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British Airways has suspended five members of staff after sexually explicit images were allegedly downloaded from the Internet. A spokesman for British Airways said that the five male members of …
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Call centre employees’ salaries are 40 per cent less than average earnings, according to a report by the TUC. Call handlers in Wales are the lowest paid with an average …
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Prepare for yet another change in the Working Time Rules: that is the message from the European Court in the latest stage of the Bectu case. Jonathan Chamberlain explains Bectu …
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A former member of the Health and Safety Commission has criticised the Data Protection Commissioner’s proposals on drug testing at work. The proposals outlined in the commissioner’s draft code of …
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An agreement between London Underground and the ASLEF and RMT rail unions could have averted the threat of further tube strikes. The unions have suspended the strikes after they last …
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Companies may be forced to provide holiday pay for staff who have been employed for less than 13 weeks if a proposal put forward by a European legal expert becomes …
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Off-road car maker Land Rover has been forced to shed 200 jobs and cut back production of its top selling model because it cannot get enough engines. Land Rover will …
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Employers hoping that Acas’s long awaited voluntary arbitration process will reduce the time and cost of resolving work place disputes could be disappointed according to The Industrial Society. Yvonne Bennion, …
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Corus steelworkers have voted to strike in protest at compulsory job losses announced by the firm. Workers at the firm’s Scunthorpe plant in Lincolnshire voted by 60 per cent in …
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Employers face a multi-million pound bill following a ruling that part-time workers previously denied pension rights might be entitled to compensation backdated to 1976. Employers argued that the right should …
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At least 700 workers are staging a 24-hour strike at Rolls-Royce factory in Ansty, Coventry today to protest at job cuts and the transfer of work to Canada. Union members …
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Barclays confirmed that it will lose more than a 1,000 jobs as a result of its merger with Woolwich. The bank claimed it will be achieved through natural wastage and …
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At least 300 staff at Carlton TV are balloting for industrial action in response to the management’s offer of a 2.5 per cent pay rise. Members affiliated to the broadcasting …
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New regulations announced by the Government aimed at making it easier for temporary workers to become permanent employers are potentially disastrous. This is the view of the Association of Technology …
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A recruitment agency for the over 40s has placed over 1,200 people back into work and just opened its fifth outlet. Forty Plus, which was set up four years ago, …