Clocking recording system can make a company more profitable
A hospital trust that needs savings of up to £20 million to become financially stable is poised to make job losses.
A hospital trust that needs savings of up to £20 million to become financially stable is poised to make job losses.
Hundreds of hospital doctors are threatening to go it alone on strike. The GPs are prepared to break ranks with colleagues south of the Border as part of the pensions dispute over a later retirement age for doctors.
The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said on Tuesday (October 16) that 85 per cent of its members had voted for strike action at a transport company.
Strikes on the other side of the channel temporarily halted ferry services. Talks continue between unions and Brittany Ferries management concerning routes from the south coast to France.
A local authority now intends to extend a pay freeze until 2014 to keep a grip on spending. Suspending the annual increment for a third year could save £5 million, according to the Labour-run Sheffield City Council.
Research revealed by an NHS consortium suggests that an employee pay cut of one per cent could save as much as £1.4 million on hospital wage bills.
A community official is looking forward to giving extra support to local young people thanks to a new centre – situated at an old toilet.
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has vowed to make “tough decisions” on public sector pay as Labour is headed for a collision course with union leaders.
Union boss Brendan Barber has talked about a ‘£7,000 wage grab’. Full-time employees are now paid on average around £26,000 a year.
Wages are grounded while business takes off: that’s the slogan of a union during its impasse with airport management.