Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies have won millions in compensation after a long-running legal battle finally ended. The union Unite has reached a settlement with construction firms that will mean over 250 workers share more than £10 million pounds in compensation. Georgie speaks to Beverley Sunderland from Crossland Employment Solicitors
Guests: Beverley Sunderland
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
The average UK office worker sits 10 hours each day, with almost 70% of sitting taking place at work and 73 per cent only leaving their desk for toilet or tea breaks. And new scientific findings indicate we may be at risk of multiple health risks. Gavin Bradley, Founding Director of Active Working CiC, runs an event that is happening on Friday - 'On Your Feet Britain' in order to inform on the health risks of sedentary working cultures .
Guests: Gavin Bradley
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Jonas Gutierrez has been given his due by a tribunal for being illegally dismissed on the basis of a cancer diagnosis. Compensation will be coming later, but in the meantime, what does this mean for disability discrimination in the future? Kevin Charles of Crossland Solicitors joins Georgie Frost to unpack what effect this might have.
Guests: Kevin Charles
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After Budget week, the award winning team looks at the George Osborne's budget in more detail and the new taxes that have been announced. Sugar tax, £1000 interest-free tax and the Northern Powerhouse are just a few topics the team will be discussing...
Guests: Simon Lambert,Lee Boyce
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues Best Of The Week
Every week we cherry-pick the the best content from each strand so you don't miss a thing.
Guests: Billy Bambrough,Rebecca Harkins,Luke Hildyard,Chris Ward,Hosuk Lee-Makiyama,Hannah Maundrell
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How much more productive would you be at work if you never even went to the office? In this show Georgie chats to Chris Ward the author of the book Out of Office. He says: "An office is where you can climb the corporate ladder. Coffee shops and other hot spots are where you can change your life and have other big ideas to change the world around you."
Guests: Chris Ward
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Georgie takes a look at the latest NEET figures, GCSE results and the other current issues surrounding youth employment with two young ambassadors from Youth Employment UK.
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The team from This Is Money the award winning section of the mail online are back. This week they take a look at how to complain like a pro with the new professional complaining service, why there’s a growing gap between Britain's richest and poorest families, and what exactly world war two radios have to do with trading.
Guests: Lee Boyce,Rachel Rickard-Straus
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Original Broadcast: Careers Clinic
According to the Department of Business, Industry and Skills bad management is responsible for as much as 56% of small-business failures. Georgie Frost spoke to Hywel Roberts from Growth Business UK to talk through the issues faced by small businesses.
Guests: Hywel Roberts
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As new research suggests night shifts can have a negative effect on your health, Georgie Frost talks Professor Derk-Yan Dyke, professor of sleep and physiology at Surrey University and Director of the Surrey sleep research centre to find out why working nights are bad for more than just our social life.
Guests: Professor Derk-Yan Dyke
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