Two million low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay for the first time as part of reforms aimed at supporting people with health conditions in the workplace.more
Amazon announced it will spend $700 million over the next six years to help retrain a third of its US workforce to adapt to an economy increasingly disrupted by automation and new technology.more
Chinese and Indian ethnic group workers have higher average earnings than their white British counterparts, the first official figures on the issue show.more
The automation of the labor market will hit women the most - assessed the Financial Times. According to research cited by the daily, 20 percent currently employed women until 2030 may lose their jobs as a result of market transformation.more
There are 2.1 million entities operating in the Polish enterprise sector, which create almost 10 million jobs - according to the "Report on the state of the sector of small and medium enterprises in Poland" prepared by the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development.more
The French government has launched a major push to poach British game developers in the wake of Brexit, promising subsidies, tax breaks and loans to creatives who make the move across the Channel.more
Amsterdam is proposing "fundamental" changes to its famed red light district to ensure the rights of sex workers, prevent crime and reduce nuisance for local residents and businesses.more
Not only the Polish Foreign Intelligence Agency is looking for candidates to work in social media. All major players in the world do the same, "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more
Consular offices will be equipped with information and materials from which Poles living abroad will be able to find out what the job market looks like in Poland and what they can count on - said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk.more
Ford said it will cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by the end of next year to try to return the business to profit, part of a wave of cost reductions in an auto industry facing stagnant demand and huge investments to build low emission cars.more
The UK's largest grocery chain Tesco is planning to introduce cashierless stores in the country in a move that would cut costs and make it the leader in self-checkout food retail.more
The Portuguese government has launched a program of incentives for the return of migrants to their homeland, under which one can receive up to 6,500 euro.more
Eurocash chairman Luis Amaral said yesterday in an interview with the British financial newspaper "Financial Times" that Poland should loosen the existing immigration regulations if it wants to remain competitive and the pace of economic development.more
Companies are already losing about 16 percent of employees who leave, looking primarily for higher pay or better career options - we read in the Friday issue of Rzeczpospolita.more
On the labor market in Spain, a record number of foreigners is employed: over 2.1 million - according to data published yesterday by the national social insurance institution (Seguridad Social) in Madrid.more