Archive | January, 2008
Employment the Con way
The uproar over the strangely un-Tory looking Tory Derek Conway whose recruitment policy consisted of co-opting members of his family to do his bidding has led to a raft of job losses at Conway plc, after he announced he would… continue
Women: the rules
Guru was handed a superb article today from the July 1943 issue of everybody’s favourite transportation magazine – Transportation Magazine.
Written for male supervisers of female workers during the successful Second World War, many of its lessons hold true today.… continue
Home and cry
First sushi, then karaoke, now this.
A Japanese company is giving its all-female staff the right to take paid leave in the immediate aftermath of a relationship break-up.… continue
Fat fighting initiative could end in a bun fight
News that the government is to pay fatties to lose weight is good news for our growing workforce.
After all, if they manage to slim down a touch, they’ll be quids in and will be able to nip down to… continue
Uh-oh, urine trouble
Always being a law-abiding citizen Guru felt a mote of sympathy for our boys in blue as their request to have their pay rise backdated was roundly ignored by the home secretary.
Quite rightly casting aside any notions of a… continue
Kebab workers face the meat cleaver
Honest, hard-working takeaway workers everywhere will have been dismayed to read the interview with home secretary Jacqui Smith in yesterday’s Sunday Times.
Kebab-shop employees have probably not been dealt as harsh a blow since Jade Goody referred to her genetalia… continue
Teaching cock-up
As a young scamp, Guru was hailed by his classmates for his ability to drop a pencil at the right time and place to maximise the view of Miss Robinson bending over to pick it up. It provided entertainment for… continue
Children’s TV goes through purple patch
It all ended happy ever after for the production company responsible for the only TV programme to get close to being a modern-day morality play – In the Night Garden – after it had been taken to court by a… continue
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