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(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson came under renewed pressure over parties held in his Downing Street office during the pandemic, after the U.K. police said they would contact more than 50 people over the gatherings and a potentially damaging new photo emerged showing the prime minister at a Christmas event. Johnson's office has previously described the event as a "virtual quiz" in which the prime minister "briefly took part", and it was not included in the police probe of the alleged parties. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Perdue Farms Inc., the fourth-biggest U.S. poultry producer, has made 700 vaccine doses available in three states as part of its goal to offer it to all workers for free. JBS USA said on Feb. 12 it had given the vaccine to about 700 workers at an Illinois pork plant in what was the biggest vaccination effort to date at a red-meat plant. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Swedish authorities charged a 47-year-old man previously employed with a high-tech industry with spying for Russian intelligence services. The man, who wasn't identified, was detained in February 2019 during a meeting in central Stockholm with a Russian intelligence officer who worked under diplomatic cover in Sweden, the Swedish Security Service said in a website statement on Monday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. told employees in Texas they could take shelter in the firm's offices as the state grapples with the effects of a snow and ice storm earlier this week. The New York-based bank has about 8,500 employees in Texas. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- James O'Keefe is the face and chief executive officer of the activist organization known as Project Veritas. In his post-publication email, Ede, the Project Veritas chief legal officer, said that O'Keefe's conversation was misinterpreted and that the ABC employee "is in fact a whistle-blower -- someone who him/herself will be doing the whistle-blowing, not the other way around." O'Keefe devoted a chunk of the ride on phone calls discussing problems with employees getting Covid-19, complaining that this was shutting down Project Veritas's headquarters and complicating its work. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve staff members gave a potentially more worrisome assessment of the risks to financial stability in the central bank's policy meeting last month than the one presented publicly by Chair Jerome Powell. Powell agrees with the staff's overall assessment but was just speaking more generally to reporters than the granular approach taken by Fed economists in their presentation to the Federal Open Market Committee, according to a Fed official familiar with the matter. In their detailed presentation to the FOMC last month, Fed staff "assessed asset valuation pressures as elevated" -- their highest characterization of risk. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Over 100 million workers in eight of the world's largest economies may need to switch occupation by 2030 as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerates changes to the labor force, according to research by McKinsey & Co. The less educated, women, ethnic minorities and young people will be most affected and, for many, it will mean retraining to seek work in higher-skilled roles as the share of employment in low-wage occupations declines. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jes Staley expects his largely homebound bankers to return to their offices this year. Staley has previously said that about three quarters of the bank's 80,000 staff are currently working from home. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Jaguar Land Rover expects to reduce its global salaried workforce by about 2,000 people in the next financial year as the U.K. carmaker cuts costs under a new chief executive officer. JLR announced a 2.5 billion-pound ($3.5 billion) annual budget for investment in electrification and related technologies earlier this week and said the Jaguar brand will go entirely electric by 2025. JLR has 37,000 employees, including about 30,000 in the U.K. The company said the reorganization won't affect hourly manufacturing workers. [Extracted from the article]

Facebook Employee Called Inflated Ad Metrics "Deeply Wrong" (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. internal emails made public in court reveal an employee's concerns the company misrepresented advertisers' estimated audience, calling the practice "deeply wrong." Facebook is fighting a 2018 lawsuit by a small business owner alleging that the social media giant has for years inflated its estimates of the number of people an ad could and would reach. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve staff members gave a potentially more worrisome assessment of the risks to financial stability in the central bank's policy meeting last month than the one presented publicly by Chair Jerome Powell. Central bank staff gave a less sanguine assessment in their presentation at the January meeting, telling policy makers that vulnerabilities on balance were "notable", according to the minutes of the gathering released on Wednesday. Powell agrees with the staff's overall assessment but was just speaking more generally to reporters than the granular approach taken by Fed economists in their presentation to the Federal Open Market Committee, according to a Fed official familiar with the matter. