22 h. ago Cumnock care worker sanctioned for sexually inappropriate messages to junior colleagues

In a Tiktok video, sent to an ex-employee, James Arnold said: “Sometimes I drift off thinking about you,” followed by “Sometimes I w*** off thinking about you.”

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4 d. ago Ice ‘politically targeted’ farm worker activist Juarez Zeferino, colleagues say

Detention comes amid Trump crackdown against perceived political enemies, including immigrants and labor leadersFarm worker activist Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, 25, was driving his partner to her job on a tulip farm north of Seattle one March morning when they were pulled over by an unmarked car. A plainclothes agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) emerged and shattered Juarez Zeferino’s front window before handcuffing him, his partner said.The officer drove Juarez Zeferino to a nondescript warehouse – the same one he and other activists had years ago discovered is an unmarked Ice holding facility. After his 25 March detention, dozens gathered outside to demand his release. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Former senior police officer who was found with child abuse on her phone is SUING the Met after 'witch hunt destroyed her'

Ex Superintendent Novlett Williams is now taking the force to an employment tribunal, accusing it of racial and sexual discrimination, harassment, and victimisation.

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1 week ago JD Sports, M&S and Sainsbury’s to face shareholder pressure over low pay

As the high street retailers gear up for their AGMs, activists are calling for more transparency on pay.

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1 week ago US attacks on Iran redraw calculus of use of force for allies and rivals around globe

Perceived readiness of US to employ force instead of negotiations could have knock-on effects around the worldUS politics live – latest updatesFor US allies and rivals around the world, Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran have redrawn the calculus of the White House’s readiness to use force in the kind of direct interventions that the president said he would make a thing of the past under his isolationist “America First” foreign policy.From Russia and China to Europe and across the global south, the president’s decision to launch the largest strategic bombing strike in US history indicates a White House that is ready to employ force abroad – but reluctantly and under the extremely temperamental and unpredictable leadership of the president. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I would love to know how much money all my colleagues earn – wouldn’t you?

As Labour considers legislation that would force employers to be more transparent about workers’ salaries, Helen Coffey is all for the move – out of sheer nosiness if nothing else

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3 w. ago Salary secrets: pay transparency is great – until you hear what your slacker colleague earns

In the UK, a new era of pay openness could be about to begin. It is undoubtedly a positive step, but water-cooler discussions could be about to get considerably more messy Name: Pay transparency.Age: Merely a twinkle in government ministers’ eyes. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Bosses quaking over controversial move that could see everyone's salary made public

Companies may be forced to reveal all employees' salaries under new labour laws, meaning the pay gap between colleagues will be made public and could end up with pay discrimination cases

Economics

3 w. ago Employers could be forced to tell workers what their colleagues earn under a new government pay transparency plan

Ministers are consulting on how to end pay discrimination by looking at measures that would make salaries clearer even before the recruitment process has started.

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3 w. ago Voices: I’m a Met Police whistleblower – and these are the horror stories I’ve heard

It's not the life-and-death situations that make 'blue-light' work intolerable, it's the rogue employees who the forces won't sack, says former 999 call handler turned police conduct campaigner Issy Vine

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