According to a new study by McKinsey, by 2030 the number of employees who will be replaced by artificial intelligence in the performance of duties will be counted "in the millions". At the same time, it was noted that women are as much as 50% more likely to lose their job than men.more
Workers who lose their jobs will receive weekly payments of up to €450 linked to previous earnings, from next year, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys has promised.more
Record numbers of police officers are quitting their jobs at forces in England and Wales, figures show. In the year to March, 4,668 officers left after a voluntary resignation.more
Joachim Walter, head of the CDU in Baden-Württemberg, wants asylum seekers in Germany to be required to take up jobs. "It would be important for us at the county level that refugees take up jobs quickly, including in nonprofit organizations," Walter explained.more
The Polly Tearooms in Marlborough, owned by David Clark MBE and his wife Anne, was found to have racially discriminated against former employee Natalia Zeh at a tribunal in Bristol. more
The number of modern slavery cases reported within the UK care industry has more than doubled in the past year.
There were 109 potential victims, exploited for personal or financial gain, between January and March - twice as many as the same period in 2022.more
Mobile operator Virgin Media O2 is to slash up to 2,000 UK jobs, or 12% of its total workforce, by the end of this year.
The figure includes 800 role reductions that were already announced, the BBC understands.more
Big pay increases for highly paid workers in London and the south-east have masked real wage cuts across large swathes of the economy and led to a widening in the UK’s geographical earnings gap, a leading thinktank has said.more
More than half of Polish employees find it hard to forget about professional matters even during their summer vacation. On the beach, they answer business phones, and some also answer business e-mails, although they are not on workation, today's "Rzeczpospolita" stresses.more
Doctors-specialists in England started a two-day strike today. According to public health authorities, it will have a greater negative impact on medical services than any of the previous protests in the last eight months.more
There is still a gap between wages in eastern and western Germany, and it is even widening. In the west of Germany, people earn an average of 13,000 euros a year more than in the east. The Left Party calls this a "political scandal." - wrote the RND website.more
Bricklayers, plasterers and other construction jobs have been added to the government’s “shortage occupation list”, making it easier for foreign builders to come to Britain amid labour shortages partly caused by Brexit.more
Concerns over how the rise promised to teachers in England will be funded, and dismay at the lack of a long-term agreement on pay, has stirred opposition to the government’s offer among union members.
more
In June, there were more job offers for workers in the service industry; the historic maximum for announcements was in the hospitality sector, according to the Job Opportunities Barometer. There were also more offers for low-skilled workers.more
Nearly a thousand workers are set to take eight days of strike action at Gatwick Airport over the summer holidays in a row over pay, the Unite union has said.
more
London is the capital of workplace toxicity, according to a new report, with over a million staff estimated to have taken time off due to challenges with their boss.more
MIGRANT STAFF coming to the UK to take up jobs in social care are being forced to pay back thousands of pounds in fees, housed in sub-standard accommodation and even forced to share beds with colleagues, says UNISON, the public service trade union.more
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
