A former TalkTalk executive who claimed she faced gender pay discrimination has had her employment tribunal case rejected. Rebecca Burke, 43, was paid a basic salary of £110,000 while she helped lead the company’s cyber security programme in the wake of a high-profile data breach in 2015. But following her ‘sham’ redundancy after just 15 months … Read more
I was a deferred pensioner in a final salary scheme. As I approached the age at which I could draw this pension, the company wrote to me asking me if I’d like to put the pension into payment as soon as I was eligible to do so, on my birthday. Knowing there was no further … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more
Walt Disney Co. Executive Chairman Bob Iger will forgo his entire multi-million dollar salary and other top executives will take pay cuts amid the coronavirus pandemic. Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed the announcement in a memo emailed to staff members on Monday. Iger, 69, will waive his entire salary after raking in a staggering $47.5million … Read more
Kindness is new luxury, says Kurt Geiger boss…and giving up my salary is the least I can do By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 Neil Clifford, chief executive of Kurt Geiger, has given up his £500,000-a-year pay until his stores open … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak could underwrite around £17,000 of every worker’s salary in huge new coronavirus bailout today. The massive rescue package is set to be unveiled by Mr Sunak and Boris Johnson after furious complaints that they were not doing enough for ordinary people. There have been warnings that GDP could be slashed by a … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
A university worker who hanged herself after gambling away her entire salary at online casinos was failed by her bank and betting firms, her grieving parents said yesterday. Natasha White, 34, became hooked on games such as online roulette through apps she could play at home – despite having no interest in going to casinos … Read more
Police probe Labour ex-minister’s expenses after he paid £30,000-per-year salary to a long-term friend who was working in his office aged 89 Scotland Yard has launched criminal investigatio into expenses of ex-Labour MP Police began probe into Geoffrey Robinson over £30k salary paid to his friend Mail on Sunday previously reported Robinson’s alleged spying for … Read more