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It sounds like the business lobbying group CBI is proposing a number of ideas like changes to pensions and redundancy law. One proposal wants to "shorten the consultation period for collective redundancies from 90 to 30 days"-FT. The FT suggests the reduction is disliked by Union groups, while adding the CBI is also proposed strike ballot rules should also be changed.
According the to Finical Times, the new rules by the CBI would've stopped resent strikes by the Rail Network and Public and Commercial Services union, but not the Royal Mail or BA strikes.
"Mr Barber said the UK already had some of the toughest legal restrictions on the right to strike in the advanced world, with courts regularly ruling against ballots that showed majority support for action."-FT who states CBI say the change would help business recover because they can make quicker changes when demand falls.It sounds like the business lobbying group CBI is proposing a number of ideas like... more
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Around 900 jobs will be lost after the motor parts manufacturer Bosch said it is to close its south Wales plant.
Management of the German-owned company spent Thursday informing the workforce, following three months of consultation.
Plans being considered at the site in Miskin, near Cardiff, had included the option of 300 job cuts or complete closure.
The firm said it had now decided to recommend closure to its board, transferring work to Hungary in 2011.
In a statement, it said consultations are now being extended until February, as unions and staff attempt to thrash out redundancy terms.
"I deeply regret that we could not find a solution for the Cardiff plant," said Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, president of the Bosch starter motors division.
"I have spent time in a previous role as plant manager in Cardiff and I know first-hand the dedication and commitment of the employees here.
"Therefore, this is for me personally one of the toughest decisions in my career."
The company said it was facing the worst economic downturn for decades, saying that this had "left its mark on the Bosch Group".
It said that compared to 2008, sales of its alternator products made at the site in Miskin were down 45% in 2009.
"Without structural adjustment the long-term commercial future of the whole division is at serious risk," added Dr Asenkerschbaumer.
Bosch warned the workforce in September last year that jobs were at risk unless demand and sales improved.
In 2008, the firm laid off 600 contracted and agency staff at the site.
Announcing the 90-day consultation in October, it warned that it expected a sales decline to continue, slashed by up to 65% in 2010.
The union Unite, which represents much of the workforce at the site, which lies just outside Cardiff, said it had spent the last three months in detailed discussions with the company, in a bid to save the plantAround 900 jobs will be lost after the motor parts manufacturer Bosch said it is to... more
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McNulty MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform is interviewed by WORLDbytes volunteer Emma Grant on the new welfare reform bill and jobs. The reform bill proposes strict conditions that unemployed people must meet to access benefits, including a ‘work for your benefit’ scheme for the long-term unemployed which will force them to volunteer or work for no pay. But how will people find work when there are currently only 455,000 job vacancies and over 2.2 million unemployed?McNulty MP, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform is interviewed by... more
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As Britain heads deeper into recession and unemployment rises, this WORLDbytes report is a timely example of a group of workers at a car-parts manufacturing company who decided to take matters into their own hands and not accept a derisory redundancy deal. WORLDbytes reporter Luke Gittos interviews workers and supporters directly after they leave the occupation at the Visteon plant in Enfield. The report captures the mood at the time: a great uncertainty about what the future holds, yet a demonstration of the hope and defiance that ultimately led Visteon bosses to meet their demands. As Paul Walker, a young father who worked at the plant for 21 years, explains: “We’re here for justice. We’re here for ourselves. We were all there for each other and we kept each other strong. I think something good will come out of all this.”As Britain heads deeper into recession and unemployment rises, this WORLDbytes report... more
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Hewlett-Packard last night revealed that it plans to slash 24,600 jobs - nearly 8% of its workforce - during the next three years, as it combines operations with Electronic Data Systems, the technology services company it recently acquired.
Most of the cuts will come from within EDS's ranks, and nearly half will hit jobs in the US, HP said after the markets had closed yesterday.
HP had not previously explained how many employees of the combined company would lose their jobs. Before the acquisition, It had 178,000 staff and EDS had 142,000.
EDS, which was founded in 1962 by a former US presidential contender, Ross Perot, is best known in Britain for its often controversial operation of public sector contracts.Hewlett-Packard last night revealed that it plans to slash 24,600 jobs - nearly 8% of... more
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