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    Asda staff protest over contract changes

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Aug 2019

    Asda staff have taken part a rally outside the retailer’s headquarters in Leeds in protest over contract changes that will...

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    Tesco to shed thousands of jobs

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2019

    The UK's largest supermarket chain is cutting 4,500 jobs mostly across its 153 Metro stores, as it puts measures in place to simplify processes.

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    Tesco worker ‘left in the dark’ about role was unfairly dismissed

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Aug 2019

    A former Tesco employee who was left in the dark about changes to her role and suspended for not accepting them was constructively and unfairly dismissed.

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    Asda equal pay case heads to the Supreme Court

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Aug 2019

    The Supreme Court will consider whether shop floor workers at Asda can be compared to workers in the distribution centre...

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    Unions and retailers urge action over violence in shops

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Jun 2019

    With 115 attacks every day it's time for extra measures to protect retail workers demand unions, associations and supermarkets.

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    Tesco asks former staff to return redundancy overpayments

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Jun 2019

    Former Tesco staff who were made redundant last month have been asked to return redundancy sums that were overpaid to...

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    Staffline shares slump following six-year minimum wage underpayment

    by Rob Moss 18 Jun 2019
    by Rob Moss 18 Jun 2019

    Staffline, one of the biggest recruitment and training agencies in the UK, has seen its shares tumble after PwC delayed...

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    Wahaca backtracks on charging waiters over unpaid bills

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2019

    Mexican-style street food chain Wahaca has altered its policy on making serving staff pay part of the bills of customers who leave without paying.

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    Sainsbury’s fails to get equal pay claim struck out

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Jun 2019

    The equal pay claim being pursued by hundreds of Sainsbury’s staff can continue to be heard, an employment tribunal has...

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    Proportion of workers in low-paid roles at a 40-year low

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 May 2019

    The government is on track to eliminate low pay by the middle of the next decade, analysis has found.

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    Shop staff verbally abused or assaulted once a fortnight, union claims

    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 30 Apr 2019

    A retail union has urged the government to better protect shop workers from violence and verbal abuse, after it emerged...

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    Will the Waterstones Living Wage petition make a difference?

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Apr 2019

    Waterstones staff campaigning for the “real” Living Wage have delivered a petition with more than 9,000 signatures to the bookseller’s...

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    Tesco boss: Apprenticeship levy is too inflexible

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2019

    The CEO of the UK’s largest retailer has slammed the apprenticeship levy for being too inflexible and “open to abuse”.

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    Supermarket workers earn most in retail sector

    by Jo Faragher 28 Mar 2019
    by Jo Faragher 28 Mar 2019

    Supermarket workers earn the best rates in the retail sector, according to new analysis from Incomes Data Research.
    At a...

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    John Lewis bonuses hit lowest level since 1953

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019

    A slump in profits has seen the John Lewis Partnership cut its staff bonus to the lowest level in 66 years, the retailer has announced.

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