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[UK] Official unemployment figures hide 300,000 jobless

[UK] Official unemployment figures hide 300,000 jobless [UK] Official unemployment figures hide 300,000 jobless

The UK’s former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that at least 300,000 out-of-work people across the UK are being missed...
27 Jan 2021
[UK] 30 job threshold for Kickstart Scheme removed

[UK] 30 job threshold for Kickstart Scheme removed [UK] 30 job threshold for Kickstart Scheme removed

The UK Government has announced that it is to remove the 30 job minimum threshold for employers to apply directly to the...
27 Jan 2021
[London] Salaries up this quarter as the City moves beyond worst of pandemic

[London] Salaries up this quarter as the City moves beyond worst of pandemic [London] Salaries up this quarter as the City moves beyond worst of pandemic

As the city moves beyond the worst of the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, salaries in the City of...
22 Jan 2021
[Ireland] ‘Work from home’ legislation will radically change the employment landscape

[Ireland] ‘Work from home’ legislation will radically change the employment landscape [Ireland] ‘Work from home’ legislation will radically change the employment landscape

Employees in Ireland will soon be legally entitled to work from home following the government’s confirmation of its support for...
21 Jan 2021
[Belgium] Proposed change to labour law so workers can be vaccinated

[Belgium] Proposed change to labour law so workers can be vaccinated [Belgium] Proposed change to labour law so workers can be vaccinated

This week Pierre-Yves Dermagne - the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy - will raise with employers and unions...
21 Jan 2021
[UK] Pimlico Plumbers will make workers get COVID-19 vaccine

[UK] Pimlico Plumbers will make workers get COVID-19 vaccine [UK] Pimlico Plumbers will make workers get COVID-19 vaccine

Pimlico Plumbers intends to have all its workers' contracts rewritten to require them to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
20 Jan 2021
[UK] Calls for two weeks paid bereavement leave

[UK] Calls for two weeks paid bereavement leave [UK] Calls for two weeks paid bereavement leave

In the UK there is no current legal requirement for employers to grant bereavement leave, with the exception of parents...
18 Jan 2021
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