A report by nef (the new economics foundation), suggests that a 21 hour working week could become the norm in the future.
Would you advertise for "cool and good-looking" staff? Is the term "junior stylist" ageist? Is the term "reliable" OK?
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This month's hot topic is the new statutory right to request time off for study or training which will apply to certain employees as from April 2010, and will be further extended to employees in businesses of all sizes in April 2011.
According to KPMG, there was a huge increase in serious employee fraud in 2009, with 123 cases of serious fraud by employees and managers and a total loss of £567 million. Crimes by managers accounted for £335 million of losses (£129m in 2008), and employees committed £232 million of fraud (£100 million in 2008).
Whilst the papers are saying that we are at the end of the recession, it may still take years to recover. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) predicts that unemployment will reach 2.8m this summer, and that the jobs market will only show signs of recovery in the second half of 2010.
