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The Equalities Bill is expected to force employers to disclose salary structures to make the 40% pay difference between men and women more transparent.

The Bill will encourage firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates, effectively discriminating against white men. Minister Harriet Harman told GMTV “Most women are just as committed to their jobs, yet if you are a woman working part time, your get 40% less per hour on average than a man working full time”.

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More than 1 million work days were lost in 2007 due to staff strikes, that is 250,000 more than in 2006. The transport, storage and communication industries were hardest hit. The North West saw the most days lost and the East Midlands the fewest according to the GMB.

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It is generally thoguht that working as a temp in an unglamorous option of employment. The image of low paid workers expoited by frugal recruitment companies and unappreciative employers apparently still exists. However, CBI research shows that 84% of agency workers are highly satisfied with their job roles and 66% are content with their pay. Approximately one third of the respondants were also career temps. Career temps make the choice to remain as a temp throughout their career. It suits their lifestyles and provides them with the balance that they are looking for.

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The recruitment industry is worth some £26.6 billion in the United Kingdom. 80% of this figure is generated by recruitment companies earning revenue from temporary appointments. Recruitment companies value temps very highly.

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Newly published UCAS figures reveal a 7% rise in applications to universities this year. But there’s only a modest rise in applications from the lowest socio-economic groups, apparently.

Research from the Sutton Trust suggests that many students from poorer backgrounds are put off from applying to university because they’re afraid of getting into debt - and very few of them tend to be aware of the bursaries or maintenance grants on offer.

Moreover, students from homes with an annual income of less than £35,000 are much more likely to consider a local university. Over the past ten years, the percentage of students planning to attend nearby universities so that they can live at home has increased more than threefold, from 18% to 56%.

Sutton Trust chairman Sir Peter Lampl said “Young people need better information on the complex system of bursaries and grants, and this needs to be provided before they have made their higher education choices.”

Welcoming the new UCAS figures, higher education minister Bill Rammell commented: “We want to ensure that money is not a barrier to higher education, which is why we have introduced an improved financial package of support, starting this autumn, that has been well publicised to students, their parents, careers advisers and schools… nobody should be put off considering higher education for financial reasons.”

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