Graduate jobs have almost halved in a year. AI is only part of the story
Young graduates face brutal jobs market The graduate jobs market has hit a record low, with just 8,383 graduate vacancies advertised across the UK on Adzuna in July. That is 15,397 fewer than the same month last year and the lowest number recorded since the jobs website began tracking the figures in 2016. To put […]
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Man who’s been on sick leave for 15 years sued IBM for not giving him a pay rise
He claimed he was being discriminated against A man who had been on sick leave from his job for 15 years then tried to sue them for not giving him a pay rise. Ian Clifford went on sick leave from IBM for mental-health-related reasons in September 2008, and was still off work in 2013 having […]
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Calling your boss a d***head is not a sackable offence, says tribunal
A woman who insulted her boss during an argument was said to have been unfairly sacked. Calling your boss a d***head is not a sackable offence, that is according to one employment tribunal. The ruling came after office manager Kerrie Herbert was sacked on the spot after an argument with her boss, during which she […]
1 year ago
Man who’s been on sick leave for 15 years sued IBM for not giving him a pay rise
He claimed he was being discriminated against A man who had been on sick leave from his job for 15 years then tried to sue them for not giving him a pay rise. Ian Clifford went on sick leave from IBM for mental-health-related reasons in September 2008, and was still off work in 2013 having […]
1 year ago
Man who skipped work for six years was only caught out when he was set to win award
He took quietly quitting to a new level! A man who managed to avoid going to work for six years was only caught out when he was nominated for a diligence award. Joaquín García from Spain stopped going to work as he claimed he had no work to do and felt ‘bullied’. The 69-year-old was […]
1 year ago
Man who’s been on sick leave for 15 years sued IBM for not giving him a pay rise
He claimed he was being discriminated against A man who had been on sick leave from his job for 15 years then tried to sue them for not giving him a pay rise. Ian Clifford went on sick leave from IBM for mental-health-related reasons in September 2008, and was still off work in 2013 having […]
1 year ago