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- About 2.6 million people in the U.K., or 8% of workers, expect to lose their jobs in the next three months, according to a survey that suggests long-lasting damage to the economy from the coronavirus. "While the U.K.'s economic prospects are finally looking up, job insecurity remains high, particularly among those who have spent long periods not working, or who are currently furloughed", said Nye Committing, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- About 2.6 million people in the U.K., or 8% of workers, expect to lose their jobs in the next three months, according to a survey that suggests long-lasting damage to the economy from the coronavirus. "While the U.K.'s economic prospects are finally looking up, job insecurity remains high, particularly among those who have spent long periods not working, or who are currently furloughed", said Nye Committing, senior economist at the Resolution Foundation. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The Spanish government is preparing strict labor law changes that could mean food-delivery platforms have to formally employ the couriers they rely on. Adigital also said in October that direct employment as expected to be proposed by the Spanish government threatens the delivery platforms' business model and could leave as many as two-thirds of Spain's food-delivery riders without a job. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- New York's attorney general sued Amazon.com Inc. over its alleged failure to protect workers from Covid-19. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in state court follows a complaint the retail giant filed against the state last week, arguing that the office of New Attorney York Attorney General Letitia James doesn't have the authority to regulate workplace safety responses to Covid-19. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- President Joe Biden is filling out his China policy team with staff whose past writing and speeches align with the tough tone toward Beijing that emerged under his predecessor Donald Trump, adding to evidence that the new administration won't revert to an earlier era of conciliation. "They have very experienced, expert thoughtful people in there", Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, said of Biden's team. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- When Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would be entering its strictest lockdown yet in mid-December, some of his most well-to-do residents ran the other way - as far as they could - to places like sunny Belize. Shawn Garvey, a 55-year-old chief executive officer of an energy innovation company in the Bay Area, has also seen productivity gains from his extended vacation in Mexico. Jeff Assaf, the 62-year-old chief investment officer at financial firm ICG Advisors in L.A., escaped to Hawaii, where strict travel rules made it feel even safer than being at home. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- When Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California would be entering its strictest lockdown yet in mid-December, some of his most well-to-do residents ran the other way - as far as they could - to places like sunny Belize. Shawn Garvey, a 55-year-old chief executive officer of an energy innovation company in the Bay Area, has also seen productivity gains from his extended vacation in Mexico. Jeff Assaf, the 62-year-old chief information officer at financial firm ICG Advisors in L.A., escaped to Hawaii, where strict travel rules made it feel even safer than being at home. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- An outbreak of Covid-19 has forced battery-cell producer Northvolt AB to reduce staffing at the construction site of its first large-scale factory in Skelleftea, Sweden. Workers in essential roles or with temporary accommodation in Skelleftea, as well as those recently recovered from the infection, will be allowed to continue working at the site, Wigardt said. [Extracted from the article]

KPMG U.K. Chair Resigns Days After Slamming "Victim Card" Staff (Bloomberg) -- KPMG's U.K. chairman has resigned days after sparking widespread anger for telling employees to stop moaning about the pandemic. Bill Michael, KPMG's U.K. chair and senior partner since 2017, will leave the firm at the end of the month, admitting that his position had become "untenable.". [Extracted from the article]

KPMG U.K. Chair Resigns Days After Slamming "Victim Card" Staff (Bloomberg) -- KPMG's U.K. chairman has resigned days after sparking widespread anger for telling employees to stop moaning about the pandemic. Bill Michael, KPMG's U.K. chair and senior partner since 2017, will leave the firm at the end of the month, admitting that his position had become "untenable.". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Miami Mayor Francis Suarez proposed paying municipal workers and collecting taxes in Bitcoin, expanding a campaign to promote cryptocurrencies. Suarez doesn't seemed fazed by volatility: Miami, the mayor's original resolution said, "is committed to promoting the emergence of Bitcoin as it continues to gain mainstream acceptance.". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand said delivery of its first Covid-19 vaccine next week will allow it to begin immunizing border workers from Feb. 20. New Zealand has pre-purchase agreements for four different vaccines, more than enough for its five million people, but its success against the virus has meant it was not a priority country for deliveries. