Retail

Law that seeks to protect frontline workers including police officers and health workers from violence takes effect in England and Wales.

Workers in the garment industry in Leicester are still subject to substandard working conditions and lack access to fair pay and conditions.

Convenience store chain McColl’s is urgently seeking a rescue deal that would save 16,000 jobs.

The Body Shop has announced it will invite a ‘youth collective’ to present ideas and opinions to the retailer’s executive leadership team.

A new law that protects public service workers from violence and abuse while doing their jobs has taken effect in England and Wales.

Asda’s parent company EG Group has announced the creation of 32,000 jobs globally over the next five years, with most positions in the UK.

Pressure from investors over the cost of living has prompted Sainsbury’s to raise wages for the second time this year.

The supply of permanent and temporary staff has dropped at its sharpest rate for four months, according to KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

The agreement comes in the wake of the murder of a female garment worker in Tamil Nadu, allegedly by her supervisor.

Sainsbury's discriminated against a worker with a brain injury who had been accused of groping female staff and using inappropriate language, an employment tribunal has found.

B&Q and Screwfix employees are to receive a pay rise in April, as their parent company seeks to attract and retain staff in a competitive labour market.

Technology retailer Currys has announced a 5.2% base pay increase for hourly paid staff, in response to rising living costs.

John Lewis Partnership has reinstated its staff bonus as its losses narrowed and its department store chain achieved the highest sales in its history.

Food and drink giants will pay wages of staff in Russia while operations are halted.

Supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced a significant restructure that could put 2,000 jobs at risk.
It told workers yesterday (1...