As more snow, ice and freezing weather rolls in, you may be wondering again whether you’ll be able to make it into work.
Clearly early workers should make every effort to make it in, and not simply give up at the sight of a few snowflakes. But setting out on a journey which could put yourself or the emergency services in danger is not a sensible move either, particularly if you live in an isolated, rural area. Read more…
posted 20/12/2010
New rules mean that from 2012 most workers will be automatically signed up to a pension scheme, and benefit from employer contributions to their pension fund. Read more…
posted 16/11/2010
When did you last spend some quality time with your bank statements? A lot of us are skimping on our financial planning, claim financial group AXA. Their answer to the problem is My Budget Day, a day for raising awareness of financial planning, which is also supported by bosses’ organisation the CBI and the trade union Unite. Read more…
posted 19/11/2007
A row is brewing between the Dominos Pizza company and the Unite trade union, after a group of Hungarian workers sacked from a Dominos franchise in Derby claimed they’d had so many deductions made from their pay that they were practically slaves, illegally earning less than the minimum wage. Read more…
posted 01/08/2007
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