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Asparagus producers in Brandenburg, Germany, have concerns about the upcoming harvest season. People from Poland and Romania apply for work, but it is not known whether they will be able to come to Germany due to the coronavirus pandemic - informs the daily "Die Welt".more

The January employment data suggest that the impact of the pandemic on the labor market in 2020 was slightly greater than the previous data from the corporate sector indicated - PKO BP reports.more

The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking for new astronauts for the first time in 11 years. Applications open on March 31, and women are encouraged to apply as the agency seeks "to expand gender diversity in our ranks," according to a statement from the ESA published Monday.more

Royal Mail is to keep on 10,000 of the 33,000 temporary workers it took on to help it through the Christmas period.more

Internet search engine Google has banned all ads from locksmiths appearing in search results in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden, the company announced.more

This year, the labor market in Poland is short of employees from the medical, construction and production industries, informed the Personnel Service.more

All of Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton’s stores are set to permanently close with a loss of around 2,500 jobs after online clothing giant Boohoo agreed a £25.2 million buy out deal. more

Following the pandemic of forced detention and home office work, increased interest in traveling seems more than likely. However, not necessarily in the form of holidays. It is predicted that one of the dominant trends in tourism will be workation, i.e. work combined with holidays.more

Workplace Covid testing is being offered to more companies in England, for staff who cannot work from home during lockdown, the government says. Businesses with more than 50 employees are now able to access lateral flow tests, which can produce results in less than 30 minutes.more

A Scottish law firm is considering taking legal action against processing companies in the Northeast of Scotland whose facilities have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak. Handling personal injury claims, Thompsons Solicitors Scotland works closely with trade unions and health and safety charities.more

Rishi Sunak has been warned by the leaders of Britain’s most influential business groups and the trade union movement that he risks plunging Britain into a period of mass unemployment unless he extends the furlough scheme. more

In December 2020, the EU country with the lowest unemployment was the Czech Republic - 3.1 percent. Poland came second, with unemployment at 3.3%. The EU average is 7.5 percent. - it follows from Eurostat data.more

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who will take over the top spot of the company during the third quarter of this year.more

As a result of the pandemic, one-fifth of taxi drivers left the profession - the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports. Of those who remained behind the wheel, every second has problems with paying social security contributions or corporate fees.more

In the first two weeks of the current lockdown in England, more than 60 outbreaks of infection have been recorded in stationary offices, the BBC reported today, citing data from Public Health England. As noted, not all employers have heeded the government's recommendation to switch completely to working from home.more

The perfumery chain, Douglas, has announced that it’s closing 500 locations in Europe. The closures will affect around 1,000 employees and the company says the unions have already been notified and the negotiation process is expected to begin in the third week of February.more

This year, it should be easier for Polish employers to find workers from the East. According to the employment agency, the supply of these candidates currently exceeds the deman - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

More than 23,000 UK workers at supermarket Lidl are to get a £200 bonus in recognition of their hard work during the pandemic.more

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez admitted that unemployment among young people in Spain is "unacceptably high". The unemployment rate among Spanish youth stands at 40.9 percent. more

Additional costs for organizing space for work at home, i.e. the purchase of a desk, comfortable chair, laptop or printer, were incurred by 41%. working remotely in Poland - the study shows. Most Polish companies did not reimburse their employees for costs, it added.more

The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate rose to 5% in the three months to the end of November – representing more than 1.7 million people – from 4.9% in the three months to the end of October, reaching the highest level since August 2016. more

11th-hour move thought to benefit more than 3 million people who have yet to file return during pandemic.more

In January, the mood on the labor market slightly deteriorated - fewer people working for gainful employment assess the situation in their workplace as good and more describe it as "neither good nor bad"; The assessment of the local market situation is also worse, according to a new CBOS study.more

Fashion retailer Boohoo has bought the Debenhams brand and website for £55m. However, it will not take on any of the firm's remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce.more

KLM said it would cut an additional 1,000 jobs in 2021 and warned on Thursday that government plans to require all passengers and crew to pass a COVID-19 test before flying to the Netherlands would ground its long-haul flights. more