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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.
Over the next six weeks we'll be looking at the pros and cons of work experience; investigative claims that Britain is fast becoming a nation of malingerers and updating you on disability issues. We'll also be looking into the spiritual side of working life and finding out about the help available for people who want to return to work after a lengthy career break."
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EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOR THE CLERGY
If there's one employer who should treat its staff well, you'd think it would be the Church of England. But the eight and a half thousand Anglican vicars have no employment rights. Technically they're not employees but "office holders" without a boss. That means that they have no rights to claim unfair dismissal or to get redundancy payments.
Attempts to change this have been going on for some time. And Nice Work has learned that next month a Church of England working party will finally publish its proposals on giving employment rights to the clergy.
But it's not going to be straight forward. They still don't want to make them "employees", arguing that the unique role of the clergy would make that status unsuitable. So how much protection would the clergy be given? To discuss this we'll be talking to:
Professor David McClean
Chairman of the working party, Professor of Law at Sheffield University
Chris Ball
National Secretary of Amicus with responsibility for the clergy, Amicus-AEEU
The Reverend Tony Bell
has represented clergy in disputes with the Church and has written about HR policy and the Church
Huw Edwards
Labour MP for Monmouth
Also report by Mike Johnson on the plight of one vicar in West London whose Church is facing closure.
HOW TO GET A PAY RISE
Have you ever sat at your desk at work and wondered if your colleagues are being paid more than you - for much the same work?
How much we earn is something people can be cagey about. But you can now go on the web and find a piece of software called PayFinder that claims to be able to tell you what you are worth. All you do is key in your details and it will compare your salary to others doing the same job as you.
To discuss the best way to go about trying to get a pay rise we will be talking to:
Ros Jay
Author, How to get a Pay Rise
Stephen Alambritis
Federation of Small Businesses
Veronica Dean
Partner in the Employment Department of Hammonds
Contact Us
You can contact us by emailing - nicework@bbc.co.uk.
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RELATED LINKS
Sheffield University
Amicus-AEEU
Huw Edwards MP
Federation of Small Businesses
Hammonds
PayFinder
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