"With the Government’s furlough scheme coming to an end this weekend, it will increase the huge anxieties faced by many workers across the capita" - Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said.more
The unemployment rate in Germany in October, adjusted for seasonal factors, was 6.2%. - informed the Federal Employment Agency in a press release. Analysts expected the unemployment rate to amount to 6.3 percent.more
The Commission today proposes an EU Directive to ensure that the workers in the Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work.more
The probability of extending the scale of restrictions is increasing. Not only because the number of new infections is increasing, but also due to the consideration of introducing a full lockdown abroad, informs Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on Thursday.more
Farmers are warning they will still need thousands of foreign workers for the UK harvest next year despite a campaign to attract domestic workers. National Farmers Union (NFU) figures, given exclusively to the BBC, reveal only 11% of seasonal workers in the 2020 season were UK residents.more
Spain says 355,000 more people were left unemployed in the third quarter, bringing the total jobless rate up to 16.3% from 15.3% in the previous three-month period as surging infections and new virus restrictions hurt economic development.more
The management of the Santander group announced yesterday that it would implement a savings plan, as a result of which the bank would lay off workers. more
Nearly 200 airports in Europe will face insolvency in the coming months if passenger traffic does not start recovering by the end of the year, airports body ACI Europe said on Tuesday.more
Norway, despite seeing one of Europe's lowest coronavirus infection rates, on Monday announced tighter restrictions aimed at nipping a resurgence in the bud.more
In Moscow, hotels have included the rental of rooms for remote work - for a working day, with appropriate equipment and cheaper than the cost of accommodation in a hotel. The offer has appeared in more than 30 hotels in the Russian capital and has already aroused some interest.more
Performing professional duties at home is more effective than in the office - believe almost 51 percent. participants of the study "Effectiveness of remote work". At the same time, 45 percent. admits that when working remotely, he spends more time on duties than at the company's premises.more
The number of foreigners registered with the Social Insurance Institution at the end of September 2020 was 689 thousand, which means an increase by 31 thousand. compared to August. "This scale has not been recorded in our history" - emphasized ZUS president prof. Gertruda Uścińska.more
The British government has today significantly expanded financial aid to companies suffering from the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, especially in areas with additional restrictions.more
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