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Nice Work is Radio 4's essential guide to working life in Britain today - we aim to cut through the jargon to get to the heart of what matters.
Email the programme at nicework@bbc.co.uk
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"Presenting Nice Work is fascinating because of the wide range of stories you hear, and the people you get to meet. Not only do we cover the big picture trends and theories, we get up close to the real experience of work, from the people who actually do it.
In this series we ask, are girls getting a raw deal when it comes to being paid for helping out around the home? Anecdotal evidence suggests that boys earn more. We'll be investigating, and giving kids of both sexes some useful negotiating techniques to try out on their parents.
Also in the series, employment rights for members of the clergy. Should clerics be protected from unfair dismissal and discrimination at work in the same way as other employees? The Church of England isn’t convinced - we'll hear the arguments from both sides. And competitive couples - what's it like to live with a partner who does the same job? Does the insight make you more supportive or is career rivalry driving a competitive wedge between you?
Philippa Lamb |
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Long Working Hours
Long working hours are the curse of the modern British workplace - of all the developed nations only the US works longer hours than we do. The habit of regularly putting in extra hours has become so entrenched that many of us now accept it as a necessary part of working life, but is that really the case? Despite all that time at our desks, research suggests that British workers are still not as productive as some of our counterparts abroad. With the publication of hard evidence that excessive hours damage your health, we'll be asking whether the time has come to find a new way of working.
Guests:
Judy Grahame - ex-director of external affairs at the Royal Opera House
Malcolm Harrington - professor of occupational health at the University of Birmingham
John Knell - director of research at The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society)
Ron Goetzel - director of The Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Cornell University, US
Clive Pinder - MD, Vielife
Ian Phillips - commercial director, Jordan Grand Prix
John Cooper - head of occupational health, Unilever
Stress
Also, we hear from three Nice Work listeners who are suffering from work related stress. They contacted us after the first programme in the series to road-test three self-help strategies: an exercise regime, an interactive CD Rom and a personal coach.
Guests:
Maria is trying to improve her health and resilience by joining Total Fitness in Lancaster, for exercise and relaxation, and Le Visage for head and back massage.
Hugh is using an interactive CD ROM at his computer.
Ruth is seeing a personal coach, Pauline Willis, for 4 weeks of one-to-one sessions.
Find out how useful these strategies are in tackling their workplace stress in Nice Work on 1st October
Bullying
And the high price that one German woman working in London has had to pay to win a discrimination case against her bullying British employer.
Guests:
Claudia Stark -Won a bullying/discrimination case against her former employers
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RELATED LINKS
Working Hours
Government fact sheet on long working hours
The Work Foundation (formerly the Industrial Society)
The Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, Cornell University, US
Link to research paper on the effects of long working hours, as discussed in the programme.
Stress
Stress-busting CD ROM "Under Pressure", tested on the programme
Coaching and support organisation tested on the programme
HSE information about occupational stress
Bullying
National workplace bullying advice
Equal Opportunities Commission advice
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