2 h. 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

6 h. 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

10 h. 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

30 h. ago UPS reveals it is cutting 20,000 jobs amid decrease in Amazon deliveries

Company also cited ‘uncertainty’ around wider global economy amid ongoing Trump tariffs

Society

31 h. 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

6 d. 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

7 d. 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

9 d. 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

9 d. 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

1 week 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

1 week 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

2 w. ago Sony makes ‘tough decision’ to raise PS5 prices in Europe and UK

Japanese group cites ‘challenging economic environment’ as Trump’s tariffs throw supply chains into uncertainty

Politics

2 w. ago 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

2 w. ago London’s most desirable neighbourhoods have lost 11,000 workers

London’s most desirable neighbourhoods have lost 11,000 workers  AFR

Politics

2 w. ago London’s Most Desirable Neighborhoods Have Lost 11,000 Workers

London’s Most Desirable Neighborhoods Have Lost 11,000 Workers  Bloomberg.com

Politics

3 w. ago Another economist cited by Trump to justify tariffs hits out: ‘It’s outrageous. They’re causing a recession’

The associate professor is one of many experts cited by the White House who is now criticizing Trump’s sweeping tariff hikes

Economics

3 w. ago US supreme court blocks ruling that 16,000 fired federal workers must be rehired

Probationary employees laid off in Trump administration’s purge lose reinstatement in 7-2 ruling over legal standingUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has handed Donald Trump a reprieve from a judge’s ruling that his administration must rehire 16,000 probationary workers fired in its purge of the federal bureaucracy.A day after ruling in the White House’s favor to allow the continued deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, the court gave the White House a less clear-cut victory in halting the order by a California court that dismissed workers from six government agencies must be rehired. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Post Office reveals plans to offload 108 branches across UK affecting 1,000 workers

It comes after the organisation announced a review of the branches last year

Politics

3 w. ago About 1,000 workers at risk as Post Office plans to offload 108 branches

The Post Office has said it plans to hand its 108 remaining crown branches to franchisees by the autumn.

Events

3 w. ago Post Office to 'offload' 108 branches, with 1,000 workers at risk

It could see some branches close

Events