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• In this economy, being self-employed is not a choice but a necessity

  22 Aug 2014: Richard Seymour: The rise in self-employment is not a measure of entrepreneurial spirit, as touted by the government, but a sign of a lacklustre labour market

• Five reasons why mothers are an asset in the workplace

  13 Aug 2014: Lola Okolosie: We are scheduling aficionados, efficent and decisive – hiring mums is the best decision managers could make

• 40% of managers avoid hiring younger women to get around maternity leave

  12 Aug 2014:

  Cost of maternity leave too high and women 'aren't as good at their jobs' when they return, survey of 500 managers says

• The new breed of shareholder activist: taking on the big boys at the AGM

  1 Aug 2014: Zoe Williams: It’s a David and Goliath struggle: buying a single share and turning up at corporate AGMs to grill bosses over low pay, inflated bonuses and business ethics. They may not get straight answers, but there’s a victory in just asking the questions

• Increase in number of mothers working on self-employed or freelance terms

  22 Jun 2014: Parents are increasingly choosing money and flexibility over the security of traditional jobs

• Where's the worst place to be a worker? Most of the world

  22 May 2014:

  David Wearing: A new index of employment rights makes grim reading and exposes the link between rights and inequality

• Two thirds of self-employed are not paying into pensions, report finds

  3 May 2014: The majority of Britain's 4.5m self-employed people are not making any retirement provision, a thinktank report finds

• Many 'self-employed' women get by on less than £10,000 a year

  8 Mar 2014: Gender pay gap among self-employed widens to 40% as workers failing to find jobs register as business owners

• Let's talk about six-year parental leave – even if it is not viable

  11 Feb 2014: Stefan Stern: In principle, the idea that employers should want to keep hold of talented people, even after a substantial break, is a good one

• Handelsbanken boss frustrated by tax treatment of share scheme

  5 Feb 2014: HMRC has effectively blocked payments to the UK bank's share scheme for staff

• Our workplaces are about as family-friendly as a 19th-century mill

  29 Jan 2014: Zoe Williams: Maternity leave, sick pay, the minimum wage – the ability to claim these vital rights has been torched by our zero-hours economy

• How do I sell myself having only had one job?

  27 Jan 2014: Work advice My role has been stripped back and I need to move on, but having relocated to the north jobs are few and far between

• Recruitment firms face mis-selling claims over workers' insurance

  23 Jan 2014: Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary, says several agencies sold personal accident policies to workers already covered by their employers' insurance

• Minimum wage fine raised to £20,000 in UK

  15 Jan 2014: New maximum fine may be levied for every worker denied minimum wage as Vince Cable cracks down on rogue employers

• Parents 'face too much guilt over breastfeeding and work'

  3 Jan 2014:

  Liberal Democrat equalities minister Jo Swinson advises parents to do what feels right and stop worrying about official guidance

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