Fears workers in textile factories are still being exploited hits Boohoo

Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weigh down shares in Boohoo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weighed down shares in Boohoo yesterday.  Last year an independent … Read more

Big banks warn workers in Sydney branches could lose one in ten jobs, as food and petrol prices rise

Big banks warn one in 10 workers will lose their jobs in Sydney’s lockdown as skyrocketing food and petrol prices add to their misery Bank analysts predict up to 300,000 jobs lost in Sydney extended lockdown ANZ’s initial predicted job loss total of 60,000 workers to be stretched further Price of food and beverages also … Read more

Britain’s gender pay gap for full-time workers INCREASES from 8.6% to 8.9%, official figures show 

Women are reaching the peak of their earning power in the forties for the first time as fewer are forced to take lower paid jobs or quit work completely after having children, official figures revealed today. And in another step forward for female workers – for those under the age of 40 the gender pay … Read more

Australian workers would quit their jobs if they weren’t allowed to work from home

Revealed: the REAL number of Australians who would quit a job if they couldn’t work from home Atlassian has revealed 42 per cent of staff would leave job to work from home Sydney employers face $10,000 fines if they force staff to work in the office More than a third of staff want their workplace … Read more

Workers DEMOLISH still-standing portion of Surfside condo tower

Miami officials use explosives to demolish what’s left of collapsed condo tower as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches and search for missing 121 is paused Miami Dade County officials announced they were bringing down what remained of the building Sunday It was an effort to resume rescue operations after they were suspended Thursday due to structural … Read more

Woolworths facing legal action supermarket giant short-changed workers $1.17million 

Woolworths is embroiled in underpayment scandal amid claims the supermarket giant short-changed workers $1.17million Woolworths facing legal action after allegations of underpaying employees  Fair Work Ombudsman has started proceedings against supermarker giant  Woolworths allegedly underpaid 70 managers as much as $1.1million   By Australian Associated Press Published: 03:08 BST, 18 June 2021 | Updated: 03:08 BST, … Read more

More than two million Australian workers will now receive wage increase

More than two million Australian workers win an $18.80-a-week wage increase – so do you fall into the bracket? 2.2 million Australians on minimum wage are set to get an increase in their pay The industrial umpire decided low income earners should get 2.5 per cent more  The Fair Work Commission made the ruling after … Read more

Boost for 2.2million Australian workers handed a new wage increase – are you due a pay rise?

Boost for 2.2million Australian workers as they’re handed a new wage increase – so are YOU due a pay rise? 2.2 million Australians on minimum wage set to find out if they get a pay rise On Wednesday the industrial umpire will decide if their pay packets will change The Fair Work Commission will broadcast … Read more

UK jobs market bounces back as number of payrolled workers spikes

The number of UK workers on payrolls increased by almost 200,000 between April and May this year as the jobs market continued to bounce back from the coronavirus crisis.  There were 197,000 workers added to payrolls last month, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak seizing on the figures as proof that his ‘Plan for Jobs’ ‘is working’.  … Read more

Brexit ‘leads to a 90% drop’ in the number of foreign workers coming to the UK

Brexit has caused a ‘massive hole’ in the numbers of people coming to the UK to pick fruit in the summer months putting growers ‘on the brink’, it is claimed. Numbers of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company are down 90 per cent in the last two years and there are fears … Read more