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Employed adults consider flexible working and a great team of colleagues just as important as a high salary when looking for a new job. A study of 2,000 UK adults revealed understanding bosses and generous sick pay are also major factors when applying for new roles. Half of those polled …

Employed adults consider flexible working and a great team of colleagues just as important as a high salary when looking for a new job. A study of 2,000 UK adults revealed understanding bosses and generous sick pay are also major factors when applying for new roles. Half of those polled …

‘Tens of thousands of people’ have turned out to supports truckers in Canada who have formed a ‘Freedom Convoy’ to protest against new laws mandating vaccine passports for lorry drivers. Some reports suggest as many as 50,000 truckers are taking part and that the convoy is 70 km – or …

More than 200 Post Offices have closed in the last two years – the equivalent of two a week, according to new research. Citizens Advice said its study also found that 1,291 Post Offices are currently deemed “temporarily closed”, but more than half of these have been shut for more …

An “extremely convincing” scam which redirects people to the official Post Office website may put many people at risk of becoming victims, Which? has warned. The Echo reported that the consumer group said it had seen variations of texts claiming a parcel delivery had failed and asking recipients to click …

High street retailer Next has cut sick pay for any of its staff who are unvaccinated but must self isolate due to Covid-19 exposure. Next reportedly understands that it is an “emotive topic”, however, the move is seen as a balance between staff and shareholder needs. Unvaccinated staff will still …

A bishop was stunned when Royal Mail delivered a letter just addressed to “The Lord Bishop and his sexy wife” – after he jokingly dared a friend to send it. The Bishop of Worcester Dr John Inge, 66, received the envelope through his letter box on Friday containing a late …

Rail passengers were hit by disruption on the first working day of the year in England and Wales due to a combination of faults and coronavirus-related staff shortages. No London Overground services were able to run between Clapham Junction and Surrey Quays on Tuesday morning due to a fault on …

Boris Johnson has tasked ministers with developing “robust contingency plans” for workplace absences as the Government acknowledged high Covid levels could hit businesses hard over the coming weeks. Public sector leaders have been asked to prepare for a worst case scenario of up to a quarter of staff off work …

Pictures of a Christmas Day hike became the unexpected target of negative comments. A walking group, hoping to encourage more Muslims to take up hiking, attracted over 130 people. Muslim Hikers organised a mountain walk in Derbyshire’s Peak District on December 25. A spokesman for Muslim Hikers, Haroon Mota, says …