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Britain's labour figures hide the real hours we work every day. Nowadays we do a lot of work when we come home from work. Yet our outdated statistics don't record any of it
27 August 2012 | 19:05 | Агенция Фокус
Every age has its silliness about what constitutes work, but ours may be the silliest. Britannia Unchained, a book by a group of Tory MPs that will be published before the Conservative party conference in October, is further evidence: the British, it claims, are "the worst idlers in the world". But the problem is not with the British work ethic, but with the changing nature of work. The economist...
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Economic pressures drive young adults home to roost. Families rediscover the financial benefits of intergenerational living as high house prices, increased unemployment and care issues take their toll, Aviva report says
27 August 2012 | 19:02 | Агенция Фокус
About three-quarters of people in the UK have lived with other family members after turning 18, with some returning to the parental home three times as their circumstances change, according to research by Aviva. Rising house prices, increased youth unemployment and the cost of care in older age are all driving families to rediscover the financial and social benefits of intergenerational living,...
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What is women's work? Does something you don't get paid for ever count?
27 August 2012 | 18:42 | Агенция Фокус
Married women today are not banned from working, as they were 100 years ago. Moreover, their husbands don't feel demeaned by it! Back then, what a woman did at home simply didn't count as work, however what was essential was the family but to the man's job. So what does count? Not just tasks you get paid for – voluntary workers, or gymnasts learning to tie themselves in knots...
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Graduates won't abandon principles despite tough jobs market. More than half of graduates are interested in jobs that will 'make a difference', despite increasing difficulty in finding work
27 August 2012 | 18:24 | Агенция Фокус
Graduates are making decent salaries, bonus potential and employee benefits in favour of more altruistic aims, according to research. Graduates are placing less importance on earnings and benefits in comparance to 2011, with fewer than one in 10 (8%) saying that a basic salary is in their top three considerations when applying for a job. This contrasts with almost half (45%) in 2011, according...