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    Labour calls for ‘smarter’ furlough for as long as needed

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Feb 2021

    Furlough should not be time-limited and should remain in place as long as Covid-19 restrictions on business are needed, Labour has said.

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    Covid tests save firms thousands of working days

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2021

    Workplace Covid-test scheme garners encouraging results at John Lewis and Tata Steel.

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    Asos buys Arcadia brands in deal that puts 2,500 jobs at risk

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2021

    Asos has acquires the Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT brands from collapsed retail group Arcadia but no stores included.

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    One in eight workers furloughed in December

    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2021
    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2021

    HMRC figures show 13% of employees were on furlough at the end of December.

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    Paperchase deal saves 1,000 jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021

    Around 1,000 jobs at stationary retailer Paperchase – about two-thirds of its workforce – have been saved.

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    Tesco manager sacked for restraining thief wins £43,000

    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2021
    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2021

    A Tesco store manager fired for manhandling a shoplifter has been awarded £43,100 for unfair dismissal at the employment tribunal.

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    Almost 800,000 job cuts planned last year

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jan 2021

    Insolvency Service figures seen by the BBC showed more than 10,000 organisations had plans to make significant job cuts last year.

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    ‘UK unemployment figures are missing at least 300,000 people’

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2021

    Official unemployment figures are missing hundreds of thousands of people, according to a study backed by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 

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    Furlough should be extended ‘before Budget’

    by Rob Moss 19 Jan 2021
    by Rob Moss 19 Jan 2021

    Rishi Sunak needs to act now, ahead of his Budget, to help protect UK companies through the Spring to ensure...

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    Teachers, police and retail staff likely in next vaccine phase

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2021

    Public-facing workers such as police officers, teachers and retail staff may soon be offered a Covid-19 jab, vaccines minister Nadhim...

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    Equal pay: Tesco ordered to disclose warehouse staff pay information

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jan 2021

    Tesco has been ordered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal to disclose information it holds about how much its warehouse staff...

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    Shift to home working could cost 400,000 high street jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Jan 2021

    Analysis of the impact of Covid found Hemel Hempstead and Bracknell were likely to see the most office jobs shift permanently to remote working.

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    Five employment law cases that will shape 2021

    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 13 Jan 2021

    Stephen Simpson looks at five important employment law cases that will grab the headlines in 2021, covering significant issues such...

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    Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bonmarché and Ponden Home deal saves 2,000 jobs

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jan 2021

    Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bonmarché and Ponden Home have been bought out of administration, safeguarding almost 2,000 jobs.
    The stricken retailers...

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    Morrisons £10 an hour pay deal is first for UK supermarket

    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2021
    by Jo Faragher 13 Jan 2021

    Supermarket chain Morrisons has promised to pay staff a minimum of £10 an hour in a new pay deal that...

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