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Miami Mayor Francis Suarez proposed paying municipal workers and collecting taxes in Bitcoin, expanding a campaign to promote cryptocurrencies. Suarez, in the resolution, doesn't seemed fazed by volatility: Miami, the mayor's resolution said, "is committed to promoting the emergence of Bitcoin as it continues to gain mainstream acceptance.". [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc will not raise salaries for most of its employees this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as it looks to save cash amid an overhaul of the company. In a note to staff, Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said that while the company had previously told employees to have low expectations for salary increases, most wouldn't get a pay rise this year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd. said an employee is under investigation for alleged corruption in his personal dealings, rejecting a report that the probe involved the unauthorized transfer of WeChat data. The probe of Zhang Feng does not involve Tencent's WeChat messaging service, a spokesperson said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Royal Dutch Shell Plc will not raise salaries for most of its employees this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter, as it looks to save cash amid an overhaul of the company. In a note to staff, Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden wrote that while the company had previously told employees to have low expectations for salary increases, most wouldn't get a salary increase this year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd. said an employee is under investigation over corruption allegations and said the matter involves personal behavior rather than the company's activities. The probe of Zhang Feng does not involve Tencent's WeChat messaging service, a spokesperson said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Target Corp. is joining the ranks of companies offering workers incentives to take the Covid-19 vaccine. "As more vaccines become available, especially for frontline and essential workers, we'll help our team members across the country get the information and access they need", Target Chief Human Resources Officer Melissa Kremer said in the post. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin's hopes of getting his economy growing again quickly are likely to be dashed by Russia's shrinking workforce. Migrant workers usually make up about 7% of Russia's workforce and contribute about 6% of gross domestic product, according to Evgeny Vinokurov, chief economist at the Eurasian Development Bank. Russia's already shrinking workforce has also taken a hit from the third-highest Covid-19 death toll in the world last year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Vladimir Putin's hopes of getting his economy growing again quickly are likely to be dashed by Russia's shrinking workforce. Migrant workers usually make up about 7% of Russia's workforce and contribute to about 6% of gross domestic product, according to Evgeny Vinokurov, chief economist at the Eurasian Development Bank. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said financial chief Joshua Smiley has resigned and will leave the company after the drugmaker became aware he was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an employee. Lilly engaged external counsel to conduct an independent investigation that revealed "inappropriate personal communications" between Smiley and certain employees, according to a statement. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A London hedge fund employee lost his fight to avoid extradition to Germany as part of its probe into tax-evasion. Read more: Hedge Fund Worker Loses Bid to Stop Extradition Over Brexit ©2021 Bloomberg L.P. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said financial chief Josh Smiley has resigned and will leave the company after the drugmaker became aware he was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an employee. Lilly engaged external counsel to conduct an independent investigation that revealed "inappropriate personal communications" between Smiley and certain employees, according to a statement. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Eli Lilly & Co. said financial chief Josh Smiley has resigned and will leave the company after the drugmaker became aware he was involved in an inappropriate personal relationship with an employee. Lilly engaged external counsel to conduct an independent investigation that revealed "inappropriate personal communications" between Smiley and certain employees, according to a statement. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Germany and Sweden expelled Russian embassy employees in retaliation over similar moves by the Kremlin amid tensions surrounding the jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Russia's action against a German diplomat in Moscow was unjustified because the employee was undertaking legally-protected information gathering, Germany's foreign ministry Monday in an emailed statement. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- About 150 workers at NTPC Ltd.'s hydropower plant are feared trapped or swept away after a flash flood that destroyed key infrastructure when a Himalayan river burst its banks. The Rishiganga hydropower project near Raini village in Uttarakhand state was damaged, as was NTPC's under-construction project on river Dhauli Ganga near Tapovan, said Vivek Pandey, spokesman for the Indo-Tibetan Police Force that's aiding the rescue. