Sarah O'Connor | Financial Times

Monday, 23 November, 2020

Monday, 16 November, 2020

Coronavirus economic impact

Levelling up is easier in a world of remote work

We have a once-in-a-generation chance to rebalance the economy

Monday, 9 November, 2020

Gig economy

The gig economy is a symptom of bigger problems

So far, Uber and other gig companies have warded off an existential threat to their business models

Tuesday, 3 November, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic

Key workers must be kept safer in Covid’s second wave

Lessons were missed in the first wave that could protect UK employees now

Tuesday, 27 October, 2020

UK employment

Threadbare sick pay is a false economy

Support for workers in quarantine is a crucial part of reducing the spread of Covid

Tuesday, 20 October, 2020

UK employment

What a ready-meals factory tells us about hidden inequality

Agency staff may do the same work as employees but lack security and suffer penalties

Friday, 16 October, 2020

Long Story Short

A selection of the FT’s biggest stories and best reads every Friday

Sarah O'Connor’s top reads: US election race heats up | A view into Hockney’s world | The geography of coronavirus in Britain

Tuesday, 13 October, 2020

Supply chains

Retail’s tick-box approach to supply chains is untenable

To halt labour abuses, companies must stop thinking about the issue as a matter of ethics

Tuesday, 6 October, 2020

Employment

Covid-19 could be the start of a better era for women who work

The pandemic has been tough on female workers but it presents a chance to fix long-ignored problems

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Tuesday, 29 September, 2020

Coronavirus economic impact

Be bold like FDR and create jobs directly

A British ‘New Deal’ must equip the unemployed with skills for the future

Tuesday, 15 September, 2020

Employment

Do not let homeworking become digital piecework for the poor

Low rates of pay, opacity and powerlessness built into crowd-work platforms should be policed

Tuesday, 1 September, 2020

UK employment

Goodbye to the ‘Pret economy’ and good luck to whatever replaces it

Cities will not die — their benefits could become more diffuse, with well-paid workers spread into the rest of the country

Tuesday, 18 August, 2020

Gig economy

Uber ruling shows gig economy is running out of road

Ride-hailing apps are being told to reclassify their drivers as employees with corresponding rights

Tuesday, 4 August, 2020

ESG investing

Sustainable funds must work harder to vet ESG investments

Boohoo shows that pseudo-scientific scoring systems are no substitute for thorough, time-consuming research

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

UK employment

Don’t just kill off zombie jobs, create better ones

Governments should demand improved working conditions in sectors that are growing

Friday, 3 July, 2020

Coronavirus economic impact

Leicester’s dark factories show up a diseased system

The bill for government inaction on the costs of online fast fashion has come due

Tuesday, 26 May, 2020

UK business & economy

We need health and safety at work more than ever

Boris Johnson’s plan to restart the economy relies on a regulator weakened by his party, all in the name of economic growth

Wednesday, 1 April, 2020

UK employment

Time to make amends to the low-paid essential worker

The coronavirus crisis has exposed the plight of a precarious army labouring around the clock

Tuesday, 18 June, 2019

Gig economy

Bailiffs bemoan lack of job security

Many debt collectors are self-employed gig economy workers with no regular wage

Tuesday, 11 June, 2019

UK employment

Growth is lighting the economy’s hidden corners

We are learning that unemployment statistics can hide a lot of pain in a labour market

Thursday, 6 June, 2019

KPMG LLP

KPMG faces claims of delay over bullying complaints

Senior executives said to have been alerted to concerns long before Big Four firm opened probe

Tuesday, 4 June, 2019

KPMG LLP

KPMG partner at centre of bullying claims quits role

Firm says it is investigating fresh complaints against head of its advisory unit

Thursday, 30 May, 2019

KPMG LLP

KPMG loses female partners over male colleague’s conduct

Partners with combined experience of 40 years quit the firm

Tuesday, 21 May, 2019

Gig economy

Past mistakes carry warnings for the future of work

Data can mislead unless combined with grittier insights on the power structures that underpin it

Tuesday, 7 May, 2019

UK social mobility

A bit of ‘polish’ will not spur social mobility

It is dangerous to make class-based generalisations about traits such as confidence

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