Health conference asks why ambulance staff aren ’ t an emergency service
The final day of UNISON’s annual health conference in Bournemouth opened with delegates standing in a minute’s silence to mark the upcoming International Workers’ Memorial Day on 28 April (above). Moving to the business of the day, debates were heard on a variety issues. Retirement age parity A motion submitted by the ambulance occupational group highlighted the disparity in retirement age between police, fire service and ambulance staff. Peter Steventon, South East central ambulance, opened the motion saying: “You would assume that NHS ambulance staff would be recognised as an ‘emergency service’. You ...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - April 20, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article 2023 National Health Conference Ambulance ambulance strikes fighting cuts and privatisation in the NHS Source Type: news

Employee asked to go remote, job outsourced to India: WSJ
CEO Johnny Taylor Jr. told WSJ he outsourced an employee's job after she requested it be remote. • Hiring someone in India saved the company around 40% in labor costs, he told the Journal. • Since the pandemic, some tech companies have hired remote workers overseas, sometimes amid layoffs. A CEO's…#johnnytaylorjr #wsj #hiring #journal #remote #jacobzinkula #latinamerica #africa #middleeast #latinamerican
Source: Reuters: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why So Many Superannuation Funds Are Merging
The most recent of these deals was revealed Monday by Mercer. The consulting and outsourced chief investment officer firm, which also operates a superannuation fund, announced that it was merging with BT Super to create a A$63 billion (US$42.3 billion) defined contribution fund for Australians.…#mercer #btsuper #australians #richnuzum #australian #kpmg #cbus #eiss #caresuper #spiritsuper
Source: Reuters: Health - April 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Coinbase claims vague federal crypto regulations are at risk of outsourcing 1 million U.S. tech jobs to other countries
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase COIN says that one million tech jobs are at risk of being outsourced to other countries. What Happened: Coinbase said as “the U.S. goes down a path of regulatory uncertainty,” the EU, U.K., UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, and Japan are all creating…#coinbasecoin #coinbase #uae #hongkong #singapore #electriccapital #bitcoinbtcusd #apexcrypto
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Uniqlo owner joins clothiers exiting Myanmar
YANGON/TOKYO -- Global clothing retailers such as Japan's Fast Retailing and U.K. giant Marks & Spencer are ending outsourced production in Myanmar, driven off by human rights and labor concerns as well as difficulties conducting operations. Myanmar's military takeover in February 2021 prompted an…#yangontokyo #fastretailing #marksspencer #myanmar
Source: Reuters: Health - March 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Higher education conference debates ongoing pay dispute
UNISON’s higher education activists met in Newcastle yesterday, for their first in-person conference since the onset of the pandemic. With workers experiencing “the worst cost of living crisis in 30 years”, pay was at the heart of their debates. Since 2009, pay for higher education (HE) staff has lost around 28% of its value, as a result of below inflation rises year on year. Soaring inflation in 2022 brought this situation to crisis point, leaving members in HE facing real hardship. The union remains in dispute over 2022/23 pay, after the University and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) imposed a 3% pay increase...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - February 3, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News 2023 National Higher Education Conference higher education pay Source Type: news

Hospital staff in Liverpool are coming home
Around 670 staff at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be brought back in-house on 1 April this year. Staff at two hospital sites, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen, who work as cleaners, porters, caterers and in other domestic services will be transferred onto NHS terms and conditions once the outsourced contracts come to an end at the end of March. The move comes after a merger of hospital trusts in Liverpool in 2019, creating Liverpool University Hospitals NHS foundation trust, which left staff in similar jobs on vastly different terms and conditions depending on whether the services at their hospital...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - February 3, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News health insourcing Liverpool NHS Agenda for Change outsourcing Source Type: news

The Real Winners of the Coming Capex Tsunami
It’s a dramatic change following a decade in which US and European businesses were hesitant to invest (data centers and e-commerce warehouses were notable exceptions) and outsourced production to cheaper countries. They were often criticized — and still are — for returning much of their cash to…#britishvoltltds #intelcorp #samsungelectronicsco #tsmc #exxonmobilcorp #chipsact #intel #hungary #russian #taiwan
Source: Reuters: Health - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Insourcing win at Barnet council
Staff at Barnet council are due to be transferred back to council employment thanks to a decade-long campaign by UNISON. The 330 affected workers are currently employed by outsourcing multinational conglomerate, Capita, and are being brought back in house after the council was used as a test case for the outsourcing of local government services. The staff who work under a joint venture called ‘Capita Re’ in a variety of areas like trading standards, environmental health, planning highways and other regulatory services, will be TUPE transferred back in house on 1 April this year. In 2012, much of the service provision a...
Source: UNISON Health care news - January 31, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News capita insourcing local government Source Type: news

Liberia: MDR Political Leader Wants Pharmacies At Public Hospitals Outsourced
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The newly elected political leader of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) Senator Jeremiah Koung (MDR-Nimba County) is recommending that the Government of Liberia outsource pharmacies and diagnostic services to competent private entities for quality and available services.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 20, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Diversifying risk: outsourced call centers
Source: Reuters: Health - January 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Inari Amertron falls after report that Apple plans to drop broadcom chip
Shares of Inari Amertron Bhd. fell as much as 8.9% in early trade following a report that Apple Inc. plans to cease using some parts from major chip suppliers, including Broadcom Inc., by 2025. Shares of the Malaysia’s leading outsourced semiconductor assembly and test provider 0166, dropped to…#inari #broadcomavgo #inariamertronbhd #malaysia #broadcominc #qualcomm #broadcom #appleinc #apples #apple
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ginkgo Has Hired A New Head Of Biopharma To Disrupt The Gene And Cell Therapies Market
Cell therapies save lives but can cost millions of dollars because of how slow and inefficient pharma R&D is. What if cell engineering was outsourced to synbio companies like Ginkgo that specialize in programming biology? This could be a game changer.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 15, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John Cumbers, Senior Contributor Tags: Manufacturing /manufacturing Business /business Innovation /innovation Healthcare /healthcare Source Type: news

Mitsubishi Logistics builds blockchain tracker for drug deliveries
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Logistics has harnessed the power of blockchain to allow clients to track outsourced pharmaceutical shipments, as a way to guarantee the products are kept under proper conditions the whole way. The company in 2015 launched a refrigerated delivery service that meets stricter…#mitsubishilogistics #trackoutsourced #outsourcedpharmaceutical #properconditions #distributionpractice #pharmaceuticalshipments #tokyo #mitsubishi #logistics #meetsstricter
Source: Reuters: Health - November 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Council Post: 8 Best Practices Businesses Should Add To Their End-Of-The-Year Budget Checklists
Stephen King serves as President & CEO of GrowthForce, a leading outsourced accounting and bookkeeping service provider for businesses. Many business owners and managers view budgeting as a hassle—a chore that needs to be completed by a deadline. However, when done correctly, a clearly defined…#budget #budgeting #upcoming #costs #budgetingmethod #activitybasedbudgeting #expenses #leadingoutsourced #outsourcedaccounting #bookkeepingservice
Source: Reuters: Health - November 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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