JOB MARKET ENDS 2006 ON STRONG NOTE

Businesses added many more workers to their payrolls last month than economists expected, and their pay rose at a healthy clip — further evidence of strength in the job market despite a slowdown in the economy.
The Labor Department reported this morning that nonfarm employment grew by a net 167,000 jobs in December,… More
Last Updated: 2007-01-05 16:47:40

CHRISTIAN STUDENTS TAKE 'EQUALITY' ROW TO COURT

Christian students are taking legal action against their university's Student Guild in an equal opportunities row.
The Exeter University Evangelical Christian Union today issued High Court proceedings seeking a judicial review.
They claim to be the first students in the UK to take legal action against the… More
Last Updated: 2007-01-05 16:46:26

SEX AND POWER

Women remain seriously under-represented in senior positions, sidelined into the "mummy career track" because bosses will not allow them to work hours that let them combine a high-flying career with a family, a report says today.A "sex and power" survey of women in senior positions across the public and… More
Last Updated: 2007-01-05 16:45:00

IMMIGRANTS' BOOST TO UK 'MINIMAL'

The financial benefits brought to the UK by immigrants are "very slight" and amount to just 4p a week per Briton, it has been claimed.
Migrationwatch, which campaigns against mass immigration, said the gain to the native population would allow each person to buy just a third of a Mars bar a month.
The… More
Last Updated: 2007-01-04 01:04:51

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