‘Multiple’ Tesco workers are infected with coronavirus at vast distribution centre where 1,800 staff supply 318 stores Livingston Distribution Centre in West Lothian said ‘small number’ test positive Warehouse supplies 318 Tesco branches across Scotland, England and Ireland Around 3.6million boxes of produce reportedly pass through centre each week By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover is hit by Covid outbreak as four workers test positive and whistleblower claims staff are ‘dropping like flies’ Four workers have been diagnosed with Covid-19 at JLR’s Solihull plant A number of other workers have been told they must self-isolate at home Nationwide more than 1,700 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed by … Read more
United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to lay off up to 16,000 workers starting in October amid a prolonged industry downturn due to the coronavirus. The big US carrier, which had previously said as many as 36,000 workers could be terminated, said early retirement and other programs had lessened the need for even deeper cuts, … Read more
Bosses and workers are divided on returning to offices as most employers say they want staff back at their desks by end of the year, survey shows 60% of employers want workers at desks by new year but just 42% staff felt same 58% of staff members believed workers would spend 2 or 3 days … Read more
Staff pour back to offices at top firms and others consider plans to lure workers back to their desks – while survey shows more than half of senior managers continue to work from home Many companies recorded an uptick in employees getting back to their desks High street chain Boots was among those recording a … Read more
A wonderful tail: Office workers take in pregnant cat before she gives birth to a litter of eight kittens – and now they’ve taken over a whole meeting room! Employees of design consultancy Holmes & Marchant took in the cat One of the workers, Angela Sy, documented the wonderful story on Bored Panda The kittens … Read more
Now doctors could STRIKE over pay amid public sympathy for NHS workers following the coronavirus crisis The average GP partner earns £113,000, according to figures from NHS Digital Last month the Government announced a 2.8 per cent pay rise for doctors Despite that they say years of smaller pay rises mean they are underpaid Plans … Read more
Six workers at Mr Kipling bakery test positive for Covid and are sent home to isolate – as Stoke-on-Trent factory continues to operate Six workers at a Mr Kipling bakery in Trent Vale tested positive for coronavirus The Stoke-on-Trent factory continues to operate despite the postive results Stoke-on-Trent Council confirmed the infections took place ‘in … Read more
BooHoo’s ‘industrial scale’ wage shame: Fresh crisis for online retailer as audits of 18 textile factories suggest workers are paid as little as £3-an-hour Audit reports claim that workers in supplier factories paid below minimum wage The documents also highlighted inconsistencies in working-hour records Boohoo has suspended trade with the suppliers found to be breaching … Read more
Business Secretary Alok Sharma led calls this week urging firms to get workers back to their desks. But he faced accusations of hypocrisy last night after just 5 per cent of his own department’s 1,800 staff arrived at its central London HQ. Just 95 were seen entering the Whitehall building on Thursday morning, even though … Read more