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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, …
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The Bank of England has cut interest rates by one quarter of one per cent – the first cut in 20 months. The Monetary Policy Committee’s decision means that the …
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The British Psychological Society has drafted an agreed set of standards for assessment centres, which it hopes to publish by May 2001. A recent survey by the association of graduate …
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A Safeway employee who slipped on a wet floor and injured her back could receive a payout of £250,000. Supermarket supervisor Donna Lougheed, 52, was yesterday granted appeal against a …
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Mobile workers using laptops work longer hours than average workers and are more productive, according to a MORI Internet survey. Despite laptop users claiming they commonly work six day weeks, …
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The TUC is signing an agreement with a European trade union on Thursday to increase the number of UK-based Portuguese workers with union representation. There are over 21,000 Portuguese in …
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The spiralling growth in the demand for staff slowed down in January according to research by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. A REC survey showed that although the demand for …
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E-learning is going to become a major development tool in most organisations over the next two years, according to a survey by the Industrial Society. The survey shows that 29 …
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Union representatives meeting with Acas this morning have confirmed press reports that they are willing to do a deal to prevent the next two scheduled tube strikes. Yesterday’s 24-hour tube …
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A hotel in Brighton has adopted flexible working to make the most of the town’s part-time student population. The De Vere Grand hotel offers work at regular fixed times throughout …
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There will be a European law on information and consultation for all firms by next year, Stephen Hughes, convener of the European Parliament socialist group on employment, told a TUC …