Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not leaving their desks

Call centre giant will use webcams to ensure staff working from home are not eating, looking at their phones or leaving their desks while on duty France-based Teleperformance told workers to expect the specialist equipment Webcams will be used for training but will also see if workers are using keyboard Firm says it does not … Read more

Secondary school is evacuated and children sent home after staff receive ‘malicious communication’

Secondary school is evacuated and children sent home after staff receive ‘malicious communication’ Pupils at Radyr Comprehensive in Cardiff told to go home amid police incident The incident is said to be ongoing and ‘relating to a malicious communication’ Headteacher said parents should email school if children can’t access homes  By Faith Ridler For Mailonline … Read more

Police in Devon arrest two care home staff for ‘wilful neglect’ after Covid outbreak

Police in Devon arrest two care home staff for ‘wilful neglect’ after Covid outbreak where they worked left nine residents dead Nine deaths have been reported at Holmesley Care Home in Sidford since Feb 25 A woman, 57,  and a man, 30,  have been arrested on suspicion of wilful neglect   Both of those arrested are … Read more

Irish airline Aer Lingus ‘asks staff to move to Britain’

Aer Lingus is moving staff to Britain because of the pandemic ‘uncertainty’ threatening Ireland’s travel industry, ministers have been told.  Ireland’s flag carrier yesterday announced it was launching four trans-Atlantic routes from Manchester Airport in the coming months.  Sinn Fein politician Darren O’Rourke said he had seen a ‘deeply concerning’ internal memo from the firm … Read more

BT pays staff £1,500 bonus… but firm faces nationwide strike

BT pays staff £1,500 bonus… but firm faces first nationwide strike for almost four decades By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 BT has offered a £1,500 bonus to thousands of staff as it battles to prevent the first national strikes at … Read more

COVID-19 pandemic has ‘significantly strained’ hospitals, HHS report finds as staff suffered burnout

U.S. hospitals say they have been operating in ‘survival mode’ for the majority of the coronavirus pandemic. According to a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) inspector general on Wednesday, medical centers said that staffing shortages have impacted patient care.  What’s more, the exhaustion of long shifts and dealing … Read more

Care home staff have a ‘duty’ to get the Covid vaccine, industry boss says

Care home staff have a ‘duty’ to get the Covid vaccine to protect their residents from the coronavirus, says the boss of a firm with a controversial ‘no jab no job’ policy. Pete Calveley, CEO of Barchester Healthcare, said the human rights of people living in care homes were at stake and staff must protect … Read more

Warning ‘thousands’ of NHS staff will leave unless they get ‘decompression time’

Thousands of NHS staff could leave unless they get ‘decompression time,’ to cope with the enormous toll of fighting the Covid-19 pandemic over the past year, health leaders have said.  A report by the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS organisations, found there are ‘significant’ numbers of staff with depression and anxiety and a small minority will … Read more

Atletico Madrid’s medical staff forced to RESUSCITATE Moussa Dembele

Atletico Madrid’s medical staff forced to RESUSCITATE Moussa Dembele after he fainted during training… before former Celtic striker drives home with incident put down to low blood pressure Moussa Dembele fainted and appeared to lose consciousness during training The former Lyon striker was filmed stretching out before falling to the ground Atletico’s medical staff spent … Read more