Boris Johnson has said he will look at introducing a windfall tax on oil and gas companies but believes they are not the “right way forward”. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, is threatening to implement a windfall tax amid concerns that energy companies are not investing enough in the UK. Bernard Looney, the chief executive of […]
Calling a man ‘bald’ is sex harassment, an employment tribunal has ruled after an employee complained about being called a ‘bald c***’. Tony Finn had worked for the West Yorkshire-based British Bung Company for almost 24 years when he was fired in May last year. He took them to the tribunal claiming, among other things, […]
Agreement for riders in the self-employed delivery sector provides an innovative blueprint for the future of work, says the GMB and Deliveroo GMB Union and Deliveroo have signed an historic union recognition deal covering the company’s more than 90,000 self-employed riders. The Voluntary Partnership Agreement will see GMB have rights to collective bargaining on pay […]
One in five letters and parcels sent first class do not arrive the next working day, Royal Mail has admitted. Just weeks after it increased its postage prices, when the cost of a first-class stamp went up 10p to 95p, the company said its services had been hit by the continued impact of Covid and […]
The government has said new rules to expand legal use of e-scooters are a priority for the upcoming year. It also said it would legislate to create a new body to oversee UK railways and ban ferries that do not pay workers the equivalent of minimum wage from docking at UK ports. The government outlined […]