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The epidemiological situation causes staff shortages and forces companies in Germany and the Netherlands to fight for Polish employees - experts from the OTTO Work Force employment agency pointed out today. It was added that for seasonal workers this means, inter alia, increase in salaries.more

London’s offices are more than half full for the first time since the start of the pandemic in March last year as the return to desks gathers pace.more

Government's failure to allow in enough EU workers and new rules limiting visas for seasonal pickers are expected to leave tonnes of crops to rot while shelves lie empty.more

Companies in Poland offer employees, for example, a day off or a cash allowance for vaccination. By doing so, they run the risk of being compensated for unequal treatment - the Polish daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

The American e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that it intends to create 10,000 jobs in the UK by the end of this year. new, permanent jobs.more

One in 10 EU citizens living in the UK are thinking about leaving the country before the deadline to get settled status, a new survey has found. more

The Polish government is preparing regulations authorizing companies to control employees for the presence of alcohol in the blood - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more

A London council is believed to be the first local authority in the country to offer full paid leave to employees who experience a miscarriage or stillbirth. Women who suffer the loss of a baby at any stage in their pregnancy will be entitled to a week off work in plans unveiled by Barking and Dagenham council today.more

Coffee and sandwich chain Pret a Manger is to begin opening branches within Tesco stores in an effort to drum up business among shoppers.more

The largest Portuguese airline, TAP, which organizes flights to Poland, has started massive layoffs. According to the company's management, they are to be carried out "most fairly", that is on the basis of an algorithm.more

A receptionist at a car dealership has won £23,000 after she was excluded from an office pizza order as part of what a tribunal described as a 'campaign of victimisation'. A hearing ruled that Malgorzata Lewicka was deliberately left out by bosses who did not include her in the informal staff lunch.more

A coronavirus outbreak has arisen on a German asparagus farm in Kirchdorf (Lower Saxony). So far 130 people have become infected, including Poles. Employees were subjected to the so-called "working" quarantine, that is, they cannot leave their workplace.more

A career in #STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics) is becoming an increasingly popular choice for young women. The report on Polish women who work in the technology industry in the UK aims to get to know this unique group better.more

There are no managers, no managers, all employees are equal. And it is they who decide what their salaries will be and they award themselves raises. This model of operation was adopted by the Argentine company 10Pines. Half of its annual profits are shared among employees.more

Almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office full-time. more

Britain and India will start negotiations for a full free trade deal in the autumn, British trade minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday.more

In 2020, the coronavirus was the sixth disease causing inability to work in Poland. Compared to 2019, the number of issued exemptions increased only slightly - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports.more

A new report from Upwork, a freelancing platform, found that 22% of those who plan to work remotely post-pandemic are planning to work away from home at least part of the time. more

The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service said on Thursday that the spy agency was hunting for a new tech chief, "Director General Q", known to all James Bond film fans simply as "Q".more

The authorities of the county of Lincolnshire in the east of England offer an unusual job, an important element of which is visiting local pubs. A person interested in architecture, history and, of course, beer is wanted. The task of the lucky person who gets the job will be ambitious - to revive the fashion for going to pubs.more

In March, unemployment in Poland was at the lowest level in the European Union, the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU informed on Twitter, citing the latest Eurostat data.more

Uber is planning to sign up another 20,000 drivers in the UK by the end of the year after a surge in usage since lockdown rules were eased last month. more

Hospitality chiefs said staff turnover in the sector and a reliance on European workers whose culture is more in tune with restaurant jobs, has led to a ‘serious shortfall’.more

The Queen has carried out her first official public engagements since the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral, with two virtual audiences from inside Windsor Castle.more

48 percent of those surveyed believe that the lack of direct supervision had a positive impact on the effectiveness of their work; 9 percent says the opposite, according to a ClickMeeting report. For 17 percent of respondents working online had a positive impact on their relationship with the boss, 13 percent sees their deterioration.more