Employment

You gotta fight for your employment rights

25 May 2012

The 'fire at will' employment proposals may have been doused, but that doesn't mean employees are safe. They still have to fight their corner when it comes to dismissals So, Vince Cable doesn't like "firing at will", a recommendation from Adrian Beecroft's report that made headlines. Workers are therefore safe. Or are they? How easy is it in practise for UK employers to fire employees in any ...

Canada to tighten employment insurance rules

24 May 2012

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada announced tighter rules for payouts to the unemployed on Thursday, requiring jobless workers to be willing to accept jobs at lower pay or commute farther for work if they want to collect unemployment insurance. The Conservative government said the changes would help deal with the anomaly of high overall unemployment at a time when there are labor shortages in certain ...

Employment up over 40% at First Internet Bank

24 May 2012

At the annual meeting of shareholders of First Internet Bancorp, parent company of First Internet Bank, Chairman and CEO David Becker announced yesterday the Bank had increased its