Alibaba and Amazon borrow furloughed service workers
TOKYO -- Online retailers and delivery companies seeing a sudden spike in demand from homebound consumers are borrowing workers from industries...
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Chinese workers hit boiling point over lost wages and layoffs
SHANGHAI -- Laborers from Qiantu Motor sat patiently in the company's lobby, waiting from one of the executives to walk...
Emergency pension extension to stop NHS workers being hit by huge tax bills
The Government has extended a tax deadline to stop NHS workers sleepwalking into giant tax bills while on the frontline...
Younger workers will be scarred by the coronavirus crisis
The chances of furlough-induced hysteresis are slim however, and the alternatives - mass layoffs as seen already this week from...
the grim but important tax break for NHS workers who catch Covid-19
In Tax Hacks, our columnist Mike Warburton – previously a tax director with accountants Grant Thornton – brings you his...
HMRC furlough figures called into question for double-counting workers
Figures suggest that more than 4 million people are now relying on the scheme - an eighth of the workforce....
Up to 100,000 workers falling through furlough cracks
Meanwhile, low-paid waiters and bar staff who rely on tips as part of their regular income are also being short-changed...
Japan to subsidize salaries of small businesses’ furloughed workers
TOKYO -- Japan is working on a subsidy that would ensure furloughed employees at small companies -- those in the...
Pension tax rules to be suspended for public sector workers coming back to fight coronavirus
Crippling pension tax rules could be suspended for public sector pensioners who have returned to join the fight against coronavirus after the Government...
Exclusive: Micron to give 25,000 workers cash in pandemic-hit economies
TOKYO -- U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology will make one-time cash payments to two-thirds of its global workforce as part of...
