[Gllug] Someone with a postcode database do me a favour

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 25 May, M.Blackmore wrote:

> I think there is a more endemic problem, and "we" IT professionals have
> had a significant role in bringing it about too.
> 
> I read a very good essay on an email list sometime last year or so which
> blamed the rise of the short term work job, with people lacking
> stability of employment and changing every couple of years, being a
> primary responsibility factor in the low quality of work being done by
> most people. What's the point of investing time and emotional and
> physical effort in mastering something, when some money grubbing suit
> who can't be bothered a stuff about oldfashioned social "personal
> calibre" factors like loyalty, committment and pride in a job, just
> gives everyone the heave ho every 2 years so they don't build up
> employment rights, or are reorganised to hell and back again into
> different roles? It was a very convincing argument backed up with a lot
> of survey data and showing how globalised capitalism was essentially
> devouring its own base in the pursuit of short term profit margins
> (remember Keynes and net aggregate demand?).

   It seems there was a recent ammendment that gives temporary workers with
over 12 weeks continuous employment the same rights as permanent staff.

Temp workers to get equal rights after 12 weeks | The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/uk_agency_workers_government_agreement/

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