Revolut tracking staff behaviour with points-based ‘Karma’ bonus system – The Guardian
Revolut tracks staff behavior and grants or docks points in an internal “karma” system that supplies UK bank decisions regarding bonus payments. The practice is detailed in Revolut’s annual report, showing profits more than doubled last year, increasing 148% in 2024 to £1 billion. Europe’s most valuable fintech company — did not disclose staff bonus […]
Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools | Pupil behaviour
The rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools to monkey the actions of numbers like Donald Trump and Andrew Tate after students are exposed through social media and online games, teachers warn. A Nasuwt Union investigation found that most teachers identified social media as the “number one” of student misconduct, and that female […]
Consciously uncoupling: what drives the rates of animal divorce? | Animal behaviour
IIn 2011, shocking celebrity breakups made headlines around the world. It wasn't the breakups between Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore or Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, but the sudden and mysterious split between two 115-year-old Galapagos natives, Bibi and Poldi. Turtles at Hap Reptile Zoo in Austria. After nearly a century of living together as […]
Allow teachers to fine parents over pupils’ bad behaviour, says Tony Blair’s thinktank | Pupil behaviour
Ministers should give teachers the power to fine parents if they do not work with schools to tackle an “epidemic” of bad behavior, Tony Blair's think tank says. Educators have the same legal powers to compel parents to attend meetings with schools and agree to action plans for their children regarding truancy, the Tony Blair […]
AFL bans six Giants players amid sanctions for ‘unacceptable’ behaviour at post-season party | AFL
The AFL has handed GWS Giants forward Josh Fahey a four-game suspension, with forward Jake Riccardi among his teammates who will miss the first two games of next season. The sanction is one of several bans and fines handed down by the league following a joint investigation with the Giants into players' season-ending events last […]
Ex-Harrods boss says he witnessed Fayed’s ‘abhorrent’ behaviour | Mohamed Al Fayed
Former CEO of Harrods He told the BBC He witnessed the “abhorrent” behaviour of the shop's late boss, Mohamed Al Fayed, but did not witness any sexual abuse. James MacArthur, who served as CEO in 2008 during what he described as “the most unpleasant 10 months”, told the station he was not aware of any […]
Home secretary calls out ‘shameful behaviour’ of politicians seeking to undermine police – UK politics live | Politics
Cooper condemned the “shameful actions” of politicians who tried to undermine police during the riots. All night long, Writing for the TelegraphMinister of the Interior Yvette Cooper He said Britain needed to restore respect for its police, implicitly criticising the leadership of Reform UK and saying he would not be involved in the “shameful behaviour” […]
One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds | Education
According to union research, one in three teachers say they don’t have a behavior support team for students with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND), and one in four say they don’t have one. There are no educational psychologists or speech therapists who can help. The online poll, which took responses from 8,000 members of […]
Top stars must help protect cast and crew from bad behaviour, says Denise Gough | Stage
Stage and screen star Denis Goff has called on high-profile actors to be wary of other cast and crew members in an industry where cheating remains rife. Gough will reprise his role as a disabled actor in the 2016 Olivier Award-winning play People, Places and Things. The production moved from the National Theater to the […]
Kyoto bans tourists from parts of geisha district amid reports of bad behaviour | Japan
Visitors to Gion’s red-light district, one of Kyoto’s most popular tourist destinations, will be unable to enter its picturesque alleyways as Japanese authorities try to grapple with a dramatic increase in tourism. was to be prohibited. Residents of Japan’s ancient capital are struggling to reconcile problems with tourist overcrowding and poor etiquette with an economic […]