Hiring & Firing – Page 19
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Number of convenience sector jobs declines 5% in past year
Increases in the national living wage and national minimum wage have ramped up pressure, says a new report from the ACS
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Costa to hire 250 new apprentices in recruitment drive
All participants in the scheme will receive the national living wage
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Half of businesses say EU nationals planning to leave
Trade bodies from across the £110bn sector have warned of an “irreversible exit” of resources…
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GMB looks to 'dramatically reduce' Asda job losses
Asda has commissioned a review of 3,257 staff to streamline its operations…
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Hundreds of jobs on the line as Asda reviews 3,000 staff roles
The supermarket says only 10% of the staff are likely to be affected by redundancy or reduced hours
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Comment and Opinion
What’s behind the latest round of supermarket head office job cuts?
Another month, another round of supermarket job cuts
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Sainsbury's rumoured to be axing over 1,000 jobs at head office
Sainsbury’s is rumoured to be axing more than 1,000 jobs at its head office just one month after Tesco made a swingeing round of redundancies.
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Tulip kicks off consultation at King's Lynn factory
The cuts are part of a restructure at the Danish Crown-owned business, which posted losses of almost £22m for the year to 30 September
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The number of jobs in the industry falls 3.3% on a year ago
The latest BRC Retail Employment Monitor showed reductions in hours worked on both full-time and part-time contracts
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Adelie Foods enters redundancy talks with 180 staff as it continues recovery
The sandwich maker is proposing to transfer production from its facility in Middlesbrough to other factories within the group, as well as relocating its Midlands distribution centre from Leicester to Tamworth.
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Comment and Opinion
Taylor review spells bad news for gig economy companies
The rise of court cases involving the gig economy – Uber and Deliveroo being the most high-profile – means the government will have to take the recommendations seriously
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Taylor report puts spotlight on gig economy worker rights
Companies such as Deliveroo could be forced to give workers more rights in the wake of the government review into modern employment practices
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Aldi seeks 4,000 new staff in recruitment drive
The roles are predominantly for store assistants, assistant store managers and deputy store managers
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MPs urge introduction of Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme
Commons debate hears failure could lead to labour shortages and increased food prices
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Comment and Opinion
Is Cadbury’s ‘return to Bournville’ a comment on post-Brexit Britain?
Mondelez has hailed the move, but no new jobs are going to be created. So what does this tell us about the future of food manufacturing in the UK?
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Taskforce set up for Tesco Cardiff call centre closure
Welsh government took action after MPs slammed Tesco’s “completely unacceptable” handling of the announcement
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Comment and Opinion
The timing of this latest round of Tesco job cuts doesn’t look good
Can ’Drastic Dave’ justify these cuts and will Tesco’s promise that they are being done for good reason stand up to scrutiny?
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Tesco to axe 1,200 jobs at its head office
A quarter of staff at its Welwyn Garden City HQ are facing redundancy, a week after Tesco announced 1,100 jobs were to go at its Cardiff call centre
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Comment and Opinion
What Unilever’s AI hiring experiment tells us about the future of grocery recruitment
The fmcg giant is trying out a new way to hire for some entry-level positions, which is driven almost entirely by algorithms
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AF Blakemore plans to recruit further 40 apprentices annually
The wholesaler plans to recruit 10 new supply chain apprentices every quarter from July