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News that the trade union Unite is urging Sainsbury's shareholders to vote against the £10.6bn take over by private equity group Delta Two is just the latest example of unions protesting and threatening action against business decisions made by companies and, arguably, shows a return to power for t
News | 21 Aug 2007
Sainsbury's have been fined £6,600 plus £350 costs for 12 counts of infringing child employment laws, reports Personnel Today. The supermarket giant pleaded guilty to 12 counts of breaching emplopyment law by failing to obtain work permits for school-age staff working at the Swan Centre Leatherhea
Case | 12 Nov 2003
Sustainability leaders have been discussing how collaboration between businesses has a crucial part to play in improving sustainability this week, reports online resource Edie (Environmental Data Interactive Exchange). Speaking at the inaugural 2degrees summit, which aimed to stimulate debate on
News | 26 Jan 2012
Nearly half of UK managers (43%) are expecting further redundancies in 2012, and over a third of managers (38%) feel insecure in their jobs, according to new research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Over half of the managers surveyed felt that they would be unlikely to get anothe
News | 16 Dec 2011
Over 100 protesters, including a family eating lunch, gathered outside the London headquarters of Sainsbury’s this week, in a row over work patterns. The Unite union has accused Sainsbury’s of double standards, saying that it promotes its ‘Feed Your Family’ campaign whilst failing to in
News | 2 Jun 2011
A Sainsbury’s IT manager has been jailed for 20 months after stealing millions of Nectar loyalty card points. James Stevenson set up hundreds of fake accounts for the loyalty card scheme and credited them with points worth over £80,000. He used the £8,120 worth of points to purchase goods f
Case | 18 Jan 2011
Bosses must beware of the signs of ‘presenteeism’ among workers as austerity measures begin to bite across the public and private sectors, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has warned. With a period of cost-cutting across Government departments, public bodies and supp
News | 8 Nov 2010
An industrial coffee machine which exploded in a supermarket café injured numerous people, including staff and customers, and blew a hole in the wall.Fire crews were called after the explosion in the Farnborough branch of Sainsbury’s and the store was evacuated but has now reopened.Six people, ma
News | 16 Sep 2010
A report from the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has found that people with common mental health problems do not have to be completely well to return to work and that, for many, going back to work actually helps their recovery. The report, Common Health Problems at Work, by Linda Seymour,
News | 25 Jun 2010
Taking time off work with stress is being used as a powerful strategic tool by some disgruntled employees who feel powerless in the workplace and have no other way of expressing their grievance, a leading psychiatrist has claimed. Dr Maurice Lipsedge, an emeritus consultant psychiatrist at South Lon
News | 24 Jun 2010
Top UK business bosses have publicly backed Tory proposals to partly reverse Labour’s planned 1% rise in National Insurance in 2011. The 23 businesses names, including executives at Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury's and Virgin, welcomed the Tory pledge in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. The
News | 1 Apr 2010
Slip, trip and fall incidents in the workplace cost 40 workers their lives last year and cost society an estimated £800 million each year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned as it launched a new campaign. In addition to 40 fatalities, there were over 15,000 major injuries to workers,
News | 4 Feb 2010
Although there has been some improvement in businesses meeting the needs of their staff and customers, more still needs to be done according to the Employers Forum on Disability’s annual Disability Standard Assessment. The Standard Assessment is an online biennial self-assessment tool for me
News | 29 Oct 2009
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has today launched new flexible working guidance for employers. Working Better: The managers’ guide to flexible working includes a step-by-step process for managers of small and large companies to implement effective flexible working practices,
News | 16 Oct 2009
Tomorrow is World Mental Health Day, the awareness day which was started by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. To coincide with the annual event, employers are being reminded of the importance of managing mental health at work, particularly during the recession. Each year, on 10th
News | 9 Oct 2009
Well thanks for that Carole....I sort of understand what you may be trying to say, strange though, I went to my local Sainsbury this weekend ( missed something off my Ocado order)....guess who was pulling into the nearest bay to the store....man in a battered van, not a nice merc in sight! Still, a
Comment | 1 Jun 2011
Going back to one of the responses to the original question, it was said that a wheelchair user needs the extra space to get out of the car. This group is not the only group of disabled people who need the extra space. Someone who has mobility impairment (such as arthritis or MS or cerebral palsy) w
Comment | 12 Apr 2011
A new report published by the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) highlights the vulnerability of migrant workers in the UK and calls for the companies who employ these workers to take action. ECCR’s report – Vulnerable Migrant Workers: The Responsibility of Business –
News | 19 May 2009
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has launched a consultation on a protocol between the GLA and leading supermarkets to help combat labour exploitation in the UK. The consultation will run until 31 July 2009. Developed through discussions with ASDA, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons
News | 11 May 2009
This would benefit me also because I have been prepared to use my knowledge gained outside of work to support people with injuries sustained in work. I have qualified with a Level 3 Diploma in Sports Massage Therapy, emergency first aid (and I will complete a first aid at work course in the next two
Comment | 14 Jan 2011