A British airline pilot has been sacked after footage of him performing a fly by at just 28 feet found it’s way onto popular internet video site YouTube. Read more…
posted 05/03/2008
A senior police officer has had a plum job offer withdrawn over his activities on social networking site Facebook. Inspector Chris Dreyfus of British Transport Police had been interviewed for the role of Chief Inspector at Bedfordshire Constabulary, but whilst checking references, his new employers found he’d previously been disciplined for posting details of his private life and sexuality on Facebook, and dropped him. Read more…
posted 28/02/2008
Here’s a quick roundup of what some of the blogosphere is saying about Work Your Proper Hours Day:
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posted 20/02/2008
Have you ever found it hard to keep up a smile at work? If so, spare a thought for staff in the Japanese service sector, who since the 80’s have been trained to smile as much as possible throughout the day. The nation’s perma-grin is starting to take its toll on its workers, predominantly younger women. Suppressing their emotions all day means they find it hard to turn off the smile and manage emotions when they leave for the day, leading in severe cases to stress and depression. Leo Lewis has the story in The Times
posted 12/02/2008
Coming soon to a lunchbreak near you! Friday 22nd February is Work Your Proper Hours Day. It’s a day to mark the amount of unpaid overtime done by UK employees, and prompt people to think a bit more about their work/life balance (or the lack of it). Read more…
posted 04/01/2008
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