Just Eat will stop using gig economy workers to deliver food and instead use staff with more workplace protection, firm’s boss says Jitse Groen, chief exec of Dutch food delivery giant, wants to ‘insure our people’ Gig workers operate on flexible hours and do not enjoy rights such as sick pay or minimum notice periods … Read more
A Northampton sandwich factory where almost 300 workers have caught Covid-19 is still open – despite warnings of a local lockdown. Greencore, which supplies M&S, said production is ‘continuing as usual’ at the plant and said it had no concerns about any of its products. Some 292 employees at the factory on Northampton’s Moulton Park … Read more
Northampton faces the threat of a local lockdown after nearly 300 workers at a sandwich factory that supplies M&S have tested positive for coronavirus. The Greencore food facility on the town’s Moulton Park Industrial Estate has revealed 292 staff there have caught Covid-19 and are self-isolating. Local health authorities said 79 people tested positive on … Read more
Two out of five young people have stopped or cut back on pension saving during the Covid 19 crisis, new research reveals. Pay cuts, redundancy and worries over job security have forced workers of all ages to consider whether they can still afford to put money in their pension, even though this could damage their … Read more
Meat plants in the US and abroad have been especially hard-hit by coronavirus – and an outbreak at one South Dakota facility spread like wildfire to more than 900 workers in just five weeks, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report reveals. Dozens of meat and poultry processing plants across the US have … Read more
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High Street is hammered: WH Smith cuts 1,500 jobs as commuters and shoppers stay at home By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 August 2020 WH Smith yesterday culled 1,500 jobs and shut 14 stores as commuters and shoppers stayed at home. Bosses cited … Read more
A cluster of workers at one of the UK’s largest supermarket suppliers have been diagnosed with coronavirus – months after a boss told staff to avoid missing shifts during lockdown. Staff at Bakkavor Desserts in Newark, Nottinghamshire, are at the centre of a Covid-19 flare up after around eight workers tested positive. In April, Sean … Read more
Foreign Office says ‘small number’ of British embassy workers suffered ‘non-life-threatening’ injuries in Beirut blast Explosion in Port of Beirut has killed dozens of people and devastated the city Foreign Office confirms some British embassy staff were injured in deadly blast Boris Johnson said Government is ‘ready to provide support in any way we can’ … Read more
Workers who have battled into the office during the pandemic are resentful of those still working from home – and are being offered pay rises and perks to keep them happy, HR staff reveal Workers feel resentful towards colleagues who continue to work from home Some employees feel aggrieved at the money and time spent … Read more