THE HR BREAKDOWN
  • Lockdown broke U.K.’s work ethic, former supermarket boss says

    Lockdown broke U.K.’s work ethic, former supermarket boss says

    Lord Price, the former managing director of Waitrose who ran the U.K. supermarket from 2007 until 2016, has said Britain’s attitude to work has permanently changed since lockdown and Covid-era furlough schemes paved the way for a rising sick-note culture. Research from his think tank WorkL, which covered 100,000 companies across more than 100 countries,…

  • UK is ‘widely underestimating’ risks from cyberattacks

    UK is ‘widely underestimating’ risks from cyberattacks

    Richard Horne, chief of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued a warning about the escalating cyber threats facing the UK from state actors like Russia and China, as well as online criminals. In his inaugural speech, he highlighted a “widening gap” between the threats and the defences in place, saying: “What has struck…

  • Starbucks provides coffee and a window into the North to South Koreans

    Starbucks provides coffee and a window into the North to South Koreans

    Starbucks has opened its newest store in Gimpo, South Korea, near the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), allowing customers to see the heavily militarized border into North Korea. The store, which is located in a lesser-known area, is situated near a river designated as “neutral waters” and offers a glimpse of North Korean villagers through its telescopes….

  • Workers indicate a growing preference for female bosses

    Workers indicate a growing preference for female bosses

    Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Vanessa Fuhrmans looks at how female bosses have made gains this year. She says the most powerful recent shift may be that after years of favoring male leaders by sizable margins, workers now indicate a growing preference for female bosses in their daily work life. Given the choice, more…

  • Boeing machinists end strike, return to work

    Boeing machinists end strike, return to work

    Unionized machinists at Boeing have voted to accept a contract offer, ending a strike that lasted over seven weeks. Fifty-nine per cent of members approved the deal, which includes a 38% pay raise over four years and productivity bonuses. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said: “It is time for our members to…

  • How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs

    How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs

    Job scams are on the increase, says Eva Velasquez, president and chief executive of the Identity Theft Resource Center, a nonprofit that helps consumers when their identities are compromised. “We’ve really seen tremendous growth in job scams . . . I think that’s just due to the fact that we fundamentally changed the way we…