Workplace payroll software enables employees to earn bonus payments
A spokesman for the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said an improved offer by bosses for tube workers was being considered.
A spokesman for the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said an improved offer by bosses for tube workers was being considered.
Manager Nigel Clough spoke about his team Derby County FC which is joining protests about saving a regional rail company.
Building work has begun on a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facility designed to sort through waste from black bin-bags and find what can be recycled or recovered.
Administrators have sold four stores in the TJ Hughes chain to a home wares company, which has preserved nearly 500 jobs across the UK in shops from Scotland to the south coast.
The Government has responded to reports that bonuses of up to £20,000 will be awarded to more than 1,000 civil servants. The Cabinet Office said payments covering the 2010/11 financial year will be confirmed over the next few weeks.
Michael Leahy, leader of the Community trade union, said the announcement of a steel plant reopening was "fantastic". The site in Redcar, in the north-east, had been lying unused for 12 months after a major contract had fallen through, causing the loss of 1,600 jobs.
“First it was bad weather. Now it is the Royal Wedding…” was part of criticism handed out yesterday (Tuesday, July 26) of the UK Government’s running of the economy.
A fire authority has had to get rid of 100 jobs in order to meet budget cuts. Previous cost-cutting measures at Merseyside Fire Service have included imposing a three-year pay freeze.
"The RMT won’t agree to anything that compromises the job security of members," said the boss of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union over the current row on signal box workers.
Jon Andrews, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the cost to UK business of workers taking sick leave was up to £32 billion per year. The company asked more than one thousand people, of whom 34 per cent admitted having taken time off under false pretences.