Court room or soap opera? Employment tribunals aren’t as boring as they sound
Can you call the boss a ‘dickhead’ or argue that being called messy is harassment? Tribunal judges have their work cut outUsually the forum for humdrum disputes over hourly rates and unpaid overtime – employment tribunals are not the first place you’d look for an eye-catching yarn.But for dedicated followers of the tribunal service’s list, recent weeks have been a purple patch of zingers, with judges settling the kinds of rows that belong more in a soap opera than in civil proceedings. Continue reading...
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Chinese carmakers told to improve locking devices for UK market
UK insurers require critical modifications for sale in country with higher levels of car theft than ChinaBritish authorities may have well-founded concerns about the cyber-spying threat from vehicles made in China, but it turns out the country’s manufacturers have security worries of their own.Insurers have told Chinese carmakers they need certain critical modifications for vehicles on British streets: namely, tougher locking devices to make them harder to steal. Continue reading...
A third of UK firms using ‘bossware’ to monitor workers’ activity, survey reveals
Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staffShare your experience of tech surveillance at work in the UKA third of UK employers are using “bossware” technology to track workers’ activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails and web browsing.Private companies are most likely to deploy in-work surveillance and one in seven employers are recording or reviewing screen activity, according to a UK-wide survey that estimates the extent of office snooping. Continue reading...
LIVE: Qatar hosts Muslim leaders summit; Israel continues Gaza City attacks
Qatar is hosting Arab and Muslim leaders to plot a course of action after Israel’s 'cowardly' attack on Doha.
Gaza safe zones are “concentration camps” where killing continues
Displaced Gaza resident Ahmed al Najjar describes life in tents under constant fear of bombings despite being safe zones
Rubio due in Israel to discuss war on Gaza after Israeli strike on Qatar
US secretary of state says Trump was 'not happy' about the attack, but the incident will not change ties with Israel.
Rubio heads to Israel amid tensions over strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar
US secretary of state says Trump ‘not happy’ about Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, its first such strike against US allyUS secretary of state Marco Rubio headed to Israel on Sunday amid tensions with US allies in the Middle East over Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar and expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.Speaking to reporters before departure, Rubio reiterated that the US and Trump were not happy about the strikes, but that it was “not going to change the nature of our relationship with the Israelis”. Continue reading...
What do the immigration figures for the UK really show?
Official figures indicate net migration is falling, yet concern among Britons is close to the highest it has been since polling began in 1974Rolling news coverage of protests outside asylum hotels, a series of government announcements on asylum seekers, and Reform’s party conference meant that immigration was once again the political topic of the summer.In August almost half of Britons (48%) listed immigration as one of the top issues facing the UK. This year has recorded the highest concerns over immigration – outside of one other period during the 2015 Europe migrant crisis – since polling company Ipsos started asking the question in 1974. Continue reading...
What Boris did next: files reveal troubling secrets of the ex-PM’s pursuit of profit
In his international dash for cash, Johnson appears to have repeatedly broken ethics rules as he tried to trade on relationships made in No 10Boris Johnson started the day with a jog. He had the kind of schedule that would be familiar to any occupant of Downing Street. From 8.44am, he talked with his aides, then chaired cabinet, ate lunch, prepped for prime minister’s questions, took a briefing on security threats, and got ready for an interview with one of Rupert Murdoch’s reporters.The entry for 5.48pm in the official log for Tuesday 26 April 2022 contains one of several privileged interactions that he would later seek to exploit for financial gain. Johnson was in his office, the log notes, “alone texting MBS”. Continue reading...
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
Exclusive: Ministers have vowed to fix benefit after Guardian revealed thousands had been plunged into debt for accidentally breaking rulesThe government is considering compensation payouts for unpaid carers who have been unfairly hit with huge financial repayments in recent years after inadvertently falling foul of harsh carer’s allowance benefit rules.Ministers vowed to fix problems with the benefit after a Guardian investigation revealed how draconian penalties coupled with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administrative failures had plunged hundreds of thousands of carers into debt. Continue reading...