The increase in wages in September was the highest since March - indicated PKO BP in a comment to the data of the Central Statistical Office (GUS). According to the bank, the significant improvement in the labor market conditions could offset the negative impact of inflation on household income.
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A London law firm is looking to recruit a dog walker on a salary of up to £30,000 a year. The somewhat unusual ‘Private Assistant and Dog Walker’ role is currently being advertised on behalf of Joseph Hage Aaronson, a litigation specialist with offices in Holborn.more
A court in Asti in the north of Italy sentenced a woman in northern Italy to four years in prison. She had been using sedatives and sleeping pills in a cappuccino for a colleague from work for almost a year. She was doing it because she wanted her to be fired as part of a cutoff in their company.more
UK unemployment rose to 4.5% in three months, the highest level in more than three years, and the number of layoffs was the highest since 2009, the National Statistics Office (ONS) reported.more
Today the Council of Ministers in Poland will decide to liquidate 1,150 jobs in ministries. Those who lose their jobs will be indicated by the general directors of the ministries - reports "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more
Last month, the labor market returned to its pre-crisis normality. In the face of the second wave of the pandemic, however, uncertainty may return - the Polish daily "Puls Biznesu" reports.more
Edinburgh Woollen Mill, owner of the Peacocks and Jaeger clothing brands, says it plans to appoint administrators in an attempt to save the business.more
One of the severities of the pandemic in Spain is youth unemployment - 44% unemployed persons were less than 25 years old. This is the most, after Greece, in the EU and three times more than the EU average of 17.6%. - notes the portal 20minutos.es.more
The employer should pay for the coffee, tea, toilet paper, gas, electricity and water used by employees while working at home, said NIBUD, a Dutch foundation funded primarily by the government and advising on household finances.more
Compulsory face masks in offices ‘will be taken into consideration’ by ministers in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said.more
In Spain, during the Covid-19 pandemic, a growing number of people in favor of working outside the office. Eight out of ten citizens are now supportive of taking classes from their homes, according to a study by Madrid's Comillas University.more
The British government launched a new employment programme on Monday aimed at helping those left jobless due to the COVID-19 pandemic to get back into work.more
Cineworld, the world's second-largest cinema chain, will temporarily shut down all its cinemas in the US and UK due to the pandemic crisis and the delay in the release of a new Bond movie, the company said. He will lose his job up to 45 thousand. people.more
The collapse in aviation caused by the coronavirus pandemic could wipe out 46 million jobs worldwide, according to new research that highlights just how damaging a prolonged downturn in air travel and tourism is for the global economy.more
Official data from the Erns & Young group (EY) showed that the United Kingdom has lost 7.5 thousand high-paying jobs in the financial sector since the announcement of Brexit. 400 vacancies have been permanently transferred from the UK to Europe in the past weeks alone.more
Geneva is to introduce a minimum wage of almost £3,500 a month, reported to be the highest in the world, after locals approved the measure in a surprise vote result sparked by reports of growing coronavirus-linked poverty in the Swiss city.more
The Walt Disney Company announced on Tuesday the layoff of approx. 28 thousand. people, mainly employees of amusement parks in the US, reported Reuters. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, California's Disneyland remains closed, with fewer visitors visiting other parks.more
Morrisons is creating more than 1,000 permanent jobs to fulfil orders for its services on Amazon. The supermarket said it is hiring the extra staff to pick and pack customer orders from more than 50 stores, covering most major UK cities and many towns.more
