A shorter working week would to help combat high levels of work-related stress and be good for the economy. While the UK government’s new flexible working plan is a welcome move in the right direction, it will still be too easy for employers to block requests. John Ashton, the President of the UK Faculty of Public Health recently said:
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Let’s hear it for a 35 hour week
Jun 10th, 2011 by Owen Jones.Because workers in Britain have fewer rights than practically every other country in Western Europe, it’s difficult to know where to begin when suggesting what to tackle first. The lack of real trade union rights, leaving us in violation of our obligations as signatories of the International Labour Convention? The lack of rights for agency […]
