In numbers 18 April 2007_2
10 September 2012
Two-thirds of women in low-paid jobs are unaware that maternity laws have changed.
Two-thirds of women in low-paid jobs are unaware that maternity laws have changed. From 1 April, pregnant workers now get 9 months' paid leave instead of 6 and statutory maternity pay has risen to 39 weeks. This includes 6 weeks at 90% and 33 weeks at a flat rate of £112.75.
Unless emails are used intelligently, businesses should ban them, according to a study by the Association of Personal Assistants. Only 1 in 5 PAs felt that emails made their firms more efficient and more than 60% complained that the volume 'seriously impeded' effectiveness, which prevented them from doing their jobs properly.
The number of men working in early childhood centres in New Zealand is falling and the Early Childhood Council (ECC) is planning a campaign to attract them. At the first 'Men in Early Child Care and Teaching' summit in Christchurch, attended by around 70 of New Zealand's 132 or so male early childhood workers, ECC chief executive Sue Thorne said that men made up less than 1% of early childhood workers. Recent national campaigns to attract more men had succeeded in Denmark, Belgium and Britain, according to Thorne. In 2005, 13,609 women worked in the sector in New Zealand, compared with only 132 men.
More than 100 jobs will be created by shipbuilding company VT Group - and a further 200 existing jobs will be sustained - following a £150m contract win to build three off-shore patrol vessels. The Southampton-based company signed a contract with the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard to supply the three patrol vessels, which will be 295ft (90m) in length. Production at the firm's yard in Portsmouth is expected to start in the autumn for completion in 2009.
Unless emails are used intelligently, businesses should ban them, according to a study by the Association of Personal Assistants. Only 1 in 5 PAs felt that emails made their firms more efficient and more than 60% complained that the volume 'seriously impeded' effectiveness, which prevented them from doing their jobs properly.
The number of men working in early childhood centres in New Zealand is falling and the Early Childhood Council (ECC) is planning a campaign to attract them. At the first 'Men in Early Child Care and Teaching' summit in Christchurch, attended by around 70 of New Zealand's 132 or so male early childhood workers, ECC chief executive Sue Thorne said that men made up less than 1% of early childhood workers. Recent national campaigns to attract more men had succeeded in Denmark, Belgium and Britain, according to Thorne. In 2005, 13,609 women worked in the sector in New Zealand, compared with only 132 men.
More than 100 jobs will be created by shipbuilding company VT Group - and a further 200 existing jobs will be sustained - following a £150m contract win to build three off-shore patrol vessels. The Southampton-based company signed a contract with the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard to supply the three patrol vessels, which will be 295ft (90m) in length. Production at the firm's yard in Portsmouth is expected to start in the autumn for completion in 2009.
