IT workers
RSS IT workersEuro compliance staff could find themselves out in the cold
News According to the consultancy, Germany is in a worse situation, as trade unions are arguing for compensation for the lost holiday, turning the New Year issue into one about workers' rights. IT staff... [14 Sep 1998]
C&WC IT operation outsourced to IBM
News C&WC said the deal will also lead to 400 new jobs - a development which should appease the Communications Workers' Union (CWU). Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) and IBM have ended weeks of speculation and... [03 Sep 1998]
Applied Materials axes 2,000 jobs
News He said Applied Materials - which counts Intel and Texas Instruments among its customers - had probably waited as long as it could to announce the cuts, because it would not want to jettison highly... [27 Aug 1998]
Deutsche Telekom cuts 90 per cent of admin staff
News Telekom chairman Ron Sommer is reported to have told workers in Bonn that the move will prepare the company for increased competition in the German market, which was only liberalised at the beginning of the year. [26 Aug 1998]
How the IMF's Korean bail-out led to cheap chip chaos
Comment Because of strong unionisation in France or Germany, for example, it is much more costly and would take a lot longer to negotiate the redundancy of so many workers," he said. When the Asian economy... [19 Aug 1998]
Lucent and Sun provide voice and data integration
News Peppas believes the key adopters of any unified messaging service will be small and medium sized enterprises and home office workers who are already using email but have no access to legacy corporate phone systems. [18 Aug 1998]
Workers waste a quarter of online time
News The report also found that workers are now more interested in general news sites than sexually explicit material. Employees spend 25 per cent of online time accessing sites not related to work, according to a report out... [13 Aug 1998]
Bell Atlantic hit by strike
News A strike by 73,000 Bell Atlantic employees has highlighted the problem of keeping good, permanent jobs in the US telecoms sector, according to Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). [11 Aug 1998]
In brief: Siemens to supply Deutsche Bank network
News The Winchester House offices will accommodate 2,500 workers, including 1,500 trading positions. Siemens Network Systems is on the verge of signing a deal with Deutsche Bank to provide it with a network... [03 Aug 1998]
NatSemi sends staff home for 10 days
News The workers have a choice this autumn of either taking ten days holiday or the equivalent time as unpaid leave, preserving their holiday entitlement. Shutting down forces workers to use accrued holiday... [31 Jul 1998]
Siemens denies semiconductor sale
News Earlier this week, news services picked up on an Associated Press report, saying Siemens would sell five companies employing 1,000 workers. Siemens has moved to scotch rumours that its loss-making semiconductor division... [22 Jul 1998]
Novell survey reveals football is more popular than sex
News At the end of 1997, figures showed that 15 per cent of workers used the Web for viewing pornographic or obscene material. A survey by Novell has shown that although many people surf the net for sex, many more look for... [14 Jul 1998]
Laptops present risk to health
News Employers need to take responsibility and advise their workers as to what the damage can be," said Howell. The UK's largest union, Unison, claims laptops can effect users' physical health. A survey by the trade union of... [07 Jul 1998]
Apple loses additional 200 jobs in Cork
News Apple's manufacturing plant in Cork, Ireland, is to lose up to 200 workers on top of the 150 redundancies announced last Wednesday. The company offered unions a package for workers wanting to take... [03 Jul 1998]
In brief: Intel closes chip plants
News The two fabrication plants in Oregon both manufacture older .35 chips and will be closed from 4 July to 12 July.workers will be sent home without pay during the nine day closure. The spokesman couldn't comment when asked... [02 Jul 1998]
