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  • Starbucks faces pressure from German giant Allianz to overhaul approach to unions

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    Starbucks today faced mounting pressure over its approach towards unions after German financial services giant Allianz vowed to back a push to force the coffee seller to overhaul its labour policies. Allianz GI today vowed to support an investor resolution calling on Starbucks to overhaul its approach to workers’ unions, following concerns about the coffee [...]

  • Fire and rehire: New government rules will not stop another P&O scandal, claim unions

    FIRE AND REHIRE

    New rules against so-called “fire and rehire” practices in wake of the P&O scandal will not stop it from being repeated, trade unions have warned. Ministers have launched a consultation for a new code of practice for all employers, which would set out companies’ responsibilities when they seek to change contractual terms.  The government is [...]

  • Britain’s workaholics: Meet the Hackney fishmonger who is up earlier than the milkman

    Working 100 hours a week

    Britain’s small business owners are among the hardest working people in the country with many up before the milkman and still going long after the DJ has played their final song. Nearly half of bosses work more than 50 hours per week while a third start work before 5am – a time better known to [...]

  • Older Brits in need of cash return to work in droves as cost of living chaos destroys budgets

    December 19, 2022

    Money is a key motivator for older workers returning to work as the merciless cost-of-living crisis increasingly bites, it has emerged. The Office for National Statistics has published experimental data on the motivations for the over 50s to return to work. Money is an important motivation to return to work for all groups, particularly younger groups, with 69 per [...]

  • Slaughter and May lets lawyers clock out of emails from 10pm to 8am

    October 30, 2022

    Magic Circle law firm Slaughter and May is set to let its lawyers log out of their emails after 10pm in a bid to prevent “unnecessary incursions” on its employees’ work-life balances.  However, lawyers at the elite London firm must still be “reachable by phone” and may still be required to check emails past 10pm [...]

  • UK’s review of remote working holidays sparks tax crackdown fears

    September 1, 2022

    The UK’s Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has opened a review into those who work abroad remotely, in a sign the government may soon begin to crack down on remote working holidays. The OTS has begun collecting data on people who work for UK companies from abroad, following a major uptick in the numbers of [...]

  • PwC sued by employee over pub crawl brain injury

    August 22, 2022

    A 28-year-old auditor, who suffered a serious brain injury on a work night out, is suing PwC over claims the firm bears responsibility for the behaviour of a manager who encouraged excessive drinking. Michael Brockie, 28, suffered a “moderate-severe brain injury” during a “pub golf” night organised by his superior, that left him with “persistent [...]

  • Peloton sends staff back to the office in far-reaching turnaround plan

    August 13, 2022

    Exercise bike maker Peloton has set out plans to hike its prices, cut costs, and force its staff back into the office, as it seeks to turnaround after demand for its home gym equipment dipped following the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. In an internal memo published by Bloomberg, the New York headquartered running machine seller [...]

  • Manufacturing Technology Centre rolls out four day week after trial boosts productivity

    July 4, 2022

    Coventry-based firm the Manufacturing Technology Centre has rolled out a four day working week for staff after a trial period was found to have boosted productivity. The organisation, which aims to build technologies developed in academia, said that after conducting a two-year trial of flexible working with more than 600 of its staff, it would [...]

  • Employers could be sued if they cut remote and hybrid workers salaries, lawyers say

    June 28, 2022

    Employers giving pay cuts to remote and hybrid workers could face discrimination lawsuits, employment lawyers have said. Companies that pay higher salaries to workers who come into the office risk being subject to sexual discrimination lawsuits, due to the fact women are more likely to work from home than men, lawyers told City A.M. Fiona [...]

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