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Pepsi cuts jobs, boosts marketing chasing Coke PepsiCo says it expects to cut 8,700 jobs over the next three years. That is part of a plan to save the equivalent of an extra 1.1 billion euros. As it… 09/02/2012
Spanish jobs reform plan looms Spain is approaching more hard decisions about jobs. This Friday, the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy is scheduled to announce its reform plan for… 07/02/2012
Solid US job growth for start of 2011 The US economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January as growth at the back of 2011 carried into the early part of this year. The number… 03/02/2012
Jobs pain in Spain worsens Spain’s jobless rate rose by 4.01 percent in January from December taking the total number of people filing for unemployment benefits to 4.6 million. That… 02/02/2012
Europe’s silver workforce Tsunami Europe’s workforce is ageing rapidly. By 2060 around 40 per cent of the EU’s population will be 55 or over. Faced with such a ticking demographic timebomb the… 02/02/2012
NEC under pressure cuts jobs Japanese electronics firm NEC is to layoff nearly 10 percent of its workers. The 10,000 jobs will be cut to try to reduce costs as competition from foreign… 26/01/2012
ILO highlights chronic need for jobs An alarming report from the International Labour Organisation which says there are nearly 200 million people currently unemployed worldwide and 600 million… 24/01/2012
UK jobless at new 17 year high The number of Britons out of work rose to its highest level in more than 17 years in November as the jobless rate reached 8.4 percent of the workforce – that… 18/01/2012
Grim day for UK bank workers Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut 3,500 jobs in its investment banking section and sell or close divisions dealing with shares and mergers and… 12/01/2012
Perspectives: jobs in Europe Spain’s economy continues to lose jobs. Unemployment there has risen for the fifth month in a row, and last year ended with nearly eight percent more people… 06/01/2012
Good news from capital markets? The first week of the new year has brought some interesting developments in the euro debt crisis. The first bond auctions of January — in Germany and… 06/01/2012
US jobless rate falls to near three year low The latest US jobs figures provide the strongest evidence yet of an acceleration in economic activity there. In December there was a rise of 200,000 in the… 06/01/2012
Europe on the move in the search for work Europe is on the move as the search intensifies for work. With unemployment figures soaring tens of thousands are abandoning their homelands. While many… 23/12/2011
A wage for living It is Christmas time again. Despite the crisis, British people are spending nearly 84 billion euros on seasonal shopping, up 1 per cent from last year. But… 22/12/2011
UK dole queues lengthen as recession looms The number of people out of work in Britain hit the highest level in more than 17 years in October. In addition, the jobless figures look set to rise… 14/12/2011
Citi begins more layoffs Citigroup has started a round of layoffs among its London-based investment bankers as it cuts 4,500 workers worldwide. Two percent of its workforce is… 07/12/2011
Spanish jobless total continues to climb There is more gloom on jobs in Spain. The unemployment figure rose in November for the fourth month in a row up nearly 1.5 per cent on October. The vast… 02/12/2011
Surprise US jobless rate fall in November Unemployment in the United States has fallen to its lowest level for two-and-a-half years according to the latest official statistics. 120,000 people found… 02/12/2011
French jobless rate on the rise The number of people out of work in France hit its highest level in nearly 12 years in October. Government figures showed the number of jobseekers went up… 28/11/2011
Italy: no country for young people In Italy, these demonstrators are protesting against what they see as a precarious job future. It is estimated that 8 million Italians, or one third of the… 24/11/2011
11,000 jobs go at E.ON German energy utility E.ON, the world’s largest by sales, is to cut close to 11,000 jobs, at the very top of the range announced in August. The cuts… 22/11/2011
UK jobless rate hits 15-year high Unemployment in Britain hit its highest in 15 years. The number of young people out of work topped the politically sensitive one million mark for the first… 16/11/2011
Anger over Peugeot’s French jobs cuts A union official says PSA Peugeot Citroen is planning to cut 5,000 jobs in its home country — France. That would be more layoffs than previously… 15/11/2011
US jobs numbers hint at improvement US employment rose less than expected in October with 80,000 new hires whereas economist had expected 95,000. The US economy has to add around 125,000 jobs… 04/11/2011
Credit Suisse shrinks investment bank, cuts jobs Credit Suisse plans to cut another 1,500 jobs and scale back its loss-making investment banking business as it announced disappointing third-quarter… 01/11/2011
