Pay and prices

Pay and prices (533 words)

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Firefighters push for £30,000 (447 words)

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has set its sights on a £30,000 salary for qualified firefighters, a claim that will mean a shake-up of ...

World Cup (64 words)

Insurance group Prudential has introduced a special flexible working pattern during June so that staff can have time off to watch football matches. They ...

BT sets aside funds to eradicate pay gap (376 words)

British Telecom (Managerial and Professional Grades ...

Lifelong learning at Boots (114 words)

Boots UK & Ireland ...

Individual development time at Remploy (280 words)

Remploy ...

Pay deals in brief (1212 words)

Agreement % increase date number covered hours holidays ...

New maternity and paternity rights set to lead to better workplace deals (5970 words)

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New case law on contracts (910 words)

The employment contract is at the heart of employee rights at work. Representatives who are dealing with workplace issues need to know what the ...

Negligent misrepresentation (304 words)

Employers will be liable to a breach of contract claim from their employees if they negligently misrepresent a situation and as a result employees ...

Working time (68 words)

The European Commission has begun infringement proceedings against the UK government over the fact that UK law allows individuals to opt out of the ...

Taking claims (70 words)

Normally, once an applicant has lodged a claim in one court the same issue cannot be pursued in another court. However, where the applicant ...

Where to take claims (124 words)

Many workers have contracts that require them to work in a European Union state different from their country of origin. If they are unfairly ...

Charity calls for better treatment of workers with learning disabilities (300 words)

Employers are being urged to treat people with a learning disability fairly, in a new campaign by the learning disability charity Mencap. ...

Employers offered childcare back-up arrangements (236 words)

Two childcare charities are providing employers with a way of helping working parents when their childcare arrangements break down. ...

Surge in workers doing two jobs (237 words)

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people doing second jobs, with women accounting for most of the increase. The number ...

Inspectors condemn one in two building sites in London (202 words)

Half of the London construction sites visited in a week-long safety blitz last month were so dangerous the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) had ...

Two out of five nurses have suffered assault (137 words)

Two out of five nurses have been assaulted at work in the last three years but fewer than one in 20 have received support ...

Post office survey reveals bullying culture (158 words)

A survey of post office managers by their union Amicus-MSF shows most have experienced problems of bullying and harassment in the past year. A ...

Action pack on stress at work (77 words)

A free action pack to promote this year's European Week for Safety and Health, beginning 14 October, is now available from the Health and ...

Unions welcome asbestos compensation victory (222 words)

A court battle on behalf of asbestos disease victims ended in victory this month when Law Lords overturned earlier rulings that could have robbed ...

TUC highlights costs to NHS of preventable latex allergies (341 words)

The TUC hosted a "latex summit" earlier this month which heard that that allergies to the latex gloves that are worn for protection against ...

Managers warned of track problems (186 words)

Rail managers were warned weeks in advance about track problems near the points thought to be responsible for the Potters Bar rail crash that ...

Final salary cutbacks at airline and university (246 words)

Birmingham University and British Airways are the latest employers to cut back on their pension provision. ...

Pensions authority is under review (156 words)

The government has appointed former Nationwide Building Society chief executive Dr Brian Davis to review the work of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA). ...

Government promises "popular" pensions (132 words)

Work and pensions secretary Alistair Darling wants to see major changes to the pensions system in order "to provide savers with the options they ...

Changes to member-nominated trustee rules delayed (160 words)

Union pension activists have reacted angrily to the govenment's decision to defer proposed changes to regulations on the appointment of member-nominated trustees. ...

Key metalworking and chemical settlements set pace in German bargaining round (735 words)

Negotiators have reached agreement in two crucial sectors of the German economy, chemicals and metalworking. However, although the increases agreed were not very far ...

Greece - two-year general agreement signed (113 words)

Unions and employers have signed a new two-year national agreement for employees in Greece, which effectively sets the level of the national minimum wage. ...