This week’s news in brief
Stress awareness day
Employers are being urged to offer staff advice on stress on
Wednesday 5 November – National Stress Awareness Day. Organised for the sixth year running by the
International Stress Management Association, the theme this year is ‘We can all
do something about stress’.Â
www.isma.org.uk/aware.htm
Downsizing plans
More than two-thirds of workers under the age of 35 are
considering downsizing their job to achieve better work-life balance. A study
by Prudential also found that nearly 1 million people aged between 35 and 54
are making ‘serious plans’ to downsize their work. Â www.prudential.co.uk
Commendation for PT
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PersonnelToday.com was singled out for special commendation at
last week’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) awards. The site was
shortlisted in the integration of media category, with a special mention by the
judges. This is the second honour for the site in 2003. Earlier this year, it
was highly commended at the Periodical Publishers Association awards.
