Royal Caribbean is offering key workers free cruises around UK to thank them for their efforts during Covid pandemic Royal Caribbean revealed 999 cabins would be made available this summer Workers in emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces Those who want to apply must register on cruise line’s website to enter ballot … Read more
Two doses of either Moderna‘s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are highly effective at preventing infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published on Monday finds. Researchers looked at vaccination rates among nearly 4,000 healthcare employees, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers from mid-December 2020 to mid-March 2021. Results showed … Read more
Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by Islamist insurgents on the northern Mozambique town of Palma. A spokesman for the country’s defence and security forces confirmed the attack this week. Among the dead were seven people killed when a convoy of cars was ambushed in an escape attempt. The number of people … Read more
Rishi Sunak warns workers could ‘vote with their feet’ and quit jobs if they are not allowed to return to the office after lockdown as he praises ‘culture’ of people ‘riffing off each other’ Companies are looking at how to tackle issue of remote versus office working Chancellor said workplaces encourage ‘meetings that happen by … Read more
A host of Britain’s biggest fund managers have snubbed Deliveroo’s stock market float amid growing concern over the treatment of its workers. Aberdeen Standard, Legal & General and M&G joined Aviva in shunning what looks like being the biggest London listing in a decade. In a further setback, CCLA, which manages funds for the Church … Read more
Two of Britain’s biggest investors will refuse to buy shares in Deliveroo when it launches on the stock market next month because of concerns about how they treat staff. The UK’s third most popular takeaway delivery service, behind UberEats and Just Eats, hopes to be valued at up to £8.8billion when it lists its shares … Read more
More than 154,000 NHS Scotland staff are to be offered a pay rise of at least 4 per cent in a deal from the Scottish Government. The move will benefit employees with contracts under the Agenda for Change system, which would also give staff on the lowest pay point a 5.4 per cent increase. Staff … Read more
Fund manager Aviva to snub Deliveroo’s London listing due to concerns over workers’ rights By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 A leading British fund manager has said it will shun Deliveroo’s London listing because of the way the food delivery firm … Read more
Coronavirus cases among healthcare workers declined dramatically after staff got their first vaccine dose, two new studies have found. In one study of employees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2.6 percent of all workers who were unvaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 1.82 percent of those given their first shot, a … Read more
One in three black and minority ethnic workers have been unfairly turned down for a job, pay rises or promotion, a new study suggests. The research also indicates that black and minority ethnic staff are twice as likely to be kept on insecure contracts, or forced to reapply for their jobs on worse terms and … Read more