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David Cameron is to take on a new role leading a UK government-backed investment initiative between Britain and China.more

THE GOVERNMENT IS expected to approve a bumped up pay packet to attract "a candidate of the required calibre" to the vacant role of Garda Commissioner. Former commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan retired from the position in September and Donal O' Culáin has been in the role of Acting Garda Commissioner since her departure.more

The majority of Poles believe that rates with remuneration should be disclosed already in the job advertisement, according to the latest Work Service survey.more

City firms plan to move 10,500 jobs out of the UK on "day one" of Brexit, with Dublin and Frankfurt the financial centres most likely to benefit from the UK's departure from the EU.more

A worker who was told he should 'go back to Poland' by a colleague was the victim of direct race discrimination, for which his employer was liable, a tribunal has ruled. Mr Nazarczyk, a Polish employee of Liverpool-based retailer TJ Morris, claimed that he was subject to a number of discriminatory behaviours from his colleague, John Cowley.more

Britons who voted for Brexit in the hope of slashing immigration seem set for disappointment. In the farming and food industries at least, any exodus of Polish and Romanian workers may simply be followed by arrivals of Ukrainians and Filipinos. From dairy farms to abattoirs, employers say not enough Britons have an appetite for milking cows before dawn or disembowelling pig carcasses - jobs often more

Employers are being encouraged to hire workers over 50 with a new €10,000 bonus. It is part of a Government incentive to get middle aged people, who lost their job during the recession, back to work.more

Wizz Air is searching for flight attendants in Poland.more

Internet giant Google has been named the best place to work in the UK by a jobs site. Benefits including free food and medical costs helped it to the top of a list compiled by Glassdoor.more

Toys R Us has put forward plans to close at least a third of its stores in the UK next year, putting up to 800 jobs at risk. The retailer said it is working on a company voluntary agreement (CVA), which would allow it to jettison 26 loss-making stores.more

Ryanair cabin crew are put under pressure to boost in-flight sales, including the posting of league tables of staff performances at the airline's bases.more

Most companies will spend between 100 and 300 zlotys per employee - according to a survey by Randstad and TNS Polska. more

Facebook opened its first London office a decade ago and says it expects its British workforce to reach 2,300 by the end of 2018.more

Amazon has defended its health and safety record after it was revealed that ambulances were sent to its main Scottish warehouse on 43 occasions last year. Read more at: https://www.scotsman.com/news/amazon-criticized-over-high-number-of-warehouse-ambulance-call-outs-1-4623892more

Edward Budny thinks that Justyna Kowalczyk is in a better shape than in the same period last year. In the opinion of an outstanding ski trainer, it is a good prognosis in the context of the Olympic multimedia starts in the February Olympics in Pyongsang.more

The High Court has allowed a compensation claim by Morrisons supermarket staff whose personal details were leaked by a disgruntled colleague. Andrew Skelton, a senior internal auditor at the retailer's Bradford headquarters, posted the details of thousands of workers online in 2014.more

RBS is closing 259 branches - one in four of its outlets - and cutting 680 jobs as more customers bank online.more

Lack of employees with the required qualifications and skills, lack of willingness to work and increased financial expectations of candidates are the main problems with acquiring new employees, according to the Business Center Club study.more

An audit of Irish public-sector organisations has indicated that only one in 20 has policies for integrating immigrants into the workplace. The absence of integration policies is most acute in the Civil Service, where just 3 per cent of the workforce are foreign-born, though non-Irish nationals are now 17 per cent of the population.more

Job seekers increasingly prefer mobile applications. According to the report, 45 percent of people in Poland (52 percent in the world) would like to report their willingness to participate in the recruitment process by mobile applications.more

Brits are in the throes of a stress "epidemic" due to pressure at work, financial worries and health concerns, a new report has warned. Four out of five adults felt stressed during a typical week, while almost one in 10 were stressed all the time, a survey of 4,000 adults by insurance firm Axa found.more

As of March 1, 2018, there will be two trading Sundays per month, in 2019 - only one in month, and since 2020 it will be forbidden to trade on all Sundays, except for seven per year - assumes the Trade Restriction Act on Sunday.more

Social media giant Facebook said that a second centre in Germany committed to deleting hateful or violent content is be set up in Essen.more

The minimum wage in Britain will rise from £7.50 to £7.83, the chancellor has announced.more

Irish people enjoy some of the highest average earnings among OECD countries but end up with one of the lowest disposable incomes due to high personal taxes and the cost of living, a new report shows.more