More than half of Poles, regardless of the form of employment, would take a 6-month break from work - according to the "Long Tomorrow" report. Every fifth person would like to use such a break to expand their knowledge and skills outside the workplace - it was added.more
Ministers have drawn up large benefit changes for people who are unable to work due to health conditions, the BBC has learned. The changes, affecting hundreds of thousands of people from 2025, would save £4bn from the welfare budget. more
A prize of EUR 1,000 will be awarded to every employee of a public transport company in Lombardy who finds someone among their fellow drivers who decides to work there. This original and motivating recruitment system was introduced due to a serious shortage of drivers in a large company offering transport throughout the Italian region.more
More than half of professional Londoners are working in a hybrid way and 56% say they would not accept a job that does not offer that flexibility, a survey has found. more
In a long-running dispute over jobs, pensions and working conditions, London Underground workers voted almost unanimously to maintain the RMT union's strike mandate for another six months.more
Izzy, who is 18 and works at McDonald's, says she is still witnessing "disgusting behaviour", months after the BBC revealed sexual abuse claims at the fast food chain.
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Poles no longer want to come to work in Norway. The Norwegian salary (which is paid in kroner) when converted to euros or zlotys 10 years ago was 50 percent higher, notes Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, citing employment agency Adecco.more
About 40% of rail services will run during strikes under planned minimum service rules for train operators in Great Britain, the government has said. Ministers are hoping the legislation will come into effect before Christmas. more
Aggressive, critical and unfair bosses make employees less productive, with those whose priority is career development suffering more than employees whose priority is job security, according to a study by US researchers.more
A report by City Hall has shown that the creative industries are playing an increasingly significant role in supporting the capital's economy, with jobs growing by more than 200,000 in five years.more
The gap between women's and men's average earnings is so large that from 11.25am on Monday (6.11) until the end of the year, women in France will de facto 'work for free' - estimated the editors of 'Les Glorieuses'.more
Almost six in ten medical and nursing students in the UK are struggling with their mental health – with some saying they are considering quitting the profession before they have even qualified.
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Early retirement in England is increasingly the preserve of the wealthy as the less well-off are either forced to carry on working to make ends meet or are forced out of the labour market by ill health, research shows.more
Poland was among the countries with the lowest unemployment rate in the EU in September. It amounted to 2.8 percent. - the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) reported today. Only in the Czech Republic this rate was slightly lower - 2.7 percent, and only Malta recorded unemployment as low as in Poland.more
Sweden's right-wing government has, as of 1 November, significantly increased the level of minimum income that non-EU citizens must earn in order to obtain a work permit. The decision is meant to limit the influx of low-skilled labour migrants.more
The percentage of working-age Saudi women who are active in the labor market has tripled since 2013 and reached 30 percent. - reported the British portal Al Monitor.more
The rise of self-checkout machines has led to a steep decline in vacancies for supermarket jobs, new figures show.
Supermarkets typically take on extra workers in the run-up to December to cope with an influx of festive shoppers.more
Ministers have formally warned councils in England to abandon any plans to adopt four-day working weeks for staff, in an escalation of a simmering political row over town hall working practices.more
The system for issuing visas for people drawn from abroad to work as carers in the UK is being massively abused, with some agencies involved even being set up by criminals, Sky News reports today.more
In view of the traffic chaos in the centre of Rome caused by roadworks in preparation for the Holy Year 2025 and the construction of a metro station in Piazza Venezia, public office employees could again partially switch to remote working, a proposal being considered by the Eternal City authorities.more
85 per cent of employees and 92 per cent of team managers work overtime, according to the Hays Poland and Baker McKenzie report 'Overtime 2023'. The main reason for such work is too many work responsibilities.more
Almost half a million workers in the UK whose employers are signed up to pay the voluntary real living wage are in line for a pay rise to at least £12 an hour, taking their annual wage to £3,000 a year above the government’s minimum wage.
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