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Health workers 90% less likely to catch coronavirus after they are fully vaccinated, CDC data show 

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Two doses of either Moderna’s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are highly effective at preventing infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published on Monday finds. Researchers looked at vaccination rates among nearly 4,000 healthcare employees, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers from mid-December 2020 to mid-March 2021. Results showed … Read more

Fears for British and Irish workers caught in Mozambique bloodbath

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Dozens of people have been killed in an attack by Islamist insurgents on the northern Mozambique town of Palma. A spokesman for the country’s defence and security forces confirmed the attack this week. Among the dead were seven people killed when a convoy of cars was ambushed in an escape attempt. The number of people … Read more

Deliveroo IPO: Large UK investment firms reject chance to buy shares amid workers rights concerns

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Six of the Britain’s largest investment firms reject chance to buy Deliveroo shares amid concerns over worker rights as firm targets £8.8billion stock market valuation Legal & General Investment Management said it plans to skip the public offering Deliveroo said this week it is targeting a valuation of between £7.6bn and £8.8bn GIM, Aberdeen Standard, … Read more

Big battalion investors snub Deliveroo amid fears over workers’ pay

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A host of Britain’s biggest fund managers have snubbed Deliveroo’s stock market float amid growing concern over the treatment of its workers. Aberdeen Standard, Legal & General and M&G joined Aviva in shunning what looks like being the biggest London listing in a decade. In a further setback, CCLA, which manages funds for the Church … Read more

Two of Britain’s biggest investors will NOT buy Deliveroo shares due to ‘workers’ rights’

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Two of Britain’s biggest investors will refuse to buy shares in Deliveroo when it launches on the stock market next month because of concerns about how they treat staff. The UK’s third most popular takeaway delivery service, behind UberEats and Just Eats, hopes to be valued at up to £8.8billion when it lists its shares … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon offers Scottish NHS workers a four per cent pay hike

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More than 154,000 NHS Scotland staff are to be offered a pay rise of at least 4 per cent in a deal from the Scottish Government. The move will benefit employees with contracts under the Agenda for Change system, which would also give staff on the lowest pay point a 5.4 per cent increase. Staff … Read more

Aviva to snub Deliveroo’s London listing over workers’ rights 

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Fund manager Aviva to snub Deliveroo’s London listing due to concerns over workers’ rights By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 A leading British fund manager has said it will shun Deliveroo’s London listing because of the way the food delivery firm … Read more

Fewer than 1% of healthcare workers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 test positive for the virus

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Coronavirus cases among healthcare workers declined dramatically after staff got their first vaccine dose, two new studies have found. In one study of employees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2.6 percent of all workers who were unvaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 1.82 percent of those given their first shot, a … Read more

One in three BME workers say they’ve been unfairly turned down for a job, says study

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One in three black and minority ethnic workers have been unfairly turned down for a job, pay rises or promotion, a new study suggests.  The research also indicates that black and minority ethnic staff are twice as likely to be kept on insecure contracts, or forced to reapply for their jobs on worse terms and … Read more

Forget bleach… workers use milk and bread to clean 19th century stately home 

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Mrs Hinch, Victorian-style! Forget bleach… workers use milk and bread to clean 19th century stately home England Heritage used bread and milk to prep interior of Brodsworth Hall The charity are prepping the Victorian home for its reopening to the public Bread was used to clean wallpaper and skimmed milk helped to wash the floors … Read more