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Asian Americans saw some of the biggest job losses in January's employment report, which showed a tepid recovery among all categories of workers. A revision to the December jobs numbers reveals that male employment actually fell in both December and January, though they have regained more jobs that were lost during the pandemic than women. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. job market remained weak at the start of the year, with employees putting in more hours to meet demand as companies limited headcount expansion. A measure of manufacturing remained robust at the start of the year, though pandemic-related supply chain disruptions are restraining production and driving up prices. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Online publisher G/O Media Inc. told employees of its tech-news website Gizmodo that it fired a co-worker because of her union activism, the Writers Guild of America East alleged in a complaint filed with a U.S. regulator. Management then violated federal labor law again by telling employees that Cranz was terminated because of her activism, according to the union's complaints. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat company, started giving coronavirus vaccines to workers at a poultry plant in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Workers were eligible for the vaccine in North Carolina under the second phase of the distribution that includes those 65 and older, and 45 people got the shot, he said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Google contract workers were banned from discussing their pay, and one was suspended for her labor activism, according to a complaint from the Alphabet Workers Union. In a Thursday filing with the National Labor Relations Board, the union accused the Google vendor Adecco of violating U.S. labor law by trying to silence employees. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Foster Farms LLC is providing 1,000 of its poultry workers with the coronavirus vaccine starting Tuesday. The chicken producer said it's partnering with Fresno County's Public Health Department and Vons Pharmacy to administer the Moderna vaccine at one of its poultry facilities, the Livingston, California-based company said in a release. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Bank of Montreal is offering employees three hours of paid time off to receive the Covid-19 vaccine when it's available to them, and will pay for some costs associated with getting the shots. The bank will foot the bill for expenses such as administration fees not covered through public health plans or government agencies, Chief Executive Officer Darryl White said in a message to employees on Monday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. has unleashed a public-relations campaign at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, hoping to persuade more than 5,800 workers to reject the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. Around Christmas, the company set up a website featuring upbeat Amazon employees smiling from behind masks (among them, the facility's manager), criticizing union dues and suggesting a hashtag, #doitwithoutdues for like-minded workers. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined a recovery plan for New York City that focuses on getting workers back into office buildings, students in classrooms and 5 million people vaccinated by the end of June. During his final State of the City address, de Blasio said the city's employees would return in person in May. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- In a Reddit post last week, a day trader who helped push GameStop Corp. shares to record highs said he stopped by his local store to hand out $100 bills to employees as a thank-you. Reddit day traders have enjoyed massive gains in GameStop's stock, which reached a closing high of $347.51 on Wednesday. Wage Complaints Another Reddit user, Azrane, who also identified as a GameStop employee, noted that the stock performance has no bearing on employees beyond the executive suite. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- American Express Co. told employees they can keep working from home through the U.S. Labor Day holiday in September as New York City continues its slow distribution of coronavirus vaccines. AmEx would be willing to help the city distribute vaccines to its employees, similar to how it has offered flu shots, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Squeri said during an event hosted by Bloomberg on Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- In a Reddit post last week, a day trader who helped push GameStop Corp. shares to record highs said he stopped by his local store to hand out $100 bills to employees as a thank-you. Reddit day traders have enjoyed massive gains in GameStop's stock, which reached a closing high of $347.51 on Wednesday. Wage Complaints Another Reddit user, Azrane, who also identified as a GameStop employee, noted that the stock performance has no bearing on employees beyond the executive suite. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Dubai is trying to cash in on the vaccine economy by calling on digital nomads to move to the city for remote work, even as cases rise to record levels. In addition, Dubai has made the shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech available to some of its residents, with the first phase targeting senior citizens aged 60 and above, people with chronic diseases aged 18 or above and frontline workers. [Extracted from the article]