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The CEOs of Britain's biggest firms received record levels of compensation last year, according to the High Pay Centre, the think tank that compiled the figures. Median pay for the boss of a FTSE 100 firm rose to £4.19m (€4.90m), a 2.2% annual jump. The mean figure, which takes into account very high and low values, rose from £4.44m to £4.98m - a 12.2% increase (€5.19m to €5.82m). Topping the compensation list was French-born Australian Pascal Soriot, who earned £16.85mn (€19.69mn) as the CEO of pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. The second highest-paid CEO was RELX's Erik Engstrom, on £13.64m ...
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that a French law criminalising clients of sex workers does not violate the Convention on Human Rights. The ruling followed a petition from 261 sex workers challenging the 2016 French law, which fines sex buyers up to €1,500, with penalties increasing significantly for repeat offenders. Opponents of prostitution hailed the decision on the rarely enforced regulation as a major victory. However, the applicants, backed by about 20 associations, argued that the law forced sex workers into hiding, increasing their vulnerability to abuse, v...
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France is reducing the working hours of construction workers due to heatwaves. In some cases, companies send workers home but still pay their wages for the day. Most construction companies are getting used to dealing with the heat, as the problem is becoming increasingly frequent and limited working hours are now the norm. Despite around 30C in the shade, workers on a construction site in Toulouse were working in full sunshine. "It`s a real problem because accidents have already happened, and we are trying to anticipate them," Hugo Pastorello, a site supervisor, said. "We have to come to the s...
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Microsoft has reached a $14.4 million (€13.35 million) settlement to resolve allegations that the software company discriminated against employees based on their leave. If approved by a court, the settlement would resolve a multi-year investigation by the US state of California's Civil Rights Department. The California department alleged that workers who used protected leave faced retaliation such as lower bonuses and unfavourable performance reviews. They also alleged that Microsoft did not take "sufficient action" to prevent this discrimination. Employers are not allowed to interfere with pr...
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Ahead of June's vote, Euronews asks MEP candidates and EU citizens what their priorities are for the European Parliament elections. This episode focuses on businesses and taxation. Stay tuned as Euronews will publish more statements every day.
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New York (AFP) - A monument to essential workers who risked their lives during the pandemic will open in New York in September, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Nineteen red maple trees -- one for each profession considered essential, like health care workers, teachers and store workers -- will be arrayed around an eternal flame in Battery Park in view of the Statue of Liberty, according to renderings released by the governor's office. The new monument will be called the Circle of Heroes. It was designed with input from essential workers, Cuomo said. "While we will never be able to fully ...
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A new report by the Main Street Alliance shows how small businesses suffer when large corporations take advantage of lax enforcement of labor laws and the use of forced arbitration to keep employees from asserting their rights. The report, titled Small Business, Common Sense Standards and Forced Arbitration, also recommends that states enact whistleblower protection laws. Read the Report Lip Service To Small Business OwnersNearly 60 million Americans work for small businesses. And yet some politicians, while paying lip service to small business owners, have time and again enacted policies that...
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