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Remote work in 2024: Should you earn less for working from home?

The question was at the centre of a recent survey and a significant number of European businesses are at odds with what employees want.

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Business

UK employees set to see slip in salary rises in 2024

UK employees can expect lower salary increases as employers reduce hiring plans for 2024, with a widening wage gap seen between private and public sector workers.

12/02/2024

France

French authorities investigating Olympic chief Estanguet's salary

With the 2024 games in Paris only months away, questions have arisen about how the chief organiser is being paid.

07/02/2024

Business

The 13th month: Where in Europe do employers give Christmas bonuses?

The festive period is a notorious strain on the purse strings, but in some European countries, employers are legally obliged to dish out bonuses.

29/12/2023

Work

Nurses' salaries: Which countries pay the most and least in Europe?

Following a series of strikes across Europe in 2023, nurses in the UK and Italy are expected to continue taking to the streets in 2024 for better pay and work conditions.

14/12/2023

Economy

Can Europeans put a price on happiness? Some studies say so

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05/12/2023

Money

Only 3% of firms in Europe to boost salaries in line with inflation

Record levels of inflation have seen the cost of living rise across Europe.

21/12/2022

Work

11 low-stress jobs that pay high salaries

These are the careers where you can earn a high salary without the stress.

19/10/2022

Work

This is how much you could earn in your job if you moved abroad

The salary calculator shows how average salaries for different jobs vary across the 38 OECD countries.

14/08/2022

Work

Which university degrees will earn you the most money?

Degrees have again come under the spotlight in the UK, with Rishi Sunak he will cut the lowest-paying ones if he becomes the future Prime Minister of the UK.

13/08/2022

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Italy

Italy warns riders 'treated like slaves' by food delivery firms

About 60,000 riders using bicycles and motor scooters mostly work without any kind of contract, pension contributions, paid holidays, sick leave or accident coverage.

25/02/2021

Europe News

EU gender pay gap won't be closed until 2104, new report says

New research by the European Trade Union Confederation shows that the EU's gender pay gap won't be eliminated until 2104, with countries like France not closing it for over 1000 years.

06/10/2020

Russia

How much does Vladimir Putin earn? Not as much as last year...

Putin's financial declaration reported a fairly unpretentious salary in 2018, compared to 2017.

15/04/2019

World News

Handing MPs cash lump sums for expenses 'opens door to cheating'

Exclusive: MPs across Europe are riding an “unaccountable” system of perks that entitles them to claim tens of thousands of euros a year, Euronews

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