TDK slashes jobs The strong yen is one reason why TDK has announced plans to lay off 11,000 people — that is around 12 percent of its workforce. The Japanese electronic… 31/10/2011
Philips cuts more jobs, TV division sale delayed As it announced falling third-quarter profit and 4,500 more job cuts, Philips Electronics appears to have all but abandoned hope of selling its loss making … 17/10/2011
UK unemployment worsens as poor get poorer Unemployment in Britain has jumped to its highest level since 1994, with young people hit hardest. Public sector jobs are being slashed and private… 12/10/2011
More Americans in work in September There was mixed jobs news from the US on Friday. The number of people in work grew more than expected in September and job gains for the prior months were… 07/10/2011
ArcelorMittal bosses freed after Belgian protest Six bosses of steelmaker ArcelorMittal have been freed after being held against their will for 48 hours. They had been kept trapped in their offices by… 05/10/2011
German jobless at lowest level in 20 years German unemployment fell much further than expected in September. The total of people out of work was 6.6 percent of the workforce. That is not adjusted for… 29/09/2011
Defence cuts hit BAE workforce BAE Systems is to cut up to 3,000 jobs in Britain. Europe’s biggest defence contractor says shrinking defence spending means fewer orders for its fighter… 27/09/2011
UK jobless figures up fastest in two years The number of people unemployed in the UK had its sharpest rise for nearly two years. The figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the numbers… 14/09/2011
HSBC details Hong Kong cuts HSBC says it will lay off 3,000 people in Hong Kong over the next three years as part of its aggressive cost-cutting plan in five places – Hong Kong, the… 08/09/2011
Euro zone jobs and inflation data may influence ECB The latest euro zone unemployment figures show 10 percent of the working population was without a job in July; that is up by 61,000 from June to 15.757… 31/08/2011
German jobless decline slows German unemployment fell in August though the rate of decline slowed. Federal Labour Office chief Frank-Juergen Weise said: “The economic upswing is losing… 31/08/2011
Obama names jobs expert as top White House economist President Barack Obama has said he will unveil proposals next week aimed at spurring job growth in part through improvements in infrastructure. Obama… 29/08/2011
UBS slashes more jobs in cost-cutting effort Preparing for tough times ahead UBS has said its cutting 3,500 jobs. Switzerland’s biggest bank wants to reduce annual spending by 1.75 billion euros. … 23/08/2011
Spain: Jobless falls, bond yields soar Spain’s unemployment rate fell in July for the fourth month running thanks to summer tourism, however it remains the highest in Europe. The registered… 02/08/2011
Spain: jobless falls again but still worst in Europe Spain’s unemployment rate fell in July for the fourth month running as summer tourism boosted the economy, however it remains the highest in Europe. The… 02/08/2011
HSBC cuts 30,000 jobs HSBC is to cut 30,000 workers as it pulls out of countries where it is struggling to compete. Five thousand jobs are already going following restructuring… 01/08/2011
German jobless rate up due to seasonal factors German unemployment edged up in July, but the Federal Labour Agency blamed seasonal factors such as school-leavers registering as unemployed and a companies… 28/07/2011
Credit Suisse latest to cut jobs Swiss bank Credit Suisse is reducing its workforce by around four percent – that is 2,000 people. Switzerland’s second-biggest bank announced that at the… 28/07/2011
UBS and Credit Suisse to cut jobs – reports UBS is reportedly set to cut around 5,000 jobs to save more than 860 million euros. A Swiss daily newspaper, the Tages-Anzeiger citing an unnamed insider… 14/07/2011
Big jump in UK jobless claims The number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit in June saw its biggest jump in two years raising concerns about the pace of economic recovery there… 13/07/2011
US job growth stalls US employers hiring just 18,000 people in June, dampening hopes the US economy was starting to regaining momentum. That was the fewest number of workers… 08/07/2011
US job growth stalls US employers hired just 18,000 people in June, dampening hopes the world’s largest economy was starting to regain momentum. That was the fewest number of… 08/07/2011
Bombardier to lay off half its UK train builders Canadian train maker Bombardier is cutting more than 1,400 jobs – nearly half the workforce – at its plant in Derby, in central England. The lay-offs come… 05/07/2011
Lloyds revival plan includes 15,000 job cuts British bank Lloyds is to cut 15,000 jobs and will halve its international operations to fewer than 15 countries. New Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio… 30/06/2011
Spanish unemployment falls again The number of people registered as out of work in Spain fell for the second straight month in May helped by the start of the tourism season. Nearly 80,000… 02/06/2011
