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Workers clueless about security
News E-commerce firms in the UK are in a poor state of health because workers are ignoring security risks, according to research released Wednesday by computer security firm Network Associates. The research, which questioned IT managers within UK e...
[November 23, 2000, 10:07]
Workers' use of Internet rises sharply
News Office workers have become a significant part of the business plans of online businesses, and the new study indicates that this interest may be justified. Workers spent about seven hours online during February 1999, about an hour more than last...
[April 9, 1999, 9:42]
Workers mired in email wasteland
News The survey, released on Thursday by research firm Gartner, said workers spend an average of 49 minutes per day managing email and that 24 percent spend more than an hour per day on this task. Maurene Caplan Grey, a senior analyst for Gartner, said...
[April 20, 2001, 8:48]
Workers protest over call-centre outsourcing
News Hundreds of BT directory enquiry employees who are members of the Communications Workers Union walked out of their offices between 11.30 a.m.and 2 p.m.on Thursday in protest at BT's plan to open call centres in India.
[March 20, 2003, 15:40]
Workers' Details Sold For £2.20
Blog The Consulting Association, which sold over 3000 workers' personal data, is to be prosecuted for breaching the Data Protection Act. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) revealed The Consulting Association sold personal data, including...
[July 17, 2009, 20:03]
Workers using email for sex talk
News However, 78 percent of the 524 survey participants disagree that workers should be allowed to access online sexual material, with women again more strongly objectionable than their male counterparts. The survey also found that 76 percent of...
[January 24, 2002, 9:59]
Workers, managers at odds over email - or are they?
News Contrary to what you'd expect, fewer workers than managers are convinced that email increases productivity, but the credibility of a survey supporting this finding is in question. According to a survey of 3,000 employees from four Asia-Pacific...
[April 18, 2002, 14:37]
Angry O2 workers disrupt AGM
News In a heated atmosphere, O2 board members were labelled "fat cats" by shareholding workers, who are unhappy that pay is being frozen for some employees while top bosses are awarding themselves bonuses.
[July 28, 2005, 13:15]
Tech workers optimistic about job prospects
News While job confidence slipped across the United States last month, tech workers are feeling more upbeat about their employment prospects, according to a new survey. Released by staffing firm Hudson Global Resources on Thursday, the survey indicates...
[January 7, 2005, 7:55]
Amazon gives cut workers more time to sign
News Amazon.com workers recently cut from the online retail giant now have more time to consider a separation agreement that has raised the hackles of employees and labour advocates alike. Last week, Amazon announced that it would lay off 1,300 workers...
[February 9, 2001, 8:19]
Firms find more reasons to monitor workers
News The comments follow a report from the non-profit Privacy Foundation that found up to 14 million workers in the United States -- one out of every three employees who are online -- have their email and Internet use monitored every day.
[July 10, 2001, 12:21]
TiVo revamps business plan, sheds workers
News A TiVo representative said the company had a work force of about 350, including temporary and contract workers. Digital video recorder company TiVo announced new operating plans Thursday that include laying off 80 employees, about a quarter of its...
[April 6, 2001, 7:53]
Secure wireless workers
News Yet, as more and more homes get wired and workers grasp the benefits of wireless Internet access, the focus of electronic thieves will shift to these home networks. During the Internet boom soothsayers said that we would all have high-speed...
[August 15, 2002, 9:47]
Bosses use spy software on workers in China, says report
News Privacy rights refer to issues involving workers' personal identities and private lives while companies have the responsibility to monitor employee performance, the report quoted Chou Jiansheng, a lawyer in Zhejiang province, as saying.
[November 28, 2000, 8:34]
News Burst: Amazon to lay off two percent of workers
News Amazon.com will lay off 150 workers as part of an internal reorganisation, Dow Jones reported. The layoffs represent around 2 percent of the company's work force. The company said the changes were not related to Christmas and New Year sales or...
[January 28, 2000, 15:06]
Vodafone workers win union recognition
News Around 200 Vodafone workers in the Midlands, the North of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have gained union recognition. The mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect following a legal ruling by...
[July 24, 2007, 9:01]
Tech workers confirm UK skills gap still a problem
News Research by tech jobs site The IT Job Board has found the majority (56 percent) of UK tech workers that responded to its survey are convinced there is a skills shortage in the UK tech sector. Sector skills body e-skills UK said around 140,000...
[December 24, 2008, 8:59]
Temp workers could get equal rights
News Plans are being drawn up by the European Commission to give temporary workers in the UK the same conditions as permanent employees. The proposal will look at benefits such as pensions, holiday pay, sick pay, interest-free loans and share schemes...
[February 21, 2002, 11:38]
BT to shed 10,000 workers
News BT plans to let go of 10,000 workers by the end of March next year, the communications and IT giant has announced. The spokesperson also pointed out that BT typically lost around 7,000 employees each year through workers moving to other employers...
[November 13, 2008, 12:25]
Resignations rise among female IT workers
News Among the 3,538 IT workers surveyed, female managers, on average, earned £45,465 in 2006, around £2,100 less than men. Compared to other sectors, women in IT are only the fifth most likely to resign: in the retail sector 11.7 percent of female...
[September 5, 2007, 8:44]
