.14 million self-employed workers in the UK. I was feeling rather special and especially courageous for going it alone, but now I am one of over 4 million I don’t feel quite so amazing. Having said that, and even though I was somewhat ‘bounced’ into doing it by being made redundant, it is something I had thought about for a long time and I have a fair idea of the drawbacks as well as the benefits. That probably sets me apart from quite a few of this growing band of freelancers.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: CIPD, employment rights, employment tribunal, jobs, minimum wage, self employed, unemployment numbers