A CEO has revealed the top five traits highly memorable and successful people have in a job interview. Robert van Stokrom, National President of the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA) told Australian recruitment company Seek a memorable person often has confidence, curiosity, passion, great communication skills and is proactive with their career. Those who … Read more
The launch of the Kickstart Scheme to create jobs for younger people on Universal Credit is still lacking the final details despite being announced nearly two months ago, This is Money can reveal. Meanwhile, some employers are already advertising for future roles through the scheme, with several spotted on recruitment platforms LinkedIn, Monster and Totaljobs … Read more
Americans laid off during the pandemic can now wait an extra two months to sign up for COBRA health insurance without losing eligibility for the costly plan or facing fines Under COBRA, Americans who are laid off or furloughed have 60 days to decide whether or not to keep their employers’ health insurance coverage With … Read more
The drive to bring British workers back to the office may have hit a roadblock – after big business signaled they may avoid it over coronavirus fears. Although some companies, including accountancy giant Deloitte and law firm Slaughter and May have allowed employees back, others have been more reluctant to act. Remote working – complete … Read more
Boris Johnson’s clarion call for the nation’s workforce to return to offices will fall on deaf ears for swathes of employers and employees, they tell MailOnline. The Prime Minister urged businesses operating remotely to ‘get back into work’ to breathe life back into the cash-starved high street and jump-start the recovery. He said yesterday: ‘It’s … Read more
Facebook showcases feature in its business communication tool Workplace that lets employers ban topics like ‘unionize’ An internal presentation on a feature in ‘Workplace’ suggested that ‘unionize’ could be a word banned by employers The presentation caused backlash from employees and was taken down The incident is the latest clash of company culture at Facebook … Read more
The owner of British Gas has become the latest major company to axe thousands of jobs in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Centrica yesterday said it would slash 5,000 roles to speed up cost-cutting plans, a blow that came as chemicals firm Johnson Matthey announced plans to shed another 2,500 staff and Bombardier Aerospace … Read more
Employers will have to pay a quarter of furloughed staff’s wages from August, Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce Rishi Sunak will ask businesses to pay 25 per cent of furlough money for staff Chancellor is expected to make radical announcement today or this weekend It comes as 8.4 million workers are now furloughed … Read more
Employers will have to pay 25 per cent of their furloughed staff’s wages from August under plans set to be announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Mr Sunak last week extended the government’s coronavirus furlough scheme – in which the government covers 80 per cent of wages of workers’ wages up to a ceiling of £2,500 … Read more
A vegan animal rights activist was wrongfully dismissed for blowing the whistle on an anti-hunting charity’s ‘unethical’ pension investments, a tribunal heard today. Jordi Casamitjana, 56, was sacked from his position as head of policy and research at the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) in April 2018 after sending an email to colleagues about alternative … Read more