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| Workers are putting in longer hours, according to a new report. The TUC said more than one in eight people now worked more than 48 hours a week, rising to one in six in London. The union said an analysis of official figures showed that 3.2 million people were now working more than 48 hours a week. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - November 2007 |
| Equality campaigners will hold events today to mark what has been dubbed Women’s No Pay Day. The Fawcett Society and trade union Unison say the pay gap between women and men working full-time is equivalent to men getting paid all year round but women working for nothing from today to the end of the year. They are calling for greater transparency on pay reforms to outdate pay laws and for women to be entitled to take group actions so the burden is not on individuals to speak out. A spokesman for the organisation said “Statistics show a 17% hourly gender pay gap between women and men working full-time” They say the difference equates to £4,000 per year | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - October 2007 |
| A priest in Co. Limerick has criticised a pub in his parish for employing a topless barmaid. Fr Brendan Kyne criticised Browne’s Pub in Montpellier for employing topless barmaid Yasmin, saying that it was exploitation of a person which could never be condoned. This behaviour is wrong and you have to ask the question ‘where does the development of the business go from here?’ he said. He said concerned parishioners did not want a local business to develop in this way. “People are trying to raise families and children in the area and give them a good example,” he said. | |
| Work/Employment | The Universe - October 21st, 2007 |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out measures today designed to find jobs for 500,000 British Workers, bringing the UK closer to full employment. He will also set out details of a scheme to make more migrants from outside the European Union pass English language tests. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 10th September 2007 |
| Teachers beat Doctors and Air Traffic Controllers to the title of Britain’s most stressful job a survey found today. About 40% of people questioned for the research said they thought teachers were under the most stress at work. Pressure to get good exam results, dealing with unruly pupils and working long hours increase the stress which staff endure. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 22nd August 2007 |
| Women are set to become the main earners in one in four households by 2030, a report predicted today. They will also be the key financial decision-makers in the majority of homes in just over 10 years time according to research carried for National Savings and Investments by the Future Foundation. Women could soon earn more than men on average. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 3rd August 2007 |
| Workers yearn for a return of the tea trolley believing it would help offices become more sociable and relaxed. A survey of 1,000 office workers showed that an afternoon break to buy tea and cakes from a trolley would make staff feel more motivated. The research also revealed that workers wanted to bring back being able to take a full hour for lunch. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - 15th August 2007 |
| GALIFORM, the former owner of furniture retailer MFI today announced plans for about 560 job losses as part of a restructuring of its supply arm. The group which sold MFI last October to private equity for £1 said the cuts were expected under plans to “streamline” its furniture supply operations. But it added it would create 550 jobs at its Howden Joinery business. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - June 27 2007 |
| City council workers in Stoke-on-Trent took on average more than 12 days off sick in the past year. A total of 112,000 days were lost in the 12 months to March because of ill health – equivalent to more than 400 working years. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel, - July 24 2007 |
| Pregnant women are being bullied at work, facing discrimination and passed over for promotion, according to a "shocking" report. A survey of 600 human resources employees by baby charity Tommy’s and People Management magazine found one in seven felt managers in their organisation did not respect pregnant employees rights. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - June 26 2007 |
| Almost 3.5 million people live on benefits which place virtually no expectations on them that they need to find a job. About six out of ten people on Jobseekers’ Allowance are repeat claimants, while youth unemployment is higher now than when Labour came to power in 1997. The report calls for a number of radical reforms, including a new expectation that lone parents should be actively looking for part-time work when their youngest child is five and a full-time job by the time they are 11. | |
| Work/Employment | Salvationist (The Daily Express) - 21 July 2007 |
| The wasted talents of unemployed disabled people are costing the economy billions of pounds, a think tank warned today. Improving the skills of the 6.8 million working age disabled could give Britain a £25 billion boost over the next three decades according to a Social Market Foundation(SMF) study. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - June 11 2007 |
| Based loosely on an existing Australian scheme, the UK government recently announced a ‘points-based’ system through which immigrants would be graded and admitted (or not) to work in Britain. An individual’s value to society would be evaluated according to her aptitude, experience and age, the final score placing her on one of five tiers. | |
| Work/Employment | Faithworks, Summer 2007 |
| Confectionery and drinks giant Cadbury Schweppes today announced plans to cut its global workforce by around 15% - around 7500 jobs. The Dairy Milk The company employs an estimated 50,000 people in confectionery worldwide including 6000 in the UK. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel 19th June 2007 |
| Almost half of workers want a fresh, more compassionate career by the age of 45, with jobs such as a yoga teacher or gardener on their wish list, according to a report today. A survey of 1,200 employees by insurance firm Norwich Union showed that more than half said they would happily take a pay cut for a job which made them feel better about themselves. | |
| Work/Employment | The Sentinel - May 11th 2007 |
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