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Four out of five fear for jobs
7:00am Saturday 29th November 2008
FOUR out of five workers fear they will lose their jobs as recession looms, while most struggle on their current salary, according to new research.
Comments (0)Getting your short-term fix
7:00am Saturday 29th November 2008
IT could be the chance of a lifetime or your worst nightmare – but the credit crunch means that companies will be much more likely to offer employees short-term contracts rather than permanent jobs, new research has found.
Working mums’ balancing act
7:00am Saturday 22nd November 2008
NO new mum finds balancing work and childcare easy. Even the rich and beautiful actress Angelina Jolie admitted last week she intends to focus on her six children, rather than her career for the next few years.
Gloomy outlook on jobs
7:00am Saturday 15th November 2008
Job creation is at a "virtual standstill" as employers become increasingly gloomy about prospects for the economy in the wake of the worsening downturn, while smaller firms are cutting staff for the first time in 18 months, new research has revealed.
In search of serenity – at work
7:00am Saturday 15th November 2008
WHEN it comes to serenity, work is often the last place you'd think to find it. But employees who are "self-connected" and demonstrate an "inner serenity" are more resistant to stress, accept the unpredictability of modern business life, promote harmony and energy and are better workers as a result, a new study has found.
Misery of workplace stress
7:00am Saturday 1st November 2008
STRESS or overwork are being reported to union safety reps in offices and factories across the UK, especially among the government's own employees, new research shows.
Are you working in your dream job?
7:00am Saturday 25th October 2008
Research from fish4jobs (www.fish4jobs.co.uk) can confirm that despite most Brits not working in their dream job (86%), we are actually quite content with our lot. Most of those interviewed said that they wouldn’t retrain to get their dream job (57%).
Students forced to work
7:00am Saturday 25th October 2008
IT SEEMS that the much-maligned student layabout – who chooses to lie in rather than attend lectures, then spends all their loan at the pub – is now only the stuff of legend.
Embrace the recession
7:00am Saturday 18th October 2008
THE GLOBAL economic downturn has seen 138,000 Britons lose their jobs in the three months leading up to July, with another 300,000 expected to be made redundant over the next year.
Fears of ID fraud at work
7:00am Saturday 11th October 2008
THREE-QUARTERS of British employees believe their company is failing to do enough to protect them from ID fraud, new research claims.
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I AM writing this while waiting for the Queen’s Speech. The forecasts imply it is to be rather meagre and that several proposed Bills will be left out to allow time for more measures to address the financial crisis as and when necessary.
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