Just 127 foreign HGV drivers have applied to work in Britain under the Government’s emergency scheme to tackle the petrol crisis, the Prime Minister has said. The figure makes up less than half of the initial 300 visas made available for overseas lorry drivers in efforts to plug a nationwide shortage ahead of the busy winter trading season. more
Northwell Health, the largest healthcare facility in New York State, cut 1,400 jobs yesterday. workers because they did not comply with the state's Covid-19 immunization order and did not take any dose of the vaccine, the Hill reported.more
In France, 74 percent of workers no longer want to wear masks in the workplace, according to a survey by the Ipsos-Sopra Steria Institute for the daily newspaper "Le Parisien". This percentage rises to 80 percent among executives.more
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said he wouldn't fall back on "uncontrolled migration" to respond to supply chain disruptions, adding there would be a "period of adjustment."more
Care home workers who are not prepared to get the Covid vaccine should get another job, Sajid Javid has said. The health secretary said he was not prepared to "pause" the requirement for care staff in England to be fully vaccinated by 11 November.more
According to data collected by the Mindy group in the report "Mental wellbeing of employees in Poland", 20 percent. of the respondents assessed their mental condition poorly or very poorly. The number of days during which employees were on sick leave due to mental problems increased by as much as 58%. In addition, 46 percent. Poles admit that professional life has a negative impact on their mentalmore
In 2020, as much as 70 percent. the number of reports of labor exploitation in the Netherlands has increased compared to the previous year, reported the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children, Herman Bolhaar.more
Public health and social services in England will need 1.1 million additional workers over the next decade to meet growing needs, according to a Health Foundation study released today.more
Even 150 thousand pigs in the UK will have to be slaughtered on farms in the coming days if the UK government does not issue visas for foreign butchers and slaughterhouse workers, the livestock industry has warned.more
The furlough scheme closes on Thursday, with uncertainty ahead for people who have not yet fully returned to work. Nearly one million workers were expected to be on the scheme at the end of September, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.more
The British-Dutch petrochemical company Royal Dutch Shell announced a higher than usual demand for fuels and the resulting shortage of certain types of fuel in parts of Great Britain.more
In France, about 150,000 jobs are missing in the hospitality sector. workers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gastronomy graduates do not want to work in the profession, complaining about hard work. The industry's turnover dropped drastically.more
Hundreds of soldiers could be scrambled to deliver fuel to petrol stations running dry across the country due to panic buying and a shortage of drivers under an emergency plan expected to be considered by Boris Johnson on Monday.more
Up to 10,500 lorry drivers and poultry workers can receive temporary UK visas as the government seeks to limit disruption in the run-up to Christmas.more
Although the number of employees from the East is breaking records, employment agencies are not able to fill the vacancies - reports today's Rzeczpospolita.more
Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o has confirmed that he will run for president of the Cameroon Football Federation. The Portuguese Rui Costa, on the other hand, wants to become the president of Benfica Lisbon. more
Employees will have the right to request flexible working from the moment they start a job, with companies obliged to explain their reasons if it is then refused, the government will propose in a consultation document this week.more
