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Staff don’t expect to return to office before June
Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.
Germany’s jobless figures better than anticipated
Europe's largest economy reports better than expected jobless figures despite renewed lockdown.
Private sector pay optimism grows for 2021
Private sector workers are set to receive average pay rises of 2.4% in 2021, up from an average of 2.2%...
Services sector ‘overlooked’ in Brexit trade talks
The needs of the UK’s £225bn professional services sector are being overlooked in the UK-EU trade talks according a sub-committee...
GDPR: H&M fined record £32m for intrusive ‘people analytics’
H&M Group has been fined €35.3m (£32.1m) by an information commissioner in Germany for intrusive data collection and analysis of...
Job Support Scheme vs Germany’s Kurzarbeit
In the run-up to Rishi Sunak’s announcement of the Job Support Scheme, speculation was rife that the UK was looking...
Germany likely to extend its furlough scheme
Germany's Kurzarbeit coronavirus furlough scheme is set to be extended to 24 months after Angela Merkel indicated her support for the proposal.
Will working from home remain a perk or become a right?
Employees have had the right to request flexible working – including working from home – for some time now. Remote...
How Europe is supporting workers in the coronavirus outbreak
As chancellor Rishi Sunak prepares to announce plans to support the wages of millions of worker we look at similar schemes in their infancy on the Continent.
Warnings as Brexit and China stifle recruitment firms
Two of the UK’s largest recruitment firms have both issued lacklustre trading statements as market conditions deteriorate, a trend confirmed with the latest data from the UK resourcing industry.
Whistleblowing culture ‘firmly entrenched’ in the UK
Although 35% of UK businesses have no system in place for whistleblowing, a comparison with other economically similar nations in Europe shows that the UK is ahead of the curve.
Germany lags behind as gender pay gap narrows
The UK’s slight gender pay gap narrowing means it is in step with other economically similar nations. But Germany has...
How worker representatives on boards might affect employers
Theresa May, the UK’s incoming Prime Minister, this week vowed to put worker representatives on boards of major companies. What...
EU immigrants fear discrimination amid Brexit debate
Europeans working in the UK fear the impact of a Brexit vote according to research released today, one month ahead...
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