Using part-time workers
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UK companies increased their use of part-time staff, with nearly 1/4th of employees working part-time. Employers say part-timers' flexibility helps provide better coverage and customer service, but critics claim part-time work merely saves on labor costs, pointing to the lower overall wages commanded by part-timers, particularly females. Labor unions, usually hostile to part-time work, have come to embrace the practice. Moreover, part-time workers have secured better employment rights and many professionals have begun to work part-time.
Publication Name: IRS Employment Trends
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1358-2216
Year: 1997
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"Jobs for life" still exists for many workers
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Simon Burgess and Hedley Rees' report 'Life time jobs and transient jobs: jobs tenure in Britain 1975-1991' challenges the widespread belief that "jobs for life" has become an obsolete concept. The study, based on General Household Survey data between 1975 and 1991, indicates that men on average have been with their current employers for 15 years and women for 12 years. Analysis of the data based on the age of the respondents, their skill level and in comparison with the economic recovery cycle helps in getting a holistic picture.
Publication Name: IRS Employment Trends
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1358-2216
Year: 1995
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Catholic Church champions workers' rights
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Employees rights are supported by the Catholic Church in a 1996 UK bishops statement. The Church supports trade unionism, minimum wages, just wages, work hour limits, and employees' right to strike. The Church's stance is not a political one, but rather a religion-based approach to creating fair and just industrial relations. A excerpt of the bishops' statement is included.
Publication Name: IRS Employment Trends
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 1358-2216
Year: 1996
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