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Talks have started between the Transport and General Workers’ Union and the Scottish Executive Minister Wendy Alexander to discuss the threat to jobs at Motorola. The company has announced plans …
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American based Internet portal Yahoo is to reduce its workforce by 12 per cent to cut costs following a predicted drop in revenue. The American-based company is to cut 400 …
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The CBI has warned that 50,000 jobs could be lost this year due to the global slowdown and foot and mouth outbreak. It predicts that most of the jobs will …
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Staff who waste time at work sending personal e-mails and surfing the Internet are costing British business £500m a year, according to a report. Nine out of ten workers surveyed, …
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Print and distribution union the GPMU is stepping up its bid for a ground-breaking recognition deal at new economy firm Amazon. Several Amazon workers handed in completed union membership application …
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An employer-led initiative has been launched to combat the skills shortages in the retail sector. Retailers are teaming up with the Government to help 50,000 long-term unemployed and lone parents …
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The NHS is to create 1,000 new specialist registrar posts in hospitals over the next three years as part of a plan to create 7,500 more consultants. But there is …
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German engineering firm Siemens is cutting 2,000 jobs at its mobile phone production site in Germany. The company decided not to renew the workers’ temporary contracts at the Liepzig site …
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Car manufacturer Nissan will use New Deal recruits to build its new Micra in Sunderland. One of the biggest firms in the North East, Nissan will use the New Deal …
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The union representing the UK’s pilots has opposed plans by BA to introduce drink and drug testing for flight crews. The British Air Line Pilots’Association, which represents nearly 8,000 flight …
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Marks & Spencer must consult with its works council after being reprimanded by French courts for not consulting before deciding to axe its European operations. The company employs 1,700 people …
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A tribunal has ruled that companies must have transparent bonus systems. It found that a senior city analyst was discriminated against because she received less bonus money than her male …
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Supermarket chain Budgens has expanded its management trainee scheme to meet its growth targets of 20 new store openings in the next financial year. It has recruited 50 people for …
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Telecommunications giant BT is upgrading a scheme that has saved the firm nearly £100 million over the last four years by harnessing its employees’ ideas. BT Ideas was formed to …
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Telecoms operator Eircom envisages that it will cut 3,500 jobs by 2003, leaving a core workforce of 9,000. In the short term, Ireland’s former state-owned company is to cut 320 …