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Last update: Wednesday 25th March
 
A new report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and written by Lancaster University and the International Longevity Centre – UK, has found that introducing the National Living Wage for low-paid care home workers will cost £387 million per year, which will need to be met by central and local government as well as care providers.
Work/EmploymentEkklesia Daily Bulletin - 3rd November 2015
 
Over half of local charities are not optimistic about remaining financially afloat over the next five years, while almost three-quarters have seen a decrease or stagnation in their income, according to a report published today.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 13th October 2015
 
Sixty one per cent of employers are against a government proposal to allow staff three days of paid volunteering leave, according to a survey by a recruitment firm.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 13th August 2015
 
A survey of 2,000 members of the public commissioned by the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) has revealed that 57% of respondents believe that the family life of shop workers will suffer if Sunday trading laws are relaxed.
Work/EmploymentCARE Impact Direct - 2nd October 2015
 
Social enterprises are outperforming the wider economy in almost every area of business, according to research by Social Enterprise UK.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 16th September 2015
 
The charity sector workforce has grown by almost 45,000 over the course of a year, according to the latest accounts and annual returns filed with the Charity Commission in the year to June 2015.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 2nd September 2015
 
Chief executives working for the UK's top 100 charities had an average salary of just over £170,000 in the last year, but pay remains low compared to other sectors, according to exclusive research by Charity Finance magazine.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 1st September 2015
 
Last year the Charity Commission had open cases and inquiries into 379 religious charities, of which 153 were Christian and 85 were Muslim, according to figures published today.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 12th August 2015
 
Recent results from a survey conducted by document management solutions provider, Margolis have revealed that almost half of businesses either believe they could go paperless by the end of 2015 or already have gone paperless. What the data suggests is that many organizations are now recognising the paperless office as a realistic goal and benchmark for efficiency. 30% of businesses believed that they could go paperless at some point this year, whilst 18.7% declared that they were already embracing an electronic way of working. Results still showed a small amount of animosity to embracing this change, as 6% of those surveyed said that they didn’t want to go paperless.
Work/EmploymentMargolis - 20th July 2015
 
Only 17% of women work in Saudi Arabia, compared to 50% in Qatar.
Work/EmploymentChristianity – June 2015
 
Christian magistrate Richard Page, who has sat as a Justice of the Peace in Kent for 15 years, has been told that he must undergo `equality training' before returning to work after he blocked the adoption of a chid by a same sex couple. His religious beliefs about family life were deemed discriminatory.
Work/EmploymentChristianity - March 2015
 
Small charities often lack necessary skills such as fundraising and lobbying and struggle to pay good enough salaries to recruit the right staff, a survey released today has found.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 11th June 2015
 
This month the Office for National Statistics revealed that unemployment rates in the UK have fallen by 58,000 to an estimated 1.91 million. Alarmingly however, the rate of unemployment among young people aged 16-24 has risen by 30,000 to a staggering 764,000.
Work/EmploymentYouthwork - March 2015
 
One in seven charities are struggling to survive, according to a report released today by the Charities Aid Foundation and Acevo.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 24th March 2015
 
Charity sector chief executive pay fell by 9 per cent in the year to March 2014, according to an annual pay survey published today by the charity leaders' network, Acevo.
Work/EmploymentCivil Society News - 16th February 2015
 
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