British Airways (BA) is planning to cut up to 15% of its baggage handling staff - the group of workers who staged last week’s wildcat strikes at Heathrow – according to newspaper reports
Economics, government & business
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Six out of 10 employees working in the commercial sector believe that the not-for-profit sector has shed its “cardigan brigade” label
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Recruitment shortages and a lack of skills in the construction industry are continuing to blight companies
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UK business cannot hope to tackle the ‘onslaught’ from the Far East if more students cannot be persuaded to study science and foreign languages, according to the CBI
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The catering firm at the centre of the travel chaos at Heathrow airport considered provoking strikes last year to replace staff with cheaper labour, a leaked memo reveals
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Rick Haythornthwaite, former chief executive of the engineering group Invensys, has been appointed to head up the government's Better Regulation Commission.
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British Gas, which plans to transfer 2,000 jobs to India in a bid to save up to £30m pounds annually,...
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NHS staff take the chair from civil servants on pay negotiation committees
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryFor the first time, NHS staff have been appointed to chair pay negotiation committees.
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The North East Ambulance service has been sent reeling by a vote of no confidence in its managers.
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UK manufacturing median pay awards stand at 3%, exactly the same figure recorded this time last year, according to Personnel Today’s sister title, IRS Employment Review
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The prospect of more firefighter strikes could be looming after the government said it would go ahead with plans to replace England’s 47 control rooms with nine new fire control centres
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BA is giving its long-haul passengers vouchers and is asking them to bring their own sandwiches after its catering company sacked hundreds of workers.
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Under-investment in engineering apprenticeships in the UK has exacerbated the impact of car maker Rover’s collapse, according to recruitment experts.
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Members of the Communication Workers' Union in Royal Mail's People & Organisational Development Services have overwhelmingly endorsed their 2005 pay agreement.
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People feel more secure in their jobs as economy remains stable.