The government has announced a £100m lifeline for workers worried about losing their jobs in the economic crisis.

The UK is heading for a "woeful winter" of job cuts, according to the CIPD.

Police officers have accepted a three-year pay deal worth 2.65% from September 2008, 2.6% next year and 2.55% in 2010.

London Underground has been accused of institutional racism against white staff after an Irishman won the latest 'Jellygate' case.

Unemployment in the UK has risen again, with the number of people in work falling and the number of benefits claimants rising, official statistics have shown.

The economic crisis presents a great opportunity for mums to find flexible work, according to an expert.

Campaigners have officially filed for a second judicial review against the government's handling of changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP).

A devout Christian who was put on unpaid leave in October 2006 when she refused to hide or remove a crucifix while working at Heathrow Airport has appealed against an employment tribunal ruling that found British Airways not guilty of

THE small number of orthopedic surgeons in the country has caused a huge workload to the practitioners, a senior consultant at Mulago Hospital has said.

A national audit of all nurses is being undertaken, and so far it seems the problem with the error in nurses' salaries is minute said Health MEC Marius Fransman.

LACK of skills and experience is taking its toll on the judiciary, leading not only to poor commercial judgments but "horrifying" convictions and acquittals in criminal cases, according to Supreme Court of Appeal Judge Carole Lewis.

AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma yesterday questioned the motives of dissidents in the ANC, describing them as "charlatans". Addressing the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) national congress in Vanderbijlpark, Zuma said that no individual member was

Thirty years after the war we give birth to innocent deformed babies.... Our hearts are still bleeding," Dang Hong Nhut told a meeting Oct. 4.

Bail out the people, not Wall Street bankers!" resounded in thestreets outside the Colonnade Hotel during the Oct. 6 lunch hour as activistsin the struggle against foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffsdemonstrated at the "Open Doors" conference.

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In the first stop of a two-week tour that will take them to 12 cities fromcoast to coast, Colombian Oscar Gustavo Penagos Ortiz and Nicaraguan FredyFranco, both trade union leaders, met with unionists and community leaders inBrockton, Chelsea, Charlestown and

By the time you read this, the $700-billion bailout will have been old news,one of the biggest transfers of wealth in history. But it will not heal thatwhich ails the nation as it trips and stumbles like a drunken sailor

The Pennsylvania Legislature has approved legislation that would ban mandatory overtime for nurses at all health care facilities in the state, and Gov. Ed Rendell (D) is expected to sign the measure into law this week, the Philadelphia Daily News

Boteti Exploration on Friday received a 15-year mining licence from the Botswana government for its proposed AK06 diamond project near Orapa.

Husbands must start paying their housewives salaries for the work they do at home, Masindi woman MP, Jalia Bintu, has said.