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Love it or hate it

EMPLOYMENT: Do you enjoy your job or do you dread going to work every day? Recent surveys have discovered what the ten most hated jobs are, and the ten that make people happiest. The lists may surprise you.

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US employment growth ____ to a halt in August.

Ground or wound?

Trade unions

What are some of the current trends regarding trade unions? In this exercise, we focus on the vocabulary used to talk about this topic.

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Thema

Cleaning up

Public anger over media corruption is bringing revolutionary change to Britain, writes The Guardian. In the US, the government is not reacting effectively to one of the worst consequences of the financial crisis, writes the Financial Times.

As eurozone leaders struggle to find a workable solution, could the euro be in danger?

Should Germany drop the euro?

The euro has been good to Germany, but has the euro crisis exposed serious weaknesses in the single-currency system of Europe? Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 3/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online.

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Should Firms allow duvet days?

Could a duvet day help employees to cope with the stress of the modern workplace? Not everyone would condone such a culture. Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 2/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online.

Blaumachtag, freier Tag (wörtlich: “Federbett-Tag”)

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Full employment!

Work is all about employment — and employers and employees. Our test looks at how to form words from the base word employ. Can you type the correct form in the box to complete our statements?

EFA (36): Discouraged workers

The 36th item in our Economics for Amateurs (EFA) series, which you can find here each Monday, looks at what seems like a very common problem: discouraged workers. But this is not exactly what it appears to be.

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Men at work?

US: In an employment trend some call "historic", soon more women than men in America will have jobs. There are two main reasons for the trend.

Too old for what?

In many ways, I have had a lucky life. In particular, as a white British male, I have rarely experienced any overt form of negative discrimination. But at last I have become a member of a group that is often discriminated against.

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Business Spotlight 2/2012 Test: How to get a job

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