Furloughs
Frustrated federal employees line up for food as US shutdown wears on
STANDING in the middle of a parking lot in suburban Washington, surrounded by hundreds of federal employees waiting for food handouts amid the US government shutdown, Diane Miller summed it up simply.
Boeing furloughs thousands as no progress made to resolve strike
BOEING said on Wednesday (Sep 18) that it will temporarily furlough tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike last Friday, halting production of its best-selling 737 ...
British workers move off furlough as economy reopens
[LONDON] British employees returned to work and shoppers stepped up spending on clothes and furniture after lockdown restrictions eased across most of the country earlier this month, official figures ...
UK business lobby urges more help for virus-hit firms
[LONDON] Britain's main business lobby on Tuesday urged the government to extend its furlough jobs support scheme and taxation holidays to help coronavirus-plagued firms.
US airlines prepare employee recalls as relief nears; United calls them 'temporary'
[CHICAGO] American Airlines and United Airlines said on Monday they were preparing to recall tens of thousands of furloughed employees as they awaited lawmakers' approval of a fresh US$15 billion in p...
Disneyland furloughs more workers, citing 'limbo' on reopening
[LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co said on Monday it was furloughing additional workers from its Disneyland theme park in Southern California, because it still does not know when the state will allow it to ...
Yelp, Eventbrite cuts mark 'first wave' of tech jobs seen lost to pandemic
[SAN FRANCISCO] A flurry of job cuts announced this week by Yelp, Eventbrite, and Toast serves as a stark reminder of the deepening toll that the global coronavirus pandemic is taking on parts of the ...
UK Covid-19 salary scheme fraud may hit £3.9 billion, watchdog says
[LONDON] British companies may have fraudulently claimed up to £3.9 billion (S$6.92 billion) in public money by accepting funds from a salary support scheme while ordering furloughed staff to still wo...
Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo to end pandemic furlough schemes
[STOCKHOLM] Truckmaker AB Volvo is ending all its short-time working schemes in Sweden effective immediately, Swedish public service television SVT reported on Friday.
Pelosi urges US airlines to stop layoffs, backs aid
[NEW YORK] Airline workers at risk of layoffs were given hope of a possible reprieve on Friday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi backed another round of aid for the beleaguered sector.
