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Workers fear for jobs - report

Fri, 19/04/2013 - 12:21 -- nick

A new report shows the number of workers fearing for their jobs is near an all-time high.

The study, from insurance company Legal & General, also shows that more people than ever are looking for work to try to improve their job security.

The company's Job Security Index, which has been tracking workers' confidence since 2012, found that 26% feared losing their jobs over the next six months, just 1% fewer than three months ago.

Nearly one in ten workers (9%) are currently looking for work just to improve their job security.

NI lost 11,000 jobs in two years

Tue, 07/08/2012 - 11:53 -- nick

Almost 11,000 jobs have been lost in the private sector in Northern Ireland in the past two years, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report.

Its Economic Outlook report predicts the Northern Ireland economy will shrink even further this year.

It said Northern Ireland's economy was lagging behind the UK as a whole.

PwC said the local economy had been steadily contracting since the middle of 2011 and predicted it would shrink by a further 0.4% this year.

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