The number of zero hour contracts in the UK labour market rose by around 100,000 last year according to the Office for National Statistics. The agency reported that in its latest survey of firms there were 1.8 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum numbers of hours in the year to November 2017. more
A Bristol-based company has introduced a nine-day working fortnight for all its staff. Tech consultancy firm Edo, which is based on Bond Street, lets employees take every other Friday off.more
British TV BBC broadcast at the beginning of the week the "Panorama" investigation program, dedicated to the use of "forced workers from North Korea" in Russia, China and Poland.more
The British organization Unseen has published a report summarizing the first year of operation of the Modern Slavery Helpline, a hotline on which suspicions of human trafficking can be reported. Poles are the second most frequently reported nationality, after Romanians.more
ONLY British passport holders are permitted to apply for new Border Force jobs being created in Northern Ireland in preparation for Brexit. The British government is advertising hundreds of new Border Force roles ahead of the UK leaving the European Union.more
Soaring house costs that push people further away from their places of work due to unaffordable property prices are causing a form of "involuntary social engineering", according to a brokers' body.more
A group of cleaners stormed the Tate Modern gallery to demonstrate against their investment firm employer - a sponsor of a recently opened Picasso exhibition. more
Jaguar Land Rover is to cut 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands, blaming a slump in car sales due to uncertainty over Brexit and the future of diesel vehicles.more
Carpetright is set to close down 92 stores across the UK, with 300 jobs set to be lost in the process. The carpet specialists have been struggling, with profits falling, and have blamed 'poorly-located' stores for some of their problems.more
On average, Poles are tying to find a new job for 2.5 months, according to the published results of the latest survey of the Randstad Research Institute.more
The 19-member eurozone now boasts the lowest jobless rate in about 10 years, the EU's statistics office has announced. It also reported a slight increase in consumer prices after months of declining inflation.more
All UK companies with more than 250 employees had to report details of the gap between the median hourly rate paid to male and female staff by midnight on Wednesday. Here are some of those with the biggest gaps, and some of the later filers.more
The municipalities of Maasdriel, Zuidplas, Zaltbommel and Tiel want to reduce the number of Polish and Romanian migrant workers living in residential neighborhoods, in order to keep the areas livable for local residents, RTL Nieuws reports.more
After Easter, teachers will receive a raise in early April. Last week, education minister Anna Zalewska signed a regulation on the minimum rates of their basic remuneration.more
Social Justice Ireland has said that some regions are still lagging far behind when it comes to employment. Their research has found the further away people of working age are from Dublin, the less likely they are to have a job.more
Several hundred thousand hands are missing from the job market in Poland. The government announces changes in regulations; entrepreneurs will gain a new opportunity to bring employees from abroad on simplified terms - says "Rzeczpospolita" on Tuesday.more
Workers who complained of safety violations were reported by police spies and prevented from getting another job in the construction industry, an investigation has uncovered.more
The cost of homes in London has helped to create a second commuter belt further from the capital, new research shows . Traditionally, thousands of people leave London each year to find larger family homes on the outskirts, while also hoping for manageable commutes.more
Fathers wanting to take an equal share of looking after young children are being failed by workplace policies, the Government is being warned. MPs called for better support for working fathers to help them care for their children.more
Although frequent bullying of students with an immigrant background is relatively low compared to in other countries, the impact is significant. The 18% of 15-year-old immigrant students in Ireland who are regularly bullied is nearly five percentage points more than the figure for native students.more
Union leaders are to recommend a pay offer for more than a million NHS workers worth between 6.5% and 29% over three years. The proposed deal, agreed at a meeting on Wednesday between 14 unions and NHS employers, signals the end of the Government's controversial 1% pay cap.more
Teachers work longer hours - and have seen a sharper drop in pay - than police officers and nurses, a new study suggests. And teachers are the least satisfied out of the three professions with the amount of leisure time they have, the research says. more
