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Royal Mail is expected to axe around 700 management jobs as part of cost-cutting plans, the company has announced. Bosses have said the plans will reduce costs by around £40 million a year and they will begin negotiations with unions over the proposed job losses, reports PA. The move came …

Next has cut sick pay for unvaccinated members of its workforce who are forced to self-isolate when someone close to them contracts the virus. Under a rule change introduced in England last month, vaccinated people no longer need to isolate even if they are ‘close contacts’ of someone who has …

The Royal Mail has warned customers of continued delays today because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Postcodes across the country are affected by problems caused by staff shortages due to Covid and self-isolation rules, according to the postal service. It has revealed issues in a total of 90 postcode areas …

A postman was fired after he was spotted working at a corner shop while off sick with a bad shoulder, a tribunal heard. Pathamaraja Kanapathipillai had been off work injured for a year when a Royal Mail manager caught him carrying a box of drinks. After realising he’d been seen, …

A postman was fired after he was spotted working at a corner shop while off sick with a bad shoulder, a tribunal heard. Pathamaraja Kanapathipillai had been off work injured for a year when a Royal Mail manager caught him carrying a box of drinks. After realising he’d been seen, …

Royal Mail is recruiting temporary workers for its busiest time of year – Christmas. Once again this year, postal staff will work tirelessly, sorting mountains of parcels and letters in warehouse centres and driving red vans around the country. You can apply to work as a seasonal mail sorter or …

The Royal Mail are an invaluable service, especially over the busier periods such as Christmas. They are on the lookout for workers all-year-round but during the holidays there are often more opportunities available for those after part-time work. Every year the Royal Mail ask for seasonal mail sorters, whose job …

Christmas is an expensive time of year, so many might be wondering if there’s a way to earn a bit of extra cash this winter. Students returning home for the holidays might be asking how they can stay afloat, while there’s plenty of families who could do with an extra …

A Jobcentre leader says care, manufacturing, and freight transport are seeing high vacancies at the moment across Teesside. National employment figures were released by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday – showing the North East saw its employment rate stand at 70.7% between July and September. This was down …

If you want to earn some extra cash over Christmas, this might be a good place to look for a temporary job. A number of firms have vacancies in the North East, including Royal Mail, Fenwick, Next, WHSmith and Pizza Hut. The roles on offer include mail sorters and sales …