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84% use smartphones in the workplace 78% regularly respond to text messages during working hours online assessment 120 hours per year – spent on smartphones The average British worker spends as many as 120 hours per year using their smartphones in the workplace, according to research. Research of 2,012 UK… Continue reading
19 Jan
2017
Cases to look out for in 2017
__ Court decisions due on workers’ rights, holiday pay and religious discrimination Organisations keeping an eye on employment case law may experience a sense of déjà vu this year as some of the ‘cases to look out for’ that featured in last year’s previews are subject to further appeals this year, and others, which… Continue reading
09 Mar
2016
Women ‘face pay penalty for becoming mothers before 33’
A fifth of female employees are forced out of their jobs after becoming pregnant, suggests TUC study Women who become mothers before the age of 33 earn 15 per cent less than their female colleagues without children, according to a survey from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) released to coincide with today’s International Women’s Day. The… Continue reading