2 h. ago Business news live: Lloyds consider thousands of employees’ jobs and Jaguar Land Rover hack latest

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Thursday

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2 h. ago Lloyds to put thousands of staff at risk of dismissal in performance drive

The banking group plans to change how it monitors the performance of its employees and manages staff turnover within the business.

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2 h. ago Thousands of Lloyds staff face the axe amid performance review overhaul

Lloyds Banking Group has 63,000 employees and is planning a major overhaul of its performance management system.

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3 h. ago Business news live: Lloyds could cut thousands of jobs and Jaguar Land Rover hack latest

Stock market news and latest business and finance updates from Thursday

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2 w. ago Probation Service facing shortfall of up to 10,000 staff managing offenders released into the community less than 12 months after Labour launched early release scheme

Probation staff monitor offenders in the community by assessing their risk of reoffending and ensuring they are adhering to curfews, wearing necessary tags and avoiding drugs or alcohol.

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2 w. ago US private prison healthcare industry grows despite alleged medical neglect

The Guardian examined two private-equity backed companies that have been accused of failing to protect inmates from risk of harm, and even preventable deathEarly one morning this spring, staff at a Santa Barbara county jail heard screams coming from one of the cells. A 57-year-old inmate was moaning and hyperventilating. She said her “guts are all twisted up”.Rather than sending her to the ER, medical staff chalked her pain up to opioid withdrawal, since they had taken a prescription opioid away upon her arrival days before, a grand jury investigation later found. They placed the inmate – referred to as CF in the grand jury’s report – on mental health observation and gave her Tylenol. Even as the cell floor became covered in vomit, staff ignored her requests to go to the hospital. The documentation that should have been filled out to explain why her request was not honored was never completed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Flights at risk of disruption at major UK airport next week due to staff strike

The industrial action will affect holidaymakers looking to get away for the bank holiday weekend

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3 w. ago Man died days after being locked up as jail staff made massive error

One staff member thought there was no indication the prisoner was at risk of suicide as he was 'laughing and joking'

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3 w. ago CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says unionA union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Revealed: More than 60 Tube staff 'at risk of being deported' after Government changes immigration rules

EXCLUSIVE: Foreign workers who came to London to work for TfL could lose jobs and be forced to leave country, RMT union warns

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