German unemployment down again in May Germany’s unemployment rate fell in May for the fourth month running. The labour minister welcomed that, but complained the country is suffering from a… 31/05/2011
The lure of the west 100.000 Poles are preparing their suitcases, maybe more. They want to work in Germany. They have the right to do so, now. Because the seven years long… 11/05/2011
Adecco sees strong demand for flexible workers Adecco, the world’s employment agency, says it expects strong demand for temporary workers in the near future as firms stay flexible in a still fragile… 10/05/2011
Surprise UK jobless fall Britain’s jobless rate unexpectedly fell in the three months to February and employment rose – a sign that UK companies are feeling more confident about… 13/04/2011
Allied Irish loss soars, cuts 2,000 jobs Allied Irish Banks is to cut the jobs of over 2,000 people after making a massive annual loss of 10.4 billion euros. AIB said customers withdrew 22 billion… 12/04/2011
Mixed news on UK jobs There was an unexpected, sharp drop in the number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit in February. The Office for National Statistics says there were… 16/03/2011
Working conditions in Europe “Working conditions are slowly improving in Europe,” according to Eurofound – the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions… 30/11/2010
NBA poised for Christmas Day returnAmerica’s NBA basketball season is set to start on Christmas Day after the league and players reached what has been described as a ‘tentative agreement’… 26/11/2011
Can Spain’s new government get more people back to work?Some people without jobs in Spain are optimistic that their new government will revitalise their prospects by fixing the country’s economic problems. The… 21/11/2011
Over 1,000 British navy personnel out of a jobFurther details of British military cuts have been announced, with more than 1,000 navy personnel being told they are losing their jobs. Some 810 sailors… 30/09/2011
Obama’s jobs plan hinges on Republican responsePresident Obama has challenged Congress to pass a $447 billion package “right away” to get America back to work. Still the president faces an uphill struggle… 09/09/2011
Surprise fall in UK December jobless countThe latest UK jobs figures suggest the labour market remains weak even though there was an unexpected fall in the number of people claiming jobless benefits… 19/01/2011
Union vote holds key to Fiat’s Italian futureWorkers at Fiat’s historic Mirafiori plant in Turin face a key vote on Thursday aimed at boosting productivity and slashing employee benefits. Fiat Chief… 13/01/2011
Swiss monks marketing drive declared a successLooking for a new job, but finding the going tough in these hard economic times? Well maybe you should think outside the box and become a monk. It’s… 19/12/2010
US recovery threatened by poor job dataOptimism that the United States was ploughing on with its economic recovery took a blow on Friday with figures showing unemployment is at a seven-month… 03/12/2010
Bernanke warns US over unemploymentU.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has warned that a long period of high unemployment could exact a steep social cost. In a speech at Ohio State… 01/12/2010
Roche to cut costs, jobsSwiss drugmaker Roche has revealed plans to slash costs including cutting jobs. It intends to reduce its outgoings by the equivalent of 1.8 billion euros a… 17/11/2010
Adecco sees greater demand for tempsTemp agency Adecco is in an upbeat mood as its third quarter profit beat expectations at 128 million euros, a 42 percent increase. The world’s biggest… 09/11/2010
US jobless rate unchanged despite more new jobsThe US unemployment rate has remained at 9.6 per cent, despite the creation of 159,000 new jobs. The newly-released October Employment Report reveals the… 05/11/2010
Cubans jump at chance to become entrepreneursFrom this week, enterprising Cubans can apply for licences allowing them to set up their own private businesses under a new tax system. It is all part of… 26/10/2010
Clowns are having a laugh in MexicoHundreds of clowns are in Mexico City for the week-long International Clown Convention. Jesters from all over the Americas are gathering to show off their… 21/10/2010
UK Spending Review: George Osborne announces painful cutsBritain’s Finance Minister George Osborne has presented his spending review in a noisy parliamentary statement, announcing the biggest public spending cuts in… 20/10/2010
Europeans will work longer towards pensionsThe proportion of working people paying to support pensions for retired people is projected to shrink dramatically in the future. That means countries… 19/10/2010
US payrolls fall in SeptemberThe number of people in work in the United States unexpectedly fell in September by 95,000, the fourth straight month of decline. The US government cut… 08/10/2010
Sharp fall in German joblessGermany’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than 18 years in September – 7.5 percent of the working population. The latest Federal Labour… 30/09/2010
