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Ikea Temporarily Closes Stores in Russia, Flags Bigger Price Hikes
Date: March 3, 2022
By Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture brand, is closing its stores in Russia and pausing all sourcing in the country and ally Belarus, joining the wave of Western firms curbing business with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. The news, announced on Thursday, came as IKEA store owner Ingka Group’s...
HSBC Says Hong Kong Covid Clampdown May Hurt Ability to Hire, Keep Staff
Date: February 23, 2022
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – HSBC said Hong Kong’s strict curbs on travel and social interaction are hurting the economy and may impact the ability to hire and keep staff in the Asian financial hub, in one of the strongest comments yet by a global lender on the city’s tough measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. “The evolving Covid-19...
Worker Shortage Jeopardises Spain’s EU-funded Recovery Plan
Date: February 17, 2022
By Corina Pons and Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) – When Spain’s decade-long housing boom spectacularly bust in 2008, some 1.8 million jobs vanished and a nation littered with cranes and building sites slid into brutal recession. Now those construction workers are urgently needed back: an unprecedented labour shortage is jeopardising multi-billion euro building and renovation...
Leading Change to Workplace Age Equality
Date: February 16, 2022
By Steve Butler, CEO of Punter Southall Aspire and author of Inclusive Culture: Leading Change Across Organisations and Industries The population is ageing, with life expectancy rising and fewer younger people entering work. Traditionally, the finance sector has ‘cut loose’ many older employees well before state pension age to accommodate younger people in the senior...
UK Pay Settlements Hit Highest Since 2008 – XpertHR
Date: February 16, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British employers have offered the biggest increases in annual pay settlements since 2008 as inflation mounts but the raises are still lagging behind overall price growth, industry data showed on Wednesday. The median pay award in the three months to the end of January rose to 3%, a strong increase from 2%...
Over 40% of Larger UK Businesses Struggling to Recruit
Date: September 17, 2021
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