Job losses

Netflix cuts 150 jobs after subscriber exodus
US-focused redundancies in film and TV operations follow revenue slowdown
Mark Sweney Media business correspondent
18, May, 2022 @9:06 AM

Backlog Britain: how civil service job cuts could cause chaos
From passports to driving licences, from visas for Ukrainians to tax processing, the system is already creaking
Peter Walker
13, May, 2022 @3:57 PM

Closer inspection of UK jobs market reveals economic scars of Covid | Larry Elliott
While the pandemic has not led to a jump in unemployment, its impact on the over-50s and public sector staff is particularly troubling
Larry Elliott
12, Apr, 2022 @2:56 PM

Liberty Steel to cut 200 jobs but create up to 160 more in plant move
Jobs set to go at Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire and at West Bromwich, but new posts to be created at Rotherham
Jasper Jolly
08, Apr, 2022 @5:53 PM

Ikea plans to close Tottenham branch, putting 450 jobs at risk
Retailer says it is adapting to ‘changing shopping behaviours’ and will do its best to protect jobs
Sarah Butler
30, Mar, 2022 @10:40 AM

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland to shut 60 branches
Union says 124 jobs across UK will be lost, with affected branches closing by end of 2022
Jasper Jolly
23, Mar, 2022 @1:17 PM

P&O to pay £36.5m in compensation to 800 sacked workers
Staff who accept payouts are understood to have to sign non-disclosure agreements
Joanna Partridge
22, Mar, 2022 @7:04 PM

‘It wasn’t just a sacking, it was an eviction’: a P&O seafarer tells his story
Ship on Irish Sea route boarded by P&O Ferries-hired security guards and crew told: ‘You’re dismissed’
As told to Jem Bartholomew
22, Mar, 2022 @3:36 PM

P&O Ferries could face prosecution over sackings, minister says
Business minister Paul Scully says firm could face ‘unlimited fine’ if it has flouted laws
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
22, Mar, 2022 @9:48 AM

P&O Ferries sackings put workers’ rights in the spotlight | Letters
Letters: Sundari Anitha and Ruth Pearson on the Gate Gourmet sackings of 2005 and Jo Stanley on an earlier mass dismissal by P&O. Plus letters from Phil Coughlin and Dave Pollard
Letters
20, Mar, 2022 @6:04 PM

P&O Ferries scandal must be turning point for workers’ rights, says TUC
Union leaders call for employment bill and accuse ministers of failing to challenge sacking of 800 staff
Joanna Partridge
20, Mar, 2022 @3:45 PM

Government knew of P&O Ferries sackings the day before, No 10 admits
Labour and unions demand immediate action including suspending licences of parent company DP World
Gwyn Topham, Heather Stewart and Mark Sweney
18, Mar, 2022 @1:33 PM
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