Green Jobs: myth or reality?We see ‘green jobs’ almost all over Europe, being promoted for growth, sustainable development and as an arm against unemployment. What is their real… 20/09/2010
Russia sacks civil servants to save 1 bln eurosRussia will sack 20 percent of the country’s public sector workers to save more than one billion euros. Some 100,000 civil servants will lose their jobs… 20/09/2010
Job queues lengthen in UKUK jobless figures grew unexpectedly in August, sneaking up by just over 2000, and confounding analysts’ average forecasts of a drop of 3000. It was the… 15/09/2010
EU Commission proposes Job Vacancy MonitorMatching skills to jobs: while 9.6% of Europeans, about 23 million people, are currently unemployed, 4 million jobs stay vacant every year in the EU. What can… 14/09/2010
Half a million state jobs threatened in CubaThe latest economic reforms in Cuba could see at least half a million state-sector workers lose their jobs. Havana’s biggest shake-up in years is aimed at… 14/09/2010
August US job losses less than expectedThe number of people in work in the United States fell for the third straight month in August, but the decline of 54,000 was far less than expected. And… 03/09/2010
Spanish job centre queues lengthenThe total number of people without work in Spain rose in August for the first time in five months as summer contracts in the tourism sector ended. However… 02/09/2010
German draft law forbids secret filming of staffA proposed law in Germany would ban employers from secretly filming their staff or from using social networking websites such as Facebook to not hire… 26/08/2010
Mixed UK jobs newsThe number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit fell by much less than expected last month. It was down by just 3,800 economists had forecast a drop of… 11/08/2010
Cuba allows more self-employedObservers say it could be a significant change to Cuba’s model of communism. Havana has announced that more Cubans will be allowed to work for themselves and… 02/08/2010
4.6 million jobless in Spain with more to comeUnemployment in Spain has risen for the 12th quarter in a row to reach 20.09 per cent or 4.6 million people. The Spanish economy moved out of recession at… 30/07/2010
Labour mobility in the EU: Eurobarometer surveyOne European in five would consider moving abroad for work, but far fewer actually do so. So why do people want to work in another country and why do they end… 26/07/2010
UK jobless claims fallThe number of people claiming jobless benefit in Britain fell to its lowest level in more than a year last month. At the same time the number of Britons in… 14/07/2010
OECD frets over lost jobsThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is worried about jobs. It says even though unemployment in the world’s richest countries may have… 07/07/2010
Spanish jobs figures improveThe number of people registered as without a job in Spain fell for the third straight month in June. It was down by 2.1 percent from May. That is the… 02/07/2010
US payrolls down, private hiring below forecastsThe number of people in work in the US fell in June for the first time this year with payrolls dropping by 125,000. However the figures were distorted last… 02/07/2010
Gender equalityEuropean gender equality laws have brought progress in the last 50 years but obstacles remain for women in both professional and private life. How can the new… 28/06/2010
Fiat workers approve plan to save plantWorkers at a Fiat factory in Italy’s impoverished south have backed tougher management conditions in return for investment to keep their plant open. In a… 23/06/2010
Social Europe, Employers’ Europe discuss cash cuts and protestsJohn Monks, head of the European Trade Union Confederation, speaking against trimming public expenditure, after talks in Brussels with European Commission… 05/06/2010
Louisiana’s oil impact on jobsLouisiana’s livelihood is mostly based on oil, tourism and fishing, and a large part of this is on hold. Local people affected feel powerless. Fisheries have… 28/05/2010
French jobless total rises in AprilThe number of people out of work in France rose again in April after falling in recent months. The headline unemployment total was up 0.6 percent from… 28/05/2010
Swedish jobless rate surgesSweden’s unemployment rate surged unexpectedly in April. It jumped to 9.8 percent of the working population from 9.1 percent in March. Analysts had expected… 25/05/2010
Spanish jobless total hits 4.16 millionSpanish unemployment rose again in March as jobs were cut in the dominant services sector. The jobless rate increased by 0.87 percent, compared with a two… 06/04/2010
US economy turning the corner, says ObamaPresident Barack Obama has said that the US economy is “beginning to turn the corner” after the publication of a government report showing the most jobs… 03/04/2010
Joy in German jobless figuresGerman unemployment figures delivered a pleasant surprise for the government in March, falling unexpectedly by the biggest margin since June 2008. It is… 31/03/2010
