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The Dutch government today forwarded to parliament a bill criminalizing the exploitation of labor migrants. Penalties are to include accommodation in poor conditions and underpayment of wages.more

Union members at an Amazon distribution centre have begun a second day of industrial action. more

Londoners performed £7.3 billion worth of unpaid overtime work in 2022, far more than any other UK region. Research from the Trades Union Congress based on ONS data covering the third quarter of 2022 found that 16.7% of London workers did unpaid overtime work in 2022, more than any other region in the UK.more

Staff at Sainsbury's have been offered a four-day work week by bosses in a new trial aiming to improve workers' flexibility. more

56.5 percent of Polish employees have had the opportunity to work with people of another nationality. Most evaluate the cooperation positively, according to the Pracuj.pl report. According to 40 percent, the influx of workers from Ukraine could have a good impact on the Polish economy, but there is no shortage of concerns, including the availability of labor.more

London Underground drivers are to strike on March 15 – Budget Day – in a dispute over pensions and working arrangements, their union Aslef announced.more

The popularity of remote work is decreasing in Poland. In October last year 28% worked remotely or hybridly professionally active Poles, i.e. by 6 percentage points. less than in March 2022, according to the summary of the Pracuj.pl study published at the beginning of the week.more

New state pension rates are set to come into force on April 6, 2023. The new state pension was first announced in April 2016, with transitional agreements in place that are set to end on April 5, 2023.more

The Paris Urban Transport Authority is planning to hire 6,600 drivers, mechanics and other specialists later this year to properly prepare for the 2024 Games, the RATP's director general, former Prime Minister Jean Castex, has announced.more

Redundancies in global big tech companies are a sign of a slowdown, but not a crisis in the IT industry, which still employs in Poland, Rzeczpospolita reports.more

Faye Johnson-Smith thought it was too good to be true when her boss said she could have every Wednesday off without a cut in her pay. more

Britain's biggest grocer Tesco has agreed to increase its workers' wages by 7%, marking their third pay rise in just 10 months. more

More people are entering or returning to work as the cost of living continues to bite into household finances. more

US electric car maker Tesla has fired dozens of workers for forming a union, the AP reported yesterday, citing the Workers United union headquarters.more

Budget supermarket Aldi has said it is on the hunt for another 400 workers in London as its rapid expansion across the capital continues. The German-owned firm said it is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles across the region, with salaries of up to £63,000.more

Major German airports - Frankfurt, Munich and Hamburg - announced the cancellation of all passenger flights tomorrow. The reason is an all-day strike announced by the trade unions, a Lufthansa spokeswoman confirmed.more

Nearly two-thirds of retail workers are earning less than €451 per week, new research from the Mandate trade union shows. more

Scotland’s employment rate has reached a new high, after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of people in work.more

The prospect of higher earnings and more interesting tasks are the most important factors inducing people to look for a new job, according to a report by the employment agency Manpower. In the current workplace, employees are most demotivated by too low wages and bad management style.more

In 2022, 2.47 million working days were lost in the UK due to strikes, the highest number since 1989, despite the fact that the data actually only cover seven months, the Office for National Statistics said today.more

Ford has announced that it will cut jobs in Europe. Over the next three years, Germany - 2,300 and Great Britain - 1,300 will lose the most jobs.more

British employers expect to raise wages for their staff by the most in at least 11 years but the 5% pay deals for workers would still fall well below expected inflation, a survey published on Monday showed.more

Security guards, engineers and firefighters with the Unite union have rejected a 10% pay increase.more

The pandemic has forced many Londoners to adopt a working-from-home lifestyle despite some businesses pushing to get workers back in the office. more

A survey conducted by InterviewMe showed that 67% of Poles support the idea of shortening the working week to 4 days. At the same time, 43% believe that working 40 hours a week is too much. As many as 75% of Poles do not like Mondays.more