5 h. ago Car dealership fined £200,000 after two workers diagnosed with incurable condition

Two employees were diagnosed with Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) after being exposed to vibrating equipment at work.

Economics

19 h. ago Microsoft to lay off around 6000 people as it culls about 3% of its workforce

Microsoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce

Politics

22 h. ago Microsoft to lay off 6,000 workers despite streak of profitable quarters

Cuts follow push to slim management ranks, despite headcount still being up year-on-year in MarchMicrosoft says it is laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce.The tech giant didn’t disclose the total amount of lost jobs, but it will amount to about 6,000 people. Microsoft employed 228,000 full-time workers as of last June, the last time it reported its annual headcount. About 55% of those workers were in the US. Continue reading...

Economics

25 h. ago McDonald’s plans to hire 375,000 workers revealed as massive expansion continues

McDonald's is planning a massive summer hiring spree as the fast food giant aims to add 375,000 employees to its US restaurants.

Politics

47 h. ago Council tax worker who embezzled £1m ordered to repay £165,000

Michael Paterson, 60, had unrestricted access to a system which allowed him to issue refunds to council taxpayers up to £3,000.

Economics

4 d. ago Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

A new Which? Travel report on overtourism also cites Mallorca and Paris as destinations suffering from an influx of visitors, but some argue that bad behaviour is as much of a problem as numbersIn Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent. It took 16 trains.”Coincidentally, that is the same number of visitors who poured into the Italian mountain village of Roccaraso (population 1,500) in January, drawn by the presence of Tik Tok influencer Rita de Crescenzo. But the similarities end there. The Yarmouth invasion received no complaints, while the residents of Roccaraso r...

Politics

6 d. ago London NHS worker awarded £29,000 after being likened to Darth Vader

‘Darth Vader is a legendary villain of the Star Wars series, and being aligned with his personality is insulting,’ a judge found

Economics

7 d. ago NHS worker compared to Star Wars villain Darth Vader by a co

Blood donation worker Lorna Rooke was made to feel 'unpopular' after her colleague Amanda Harber took a a personality quiz on her behalf and told staff she fell into the same category as the Dark Lord.

Events

8 d. ago Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

Exclusive: Government policy on migration which prevents care workers bringing children and spouses to the UK is stopping the flow of staff needed to care for NHS patients

Society

1 week ago Council workers sent strike ballots in ‘biggest vote of its kind in years’

More than 80,000 workers could take part in the vote that may see walkouts over a pay dispute.

Politics

1 week ago Secretive Czech tycoon nears £3.6bn Royal Mail takeover – but doubts remain over motives

Shareholders in Royal Mail owner back takeover by tycoon Daniel Kretinsky - but questions are being asked about what the future holds for the famous firm and its 125,000 workers

Economics

2 w. ago UPS cites Trump tariffs as it announces expected layoffs of 20,000 workers

Company cites ‘current macro-economic uncertainty’ as sweeping tariffs discourage customers from shippingBusiness live – latest updatesThe United Parcel Service (UPS) is expected to cut about 20,000 jobs in 2025 as a part of a larger plan to reduce costs and increase profit, citing “changes in the global trade policy and new or increased tariffs”.UPS announced the layoffs on Tuesday in its first quarter earnings report. The parcel delivery service said it made consolidated revenues of $21.5bn, compared with $21.7bn about the same time a year ago. Additionally, the company said it would be shuttering 73 leased and owned buildings by the end of June of this year. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago More than 50,000 Los Angeles county workers strike disrupting key services

Two-day walkout begins after contract negotiations fail amid ‘unprecedented stresses’ on county budgetMore than 50,000 Los Angeles county workers were on strike again on Tuesday, closing libraries and disrupting administrative operations across the nation’s most populous county.The two-day walkout that began on Monday followed failed negotiations with the county for a new contract after the last one expired in March, according to the Service Employees International Union Local 721. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Workers could get a £1,000 pension boost as DWP proposes new rule for providers

Millions of workers are missing out on their hard-earned pension savings

Economics

2 w. ago Pensions worth up to £1k could be merged automatically: New plan to deal with 13m tiny pots

The Government says in time the move could boost the retirement savings of the average worker by around £1,000 due to reduced costs.

Economics

3 w. ago Recruitment worker wins £25,000 after her bosses moved office without telling her while she was on maternity leave

Anna Munkevics told a tribunal that after taking a year off to care for her newborn, she returned to her Hereford workplace only to find the building had been 'cleared out'.

Economics

3 w. ago Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something

An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectatorMany years ago there was a BBC children’s TV programme called Why Don’t You Just Switch Off Your Television Set and Go and Do Something Less Boring Instead?. Its aim was to encourage kids to spending their summer holidays helping grannies across the street or litter-picking rather than lying on the sofa filling their faces with cheese puffs. If I’m anything to go by, it didn’t work.Moral Ambition is Why Don’t You? for grownups, written by a Dutch historian but deploying psychologically sophisticated nudge techniques, shaming devices and a hectoring imperative mood to encourage clever if spiritually bankrupt people like you (no offence) to do something beyond making mortgage payments by means of a job you hate. Don’t you realise that the average worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job and, judging by the look of you (again, no offence), 79,999 of th...

Politics

3 w. ago The violent thugs who thought they could get away with attacking police officers

Assaults on police officers in Wales are on the increase with over 3,000 assaults committed on emergency workers between July 2023 and June 2024

Events

3 w. ago Shop worker who stole £40,000 from tills was spending £100 a week on lottery tickets and scratch cards

Jailing mum-of-two Rebecca Hanford a judge said she had "squandered" her employer's money

Economics

last month City giant's bid to lure 110,000 workers back to the office with free lunch Fridays

Employees working at WPP headquarters in the capital had previously only been required to go into the office three days a week.

Politics