JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Voters in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska were asked last year whether they wanted to require employers to provide paid sick leave to their workers. They overwhelmingly said ...

Unemployed people on benefits will receive £2,500 more a year than a minimum wage worker, analysis reveals. Those who are jobless on sickness payments are due to overtake taxpayers on the national ...

Jobcentre Plus staff will soon be regularly contacting claimants of sickness benefits for the first time, as part of a strategy aimed at reducing the welfare bill. This new approach will focus on two ...

Labour has given a major update on planned reforms to the benefits system as chancellor Rachel Reeves says she “will not hesitate to act” to cut back on welfare spending. Her comments come ahead of ...

Job advisers will be on hand at GP surgeries and hospitals as part of efforts to tackle the UK’s long-term sick problem.