Companies abusing furlough subsidies face criminal penalties: HMRC chief urges furloughed staff to report firms still asking them to work as cost of scheme TRIPLES to £40bn over three months Coronavirus job retention scheme sees government pay furloughed staff wages But furloughed employees not allowed to carry on working for their company HMRC chief executive … Read more
Business owners have started issuing face masks to their employees amid anger over the Government’s stance after it emerged that countries where wearing one is advised have lower rates of coronavirus infections. Advice from Public Health England and the World Health Organisation currently states that face masks are not an effective way to protect against … Read more
Liverpool Football Club is continuing to deal with a range of challenges caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and would like to update supporters on the progress that has been made to date. While our priority from the outset has been to focus primarily on the health and wellbeing of our players, staff, … Read more
Walt Disney Co said Thursday it will start furloughs of non-essential U.S. employees across the company on April 19 in response to the global coronavirus outbreak that has shut down or disrupted its media and theme park businesses. Disney had committed to full pay and benefits for all employees through April 18 despite the closure … Read more
Boeing to offer voluntary layoffs to employees amid coronavirus fallout with offers being made as soon as today Boeing has some 150,000 employees worldwide with nearly half in Seattle area The coronavirus pandemic has compounded the crisis over the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX following two fatal crashes that killed 346 people The company calls … Read more
Slack messaging software hits record number of active users as employees across the world work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic Slack messaging software has hit a record number of active users Its instant messaging software now has 12.5 million active users That’s an increase of 2.5 million active users in the last 10 … Read more
Tech companies are known to listen in on private conversation via its smart speakers in order to ‘improve voice-recognition features.’ Now that millions of people are currently working home due to the coronavirus outbreak, employers are urging their stuff to power down the technology in order to keep it from listening to confidential phone calls. … Read more
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has informed his employees in a letter that he believes things are going to take a turn for the worse before they get any better and reveals the company will hire 100,000 people to meet demands amid the coronavirus outbreak. ‘This isn’t business as usual, and it’s a time for great … Read more
Former employees and fans of Ellen DeGeneres have taken to Twitter to blast the renowned talk show host for her alleged ‘mean’ behavior. Comedian Kevin T. Porter kicked the entire social media movement off on Friday, when he sent out a tweet urging people to message him ‘the most insane stories [they’ve] heard’ about DeGeneres … Read more
Topshop employees say they have been laid off after the Arcadia Group closed its 300 UK stores an hour before the government announced its coronavirus job retention plan. The group owned by billionaire Sir Philip Green said in an emailed statement: ‘In line with many other retailers, the Group has made the difficult decision to … Read more