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Lloyds, Tesco and Direct Line all announce job cuts
Tesco has said over 1,800 of its bakers are at risk.
Tesco becomes first CIPD People Development Partner
What does a company need to do in order to achieve this status?
Tesco to cut 4,500 jobs at 153 Metro stores
What has brought this decision on?
Tesco facing UK’s largest ever equal pay claim
Tesco is facing a demand for up to £4bn in back pay from thousands of mainly female shopworkers in what could become the UK’s largest ever equal pay claim.
Tesco faces legal action from staff in pay dispute
Tesco workers are taking legal action against their employer on grounds of age and gender discrimination after the supermarket cut its pay rates for working anti-social hours.
Poll: Is the introduction of the National Living Wage good for your company?
The National Minimum Wage comes into force on April 1st meaning that up to 4.5 million people across the country will get a pay rise this week.
Tesco and B&Q to slow recruitment in preparation for the Living Wage
Leading UK companies such as Tesco and B&Q are planning to slow their recruitment drives as the new National Living Wage comes into force next month.
Tesco considering cutting store staff by 39,000 over three years
One of Britain’s leading supermarkets Tesco is considering cutting its staff by 39,000 over the next three years, following a fall in profits.
Tesco to close defined benefit pension scheme in light of financial losses
Tesco reveals that it may close its defined benefit (DB) pension scheme and replace it with a cheaper alternative as it reports a pre-statutory tax loss of £6.4bn for 2014/15.
Jobs boost for 500 unemployed young people across the UK
A new programme to help 500 unemployed young people find jobs has been launched by The Prince’s Trust and Tesco. A successful pilot programme in London has helped 12 young people to secure jobs at Tesco, and it will now be rolled out in other areas of the country with high levels of youth unemployment…
Tesco plans to create 20,000 UK jobs
Tesco is to create 20,000 jobs in the UK over two years by improving stores and opening new ones, it has announced. The firm said the new jobs would include full and part-time positions, and some apprenticeship placements for new employees. Tesco is the country’s largest private sector employer with more than 290,000 staff –…
Liverpool city council partners with supermarket giant to improve local area
In a bid to reduce the levels of unemployment in Liverpool, the city council has given the go ahead for a large supermarket to be built on the condition that the company agrees to allocate half of its staffing hours to the long-term unemployed living in the local area. “It’s handy,” says Richard Hatley, the…