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Commute times have started to creep up again after a short fall during the recession, according to a new TUC analysis of official figures published today to coincide with the end of Commute Smart...15th November 2013 -
If staff who regularly work unpaid overtime totted up all the extra hours they put in, and run them from the start of the year they'd be working for free until 1 March 2013. Across the UK, this adds...15th February 2013
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If there was ever a good time to join a union, this would be it. Since the Coalition took power, a number of rights people had at work three years ago are simply no longer there. For example, if you...5th September 2012
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Britons did a whopping two billion hours of unpaid overtime last year – worth a record £29.2 billion to the UK economy. Or put another way, that's roughly equivalent to a million extra full-time jobs...5th January 2012
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Blogging, tweeting, or keeping your friends up to date on facebook all blur the boundaries between our work and personal lives, but employers and workers alike are still struggling to adjust....29th September 2011
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If you've ever felt fed up with your boring suit, or hideous uniform, spare a thought for Chen Nong, who has to wear the same stripey t-shirt every day to get his job done. Chen, an employee of...20th September 2011
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Work more than 40 hours a week? You're 6 times more likely to 'burn out' than those who work fewer than 35. New research from the Aragon Institute of Health Sciences in Spain shows that long hours...30th June 2011
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Almost one in 5 UK business admits using internships as a source of cheap labour. 17% of employers said they had taken on interns in order to get work done more cheaply in a survey carried out by...6th May 2011
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Most of us will be getting an extra Bank Holiday this year, but double check your contract before booking a trip away. This month sees a double bank holiday whammy, with the Easter weekend closely...4th April 2011
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A record 5.26 million people worked unpaid overtime last year – the highest since records began in 1992. Today, on Work Your Proper Hours Day (WYPHD), the TUC's analysis of official figures shows...25th February 2011