The head of the trade union Unite has warned British Airways that it plans to move towards industrial action against the airline "with immediate effect".more
The coronavirus crisis has led to the loss of over 1 million jobs in Spain. Andalusia, Catalonia and Valencia are among the regions most affected by redundancies.more
Spanish soldiers have been sent to build a camp for migrant strawberry pickers after a U.N. official criticised authorities for allowing seasonal farm workers to live in "inhumane" conditions, the government said on Saturday.more
The German government is preparing a law that will oblige the owners of large meat industry plants to employ only their own employees, which will eliminate the use of third-party employees, reducing the risk of coronavirus.more
Ryanair has announced it is to close its base at Frankfurt Hahn Airport and will likely close bases at Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf Airports at the end of the summer after German pilots rejected proposed pay cuts.more
The Original Tour group, which has a fleet of more than 200 distinctive open-top buses in London, will help Londoners get back to work quickly and safely in the capital. Yesterday the company launched the first test route from Walthamstow Central to Victoria.more
In the crisis, companies treated immigrants like Poles. This is the result of the report published yesterday on the research on immigrants in the domestic economy carried out at the end of last year and at the beginning of this year by the National Bank of Poland - writes in today's issue of "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna".more
Almost a third of London commuters who are working from home say they do not expect to return to their offices before Christmas, according to poll findings seen by the Evening Standard.more
This year's asparagus harvest will be reduced by almost 20 percent. due to the lack of seasonal workers from abroad - according to data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in Wiesbaden. This is a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.more
Marks & Spencer (M&S) will serve notice this week of imminent plans for hundreds of job cuts as it becomes the latest prominent retailer to restructure its workforce in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.more
According to Resolution Foundation - an organization that in the United Kingdom introduced, among others Living Wage rate - recently published data on unemployment in the country are "detached from reality." Experts pointed out that many people work for such a small number of hours that their situation is practically identical to those who do not work at all.
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The number of workers on UK company payrolls fell by 649,000 between March and June, official figures indicate. The number of people claiming work-related benefits last month - including the unemployed - was 2.6 million.more
There are no plans to make face coverings mandatory for office workers in England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Face coverings in shops will become mandatory in England on 24 July.more
Budget supermarket Lidl has unveiled plans to open a new store every week until Christmas, creating 1,000 jobs, and then keep going into next year and the year after until 100 new shops are openmore
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has unveiled plans for a post-Brexit immigration system for the UK, which will end the freedom of movement for millions of European Union (EU) nationals.more
Number of Transport for London employees earning over £ 100,000 annually increased to 557 - revealed the latest statistics from this year. According to the media, this has been wiping out recent wage cuts among senior executives aimed at reducing wage spending.more
In the second half of June 59 percent people positively assessed the situation in their workplaces; 26% respondents considered her "neither good nor bad", and 11% too bad - according to the CBOS study. At the same time - as CBOS points out - the situation in workplaces is perceived worse than at the beginning of March.more
The chancellor has said he is "sorry" for not helping "everyone in exactly the way they would have wanted". Rishi Sunak said the government was "throwing everything" at stemming job losses with a £30bn stimulus package.more