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    UK employees worried by potential rise of US working culture

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Apr 2025

    Workers in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the UK have a heightened level of anxiety over the spread of US corporate culture in Europe

    • Europe
    • Manufacturing
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    Volkswagen agrees deal to avoid compulsory redundancies

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2024

    Volkswagen has agreed a deal with the IG Metall trade union that will avoid further strikes, plant closures in Germany and immediate compulsory redundancies.

    • Europe
    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News

    VW staff set to strike in Germany over pay and job cuts

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 2 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 2 Dec 2024

    Volkswagen employees in Germany are striking over company plans to slash pay and cut thousands of jobs.

    • Business performance
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    Ford to axe 4,000 jobs in Europe

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 21 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 21 Nov 2024

    Ford plans to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including around 800 in the UK, following a slump in electric vehicle (EV) sales.

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    Volkswagen to cut pay, jobs and factories in Germany

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Oct 2024

    VW is planning to shut at least three factories in Germany, cut pay by 10% and put thousands of roles at risk of redundancy. 

    • Europe
    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News

    Volkswagen to end 30-year-old job protection scheme

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Sep 2024

    The moves are meant to ‘reduce costs in Germany to a competitive level’ as the market for electric vehicles evolves.

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    German police officer dismissed for stealing 180kg of cheese

    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024
    by Rob Moss 4 Jul 2024

    German police officer loses appeal to overturn dismissal after he stole 180kg of cheddar cheese from an overturned refrigerated lorry.

    • Europe
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    Low number of sick days in UK a sign of ‘outdated legacy attitudes‘

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021

    UK’s average of 5.8 days sick leave last year indicative of how ‘fear and control’ holds sway at many organisations.

    • Hybrid working
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    Workers feel hybrid arrangements don’t suit their preferences

    by Jo Faragher 10 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 10 Nov 2021

    Only 28% of employees feel that the hybrid work models offered by their organisation suit their preferences, despite most offices...

    • Brexit
    • Europe
    • Financial services

    Bankers reluctant to leave London for EU

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jun 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jun 2021

    The movement of banking interests from London to locations within the EU have hit a stumbling block: the UK-based employees often don't want to move.

    • Hybrid working
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    • Coronavirus

    Staff don’t expect to return to office before June

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021

    Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.

    • Coronavirus
    • Testing
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    Germany’s jobless figures better than anticipated

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Jan 2021

    Europe's largest economy reports better than expected jobless figures despite renewed lockdown.

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    • Coronavirus
    • USA

    Private sector pay optimism grows for 2021

    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2020

    Private sector workers are set to receive average pay rises of 2.4% in 2021, up from an average of 2.2%...

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    Services sector ‘overlooked’ in Brexit trade talks

    by Rob Moss 13 Oct 2020
    by Rob Moss 13 Oct 2020

    The needs of the UK’s £225bn professional services sector are being overlooked in the UK-EU trade talks according a sub-committee...

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    GDPR: H&M fined record £32m for intrusive ‘people analytics’

    by Rob Moss 6 Oct 2020
    by Rob Moss 6 Oct 2020

    H&M Group has been fined €35.3m (£32.1m) by an information commissioner in Germany for intrusive data collection and analysis of...

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