The majority of highly qualified employees are women. However, they apply less often than men for positions higher than those currently held. They do it only when they are convinced that they meet all the required criteria - pointed out the Polish Economic Institute.more
More than 25 percent of Poles feel stress at work every day, which means that they are the most stressed employees in Europe, according to the research.more
Drivers and maintenance staff on two Paris metro lines voted on Monday to extend their strike against the government's planned pension reforms until Friday, a Reuters witness said.more
The US economy increased in November 266,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate fell by 0.1% in November compared to October, to a record low of 3.5 percent. - informed the US Department of Labor.more
France is set to be paralysed by a nationwide strike by transport workers, teachers and other professionals in a showdown between unions and President Emmanuel Macron over his planned pension reforms.more
France is hastily scraping together contingency plans for this Thursday's massive nationwide strike, which is expected to bring the country to a standstill.more
In Polish prisons, over 5,000 people are serving sentences for non-payment of maintenance; almost another 900 are sentenced in the electronic supervision system.more
A study into the way people judge accents has found that those with traditional working class dialects face discrimination from potential employers - regardless of their intelligence.more
Research from Sweden signals changes in the way we think about management. According to the Ledarna trade union, more and more companies are deciding to entrust a high position to women, seeing the many benefits of such a decision.more
Net migration to Britain fell to its lowest level in nearly six years during the year to June, driven by a fall in the number of European Union citizens moving to the country for work ahead of Brexit, official data showed on Thursday.more
A group of farmers protesting against low beef prices have lifted a blockade in Dublin city centre, which began on Tuesday and caused widespread traffic disruption.more
Regional divides in the UK are among the worst in the developed world, according to a report, which found that parts of England have higher mortality rates than places in Turkey, Romania and Poland.more
Trade unionists suggest that the condition for receiving a retirement pension is only seniority: 35 years for women and 40 for men - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more
More organisations in France are planning to join the planned strike on December 5, as President Macron has said that "there is no freedom without public order".more
The German economic daily Handelsblatt is anxiously commenting on the plans of the head of PSA automotive concern Carlos Tavares towards the Opel factory in Gliwice. According to the newspaper, Tavares uses controversial tricks to reduce employment and lower salaries.more
A former Tesco employee, who took a €25,000 voluntary redundancy package unaware he had an option of continuing to work night shifts in the store, has been awarded €25,000 damages on top of his original €25,000 redundancy pay-out.more
By 98 thousand Last year, the number of Poles temporarily staying in Great Britain decreased. This translated into the first decline in Polish emigration in this decade - informs today's Rzeczpospolita.more
More than one fifth of specialists and managers would be most willing to work in a foreign company. But for two-thirds, the origin of the employer does not matter, and every eighth will prefer domestic companies - reports today's Rzeczpospolita.more
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