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Work & careers

January 2025

  • A woman working from home

    Work-life balance more important than pay for employees worldwide

  • A new baby holds the finger of its mother.

    Single mother entitled to same parental leave as couple, Spanish court rules

  • G2 - The experts: senior managers and HR experts on how to put together a fantastic job application, from CV to interview

    The experts
    From the perfect CV to acing an interview – experts on 23 ways to get the job of your dreams

  • Students at a Birmingham University graduation ceremony

    University degree still best for young Britons’ life chances, says former minister

  • Working from home – the politics and the tradition

  • ‘I know someone in a warehouse with a master’s degree’: how to break the cycle of youth unemployment

  • Zuckerberg is quite the champion of the underrepresented – so long as you’re conservative and live in Texas

    Joseph Harker
  • ‘Everything we were taught about success is wrong’: how to find true fulfilment in your life and career

  • Citigroup commits to office working with £1bn Canary Wharf tower revamp

  • Renée Zellweger: Bridget Jones characters would be in trouble today over work romance

  • Australia’s unemployment rate rises to 4% but uncertainty now lingers over expected RBA cut

  • Share your experience of internships in the UK creative industry

  • UK women who suffer miscarriage should get two weeks’ paid leave, MPs say

  • Labour has been sucked into the WFH culture war. It should know better

    Polly Toynbee
  • How’s my home life? Well, I’ve moved into the shed to spend more time with the chickens

    Emma Beddington
  • Falling white-collar pay and the cost to society

  • Nils Pratley on finance
    Big retail will cope – but Reeves’ NICs raid is too much, too soon for part-timers

    Nils Pratley
  • Why are gen Z shunning ‘hustle culture’ in favour of long-term jobs? Here are three good reasons

    Oli Mould
  • Observer business profile
    ‘Just make people come in on the second Thursday of the month’: workspace provider Mark Dixon on the WFH debate

  • ‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says

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