NHS vacancies soar: rising inflation renders the Health and Social Care Levy inadequate
Will the Health and Social Care Levy adequately tackle the soar of NHS vacancies?
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COVID-19 News
Commuter numbers have almost returned to the pre-pandemic level
How has the pandemic impacted workers’ commute?
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43% felt the job market was not secure throughout the pandemic
Why didn’t more workers change jobs during the pandemic?
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COVID-19 two years on: a statistical breakdown
The impact of COVID-19 on the labor market
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Wilko apologises for asking covid-positive staff to work
Wilko has apologised for telling Covid-positive staff to come into work
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Businesses need to create a covid isolation policy
Businesses need to create a covid isolation policy from Thursday, say experts
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Unvaccinated care home worker was fairly dismissed
The tribunal accepted Ms Allette’s fear and scepticism was genuine but said that the requirement to be vaccinated was a reasonable management instruction, especially as the employee had no medical authority or clinical basis to refuse.
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NHS staff absences causing ‘double emergency’
The NHS says: “The direct impact of Omicron on staff is particularly alarming, as Covid-related staff absences across England are up 38 per cent week on week”
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Businesses welcome new Covid-19 isolation rules
The health secretary Sajid Javid said: “We are reducing the self-isolation period from ten days to seven if you test negative on a lateral flow test for two days running.”
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Chancellor announces £1bn bailout for leisure and hospitality
The government’s bailout package, which is worth one billion pounds in total, will be given to businesses who have lost money since the surge of Omicron.
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Women workers in G20 most affected by Covid-19
An OECD study is calling for investment in data to eliminate gender pay-gaps in employment in G20 countries.
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Omicron will bring mass staff shortages, including schools and retail
Waste collections, post and deliveries are expected to be affected by a rise in virus cases. Royal Mail said it had extremely high absentee numbers of staff off due to sickness.
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Furlough must come back before Christmas, say business leaders and unions
The furlough scheme needs to come back to support companies and their workers – especially those who will lose out due to the Plan B announcements ahead of the Christmas season.
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HR leaders must look after their foreign workforce since pandemic
More than a third of the expat workforce say they plan to relocate home. Family finances, lack of job opportunities and education topped their list of concerns.
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Employees afraid of colleagues who aren’t vaccinated
Jobseekers say being able to work more flexibly is the biggest positive to come out of the pandemic and they want their HR teams to let them do it – if only to keep them safe from Covid.
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Care workers need £1000 bonus this Christmas
The government is being asked to help HR teams stem the mass exodus of the social care workforce with a £1000 retention bonus by the chief executive of NHS Employers.
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