Wages have increased at a record rate amid fears that inflation could remain stubbornly high and result in further interest rate rises by the Bank of England.more
Some 1.7 million young people, or nearly a fifth of Italians aged 15 to 29, are not in education, employment or training of any kind. Only Romania is worse off in the EU, Istat, Italy's main statistics office, reported Friday.more
Wenecja poszukuje lekarzy. "Najpiękniejsze miasto świata czeka na was”- to hasło kampanii, w której podkreśla się, że oferowana jest tam medykom jakość życia, która nie ma sobie równej.more
The situation of temporary workers from Eastern European countries in the Netherlands is still not improving, according to a report published this week by the Dutch Labor Inspectorate (NLA). At least 67 percent of the temporary work agencies inspected in the last three years committed infringements.more
Rotterdam authorities want to organize entrepreneurship courses for teenage street drug sellers, reports the daily "De Telegraaf". In this way they want to teach them how to function in a legal business environment.more
To counter labor shortages, Germany needs 1.5 million immigrants a year, estimates economist Monika Schnitzer. In doing so, specialists do not necessarily need to know German - it is more important that immigration office employees speak English, explained Schnitzer, who heads the government's council of experts.more
70 percent Poles know a foreign language well enough to communicate with foreigners in the workplace to a basic degree, according to a study on the labor market. Nearly half of the respondents were willing to work in companies that allow remote work from abroad - Spain, Italy or Germany.more
Employers should hire more ex-offenders to help fill Britain’s 1.1 million job vacancies, a new report argues. ReGenerate’s Good Jobs Project, set to launch on Monday, is lobbying to get those from marginalised groups, such as young people in or leaving care and the “invisibly disabled”, into work to address the “vacancy crisis” and help people.more
Puffy and reddened eyes, hunched back, raised shoulders, overweight and clawed hands - this is how, according to experts, in 70 years the victims of the currently extremely popular remote work will look like.more
Due to a wage agreement with the London Heathrow authorities, the strike of security control workers, announced for 31 days until the end of August, has been called off, the union representing them, Unite, said.more
39 percent specialists and 69 percent. of specialists are convinced that the gender of an employee does not affect the prospects of taking a higher position, according to the Hays report "Women in the labor market 2023. DE&I policy in practice".more
For 76 percent of employees, stress at work is the cause of mental problems - according to the study "Mental well-being at work". As it was added, stress related to the performance of the profession entails professional burnout; it is less often noticed by stationary workers, and more often by hybrid and remote workers.more
In 2022, a record number of vacancies was recorded in the Netherlands - there were as many as 1.6 million, according to the Netherlands Statistics Office (CBS).more
UK businesses have improved female representation on their boards, research shows, but two-fifths of FTSE 100 firms still do not have a woman in one of their top four executive roles.more
It is worth verifying employers already at the stage of applying for summer jobs and beware of advertisements offering high salaries for minimal commitment, labour market experts point out. They advise how not to be fooled when choosing summer job offers.more
Employers are being urged to relax dress codes and allow staff to work at cooler times of the day to help them cope with the current heatwave.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said other measures include using blinds or reflective film on workplace windows to shade workers from the sun, and making sure there is plenty of drinking water.more
In the third quarter of this year, 31 percent. entrepreneurs plan to hire new employees, and 17 percent. reduce jobs - according to the report "ManpowerGroup Employment Perspectives Barometer". 48 percent companies want to leave employment at the current level - added. The surveyed companies were asked about employment plans from July to the end of September this year.more
24 percent women and 15 percent of men in Poland have personally experienced mobbing at work, according to a study conducted by Pracuj.pl. 71 percent of the respondents decided to silent protests, without reporting the problem to superiors or relevant authorities, it added.more
