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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

Trainee train drivers have been sought for one of the world's most scenic rail routes.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. more

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

A think tank has proposed that the state pension age should rise to 75 as they issue a huge financial warning. 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. more

In Sweden, real wages have decreased in the last two years for the first time since the 1990s due to high inflation. The average gross salary in this country is 38,300 kroner (PLN 14,500); income tax still has to be paid on this depending on where you live.more

The Unseen charity works to support survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.more

The labor market does not use the potential of employees aged 45-64 in OECD countries, and the phenomenon of discrimination against them also occurs on the Polish labor market - pointed out the Polish Economic Institute. It was noted that the share of these people in the total working-age population is growing in OECD countries and in Poland.more

Women earned almost €3 per hour or 9.6pc less than men on average in 2022, the Central Statistics Office has found. more

For the first time in almost two years, the average increase in basic wages in the UK was faster than the rate of inflation, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.more

Approximately PLN 10 thousand gross per month can be earned in Poland by a person who hugs others, while an underwater welder can earn from PLN 13 to 17 thousand, according to a report by Personnel Service on the earnings of people in unusual professions. A crab fisherman abroad can expect to earn about 90 thousand zlotys.more

Swedish interiors giant Ikea is to pay its Irish workers a €14.80 per hour ‘living wage’ from January and offer more flexible hours for exams or other life events. more

Almost one-third of UK workers say they’ve quit a job because of a negative workplace culture, according to a new survey that underlines the risks of managers failing to rein in toxic behaviour.more