UK Temps - temporary job recruitment

Line managers are afraid of losing their jobs due to the increasing flexible working practices of employees.

The theory comes from the fact that managers are concerned about employees’ ability to work effectively without them. If employees are proving their worth in a self regulated environment then who needs a manager?

The actual realisation that managers are there because they deliver a service vital to running a business that is not solely based around delivering orders.

It seems that managers are trying to manage a generation Y workforce but were equipped only with the wrong skill set, which was making them feel anxious, inferior and resistant to change.

The problem that needs to be solved is that we need to make sure we are developing people, givng them the tools to manage effectively.

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For the last decade Hedge Funds have been seen as the fail safe in the financial services sector. Today, media reports suggested that, Hedge funds suffered their worst month of performance in 10 years indicating that the instability of the market is effecting everyone!

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The Christmas period creates many temp jobs especially within Royal Mail. During December the Royal Mail will employ around 20,000 additional staff, have vacancies across the country and need shift workers at every location.

So if you are looking for a temp job contact the Royal Mail.

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Nearly 2000 people are claiming £4.4 million in benefit because they are too fat to work, other payments include 10 people incapacitated by leprosy and 50 people due to acne. The picture gets worse when you take depression, stress and fatigue or ‘unknown’ diseases into account with 2,700,000 people claiming £7.4 billion…. Do you blame people for working the system or should the Government actually close these loop holes.

Incapacity benefit is available to anyone under state pension age who cannot work because of illness or disability. A person becomes eligible after they have been on statutory sick pay for eight weeks. The amount payable ranges from between £61.35 a week to £81.35 a week, compared with £59.15 jobseekers allowance. (src The Times)

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Following on from a previous article we wrote about the “big four” supermarkets and the effect that they are having on local businesses the commission has made the following suggestions :

• Force some stores to sell ’spare’ land in areas lacking in competition.
• Ban stores from using legal tactics to block land purchasing.
• Relaxing planning law to allow more out of town developments but subject to tight controls .

Apparently the findings also suggested that 2,000 local stores are closing a year, but the supermarkets are not having an effect, no comment!! What do you think?

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