Category: Employer

  • SEIU Local 2: YVR janitors’ Union reaches tentative agreement with employer, today’s actions cancelled

    Article content VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A tentative agreement has been reached between SEIU Local 2, the union representing striking janitors at Vancouver International Airport, and their employer, Alpine Building Maintenance. Article content Heightened function actions planned for Tuesday, December 24 at YVR have been…

  • Bailey warns employer tax hikes may delay interest rate cuts

    Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that the recent increase in employers’ National Insurance contributions could create uncertainty about future interest rate cuts. Addressing MPs on the Treasury Select Committee, Bailey noted that although inflation had fallen faster than expected – prompting the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to…

  • Starmer hints at employer national insurance rise but pledges to keep tax promises for workers

    Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open to increase employers’ National Insurance contributions, despite Labour’s election pledge not to increase taxes on workers. The Prime Minister stressed that “difficult” decisions will have to be made in the next budget, but stressed the Labor Party’s commitment to its promises in…

  • National Insurance on employer pension contributions could raise billions for Treasury coffers

    The introduction of national insurance on employer contributions to pensions could generate billions for the Treasury, according to Sir Steve Webb, the former pensions minister. Webb, now a partner at LCP, points out that this reform could raise up to £16bn net a year and could be the most likely…

  • Bonafide 2024 State of Menopause survey: Women want more employer support

    Not only does a lack of workplace accommodations for menopausal employees harm their mental and physical health, it can also harm their careers, according to a new survey of thousands of women experiencing menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms. Women’s healthcare company good well More than 2,000 American women between the ages…

  • ‘Punched, kicked, grabbed, and brushed up against’—nurse’s husband sues her employer after she was strangled on the job

    ‘Punched, kicked, grabbed, and brushed up against’—nurse’s husband sues her employer after she was strangled on the job

    The husband of a visiting Connecticut nurse who was killed during an appointment with a convicted rapist filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday, alleging her employer repeatedly ignored worker safety concerns about treating dangerous patients. Ronald Grayson filed a lawsuit against Elara Caring, its affiliates, and others for the murder…