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Tax Dodging During COVID-19 Pandemic Cost UK £9 Billion: Watchdog

Tax dodging and non-compliance during the pandemic cost the UK government £9 billion ($11 billion) as thousands of tax compliance staff were redeployed to COVID-19 support schemes, a government spending ...

December 16, 2022BY Alexander Zhang

UK Government Hails ‘Huge Success’ as COVID-19 Furlough Scheme Ends

The British government has hailed its COVID-19 job retention scheme as a “huge success” as it is due ...

September 30, 2021BY Alexander Zhang

Dame Andrea Leadsom: People Have Become Used to Being on Furlough

A former business secretary has warned some people on furlough are avoiding going back to work because it ...

June 20, 2021BY PA Media

One in Four UK Companies Plan to Lay Off Staff if Furlough Ends Soon: Survey

A quarter of British businesses expect to lay off staff if Finance Minister Rishi Sunak doesn't extend the ...

February 18, 2021BY Mary Clark

American Airlines CEO Tells Employees to Brace for Furlough Warnings

American Airlines workers should brace for another round of furlough warnings in the near term as the airline ...

February 1, 2021BY Reuters

UK Businesses Urge Government to Extend COVID-19 Furlough Scheme

The UK government should extend its business support measures before the next budget to help firms through the ...

January 19, 2021BY Alexander Zhang

Rishi Sunak Extends Britain’s Furlough Scheme to End of April Instead of March

Britain’s Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has extended the country’s furlough scheme for employees by a month so that it ...

December 17, 2020BY Mary Clark

Criminals Likely Defrauded UK Job Support Schemes of £3.9 Billion: Report

Criminals may have defrauded the UK’s job support schemes of billions of pounds in false claims as large ...

October 23, 2020BY Mary Clark

Unemployment in Britain Hit 4.5 Percent in August Amid Winter Job Fears

Britain’s unemployment figures rose to 4.5 percent in August according to data published on Tuesday by the Office ...

October 13, 2020BY Mary Clark

United Airlines Pilots Accept Deal to Avert 2,850 Furloughs

CHICAGO—United Airlines' pilots voted on Monday to accept a deal that would avert 2,850 furloughs set for Thursday, ...

September 28, 2020BY Reuters

NYC’s de Blasio Says 9,000 More Workers to Be Furloughed

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says another 9,000 city employees will be subjected to a compulsory ...

September 23, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

Extending UK Furlough Would Trap People in False Hope, Finance Minister Says

LONDON—Extending Britain's furlough scheme would leave some workers trapped in false hope that they could return to their ...

August 7, 2020BY Reuters

Southwest CEO Says No Furloughs or Layoffs For Now

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly said in a Sunday letter to employees that, for the time being, the ...

July 27, 2020BY Tom Ozimek

United Gets Deal With Pilots, Delta Seeks 1-Year Pay Cut

ATLANTA—Delta Air Lines is asking pilots to take a 15 percent cut in minimum guaranteed pay for one ...

July 18, 2020BY The Associated Press

United Airlines Sending Layoff Notices to Nearly Half of US Employees

United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees—nearly half its U.S. staff—they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal ...

July 8, 2020BY The Associated Press

Carnival to Lay Off Hundreds in Florida, Other States

MIAMI—Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise company, announced on May 14 it will be laying off hundreds of ...

May 15, 2020BY The Associated Press

Airbus Is Furloughing 6,000 Staff in Europe and ‘Bleeding Cash’

Airbus has placed more than 6,000 workers in the United Kingdom and France on government-funded furlough programs just ...

April 27, 2020BY Wire Service