A onetime cash bonus to eligible employees walmart says it will expand maternity and parental leave benefits been a couple years since they took wages up. Before a lot of their competitors, took it to 9, now to 11 when youre talking this many workers, it gets your attention. I think we have to be careful, though. 1. 5 million workers in the u. S this wage hike from 10 an hour up to 11, thats nice, but walmarts wages are that low to begin with and weve been wondering for a long time with the tightness in the labor market when are the increases coming starting wage, to be clear. Not every worker makes that, but walmart is infamous for having workers on public assistance, so how much praise do they deserve, plus this 400 million worth of bonuses, which is great, one time, but lets not pretend this is some huge, amazing, generous thing. Theres been a lot of criticism of this company for underpaying workers for a long time. But some money is better than no money, right . Yeah, but you need
Speed skater Elise Christie sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. And a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. Tax Authorities Say elderly and Vulnerable People are becoming victims. And carillion bosses are lost for words, as mps ask why they should be believed. Thats in the week in parliament, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejected claims that it covered up an investigation which found some of those sent to help in haiti in the aftermath of an earthquake there exploited local people for sex. 0xfams chief executive said it did inform the Charity Commission, but admitted more could have been done to spell out the details of what happened. Downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity in light of what it called the truly shocking reports. Angus crawford reports. It was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting mil
Welcome to bbc news. The government says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff in haiti, and has condemned what it describes as the appalling abuse of Vulnerable People. Oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against the aid workers involved, some of whom were fired. However, the Times Newspaper is reporting that several went on to work for other charities, who were unaware of their past behaviour. Oxfam denies it provided positive references for any staff who were dismissed. Jessica parker reports. An advert from the charity giant, oxfam. It got nearly £32 million from the Uk Department for International Development in the last financial year, but amid the Sexual Exploitation scandal, the government said last night. The allegations surround the the behaviour of aid workers here in haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. A Times Newspaper found inappropriate behaviour, including the use
Post disaster situation. We condemn that completely. You accept these women may have been in prostitution solely because of the consequences of the terrible devastation on the island . Completely, and that is why we prohibited. It is not down to local law, to simply not acceptable behaviour in those situations. What oxfa m behaviour in those situations. What oxfam did afterwards was a range of different things. We set up a Specialist Team that will both help with the reporting, the investigation, but, just as importantly, support the people that have been affected by misuse or abuse, rather than just carrying have been affected by misuse or abuse, rather thanjust carrying out the investigation on staff. We set up the investigation on staff. We set upa the investigation on staff. We set up a dedicated whistle blowing line for oxfam across the world, we strengthened our code of conduct and we increased the training of our staff. That does not mean that this kind of abuse cannot happen in
World champion short track speed skater, Elise Christie, sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500 metre event. A warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. Tax Authorities Say elderly and Vulnerable People are becoming victims. And, brexit, how long president jacob zuma can survive in south africa, and, the Winter Olympics, thatis africa, and, the Winter Olympics, that is all in dateline in half an hour, youre on bbc news. Here. Dateline. The haitian government is to summon oxfam to explain why it didnt report allegations that oxfam staff had exploited local people for sex following the earthquake there in 2011. The haitian ambassador said his government was appalled that it wasnt informed. Four members of staff were dismissed and three resigned. The uk government has said it is reviewing its relationship with the charity. Angus crawford reports. It was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. Aid age