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Work Your Proper Hours Day
Work Your Proper Hours Day (24 Feb 2012) is the day when the average person who does unpaid overtime finishes the unpaid days they do every year, and starts earning for themselves. We think that's a day worth celebrating.
Over five million people at work in the UK regularly do unpaid overtime, giving their employers £29.2 billion of free work last year alone. If you're one, why not take some time to reflect on how well (or badly) you're balancing your life? This is one day in the year to make the most of your own time. Take a proper lunchbreak and leave work on time to enjoy your Friday evening - You deserve it!
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For information visit http://www.worksmart.org.uk/workyourproperhoursday
The most recent documents available on this subject are:
Time for Change: Health & Safety manifesto
A trade union manifesto for reclaiming health and safety at work.
8 February 2013
Total unpaid overtime worked is equivalent to a million extra jobs
The two billion hours of unpaid overtime worked last year would be enough to create over a million extra full-time jobs, the TUC says today (Thursday) as it announces the date for Work Your Proper Hours Day 2012.
5 January 2012
Employers stop one in five workers from working from home
Nearly one in five workers want to work from home but are being prevented from doing so by their employer, says the TUC as it offers five reasons for businesses to try out home working to mark National Work From Home Day today (Friday).
24 September 2010
One million UK businesses could benefit from a new bank holiday
Nearly one million UK businesses could benefit from a new bank holiday, according to a new TUC report out today (Friday). The TUC are calling for a 'Community Day' bank holiday in late October to celebrate and encourage volunteering and community act...
22 August 2008
Time to end the nation's 30-year wait for a new bank holiday
The TUC is today (Thursday) marking the 30th anniversary of the creation of the May Day holiday - the last bank holiday to be introduced in the UK - by calling for a new autumn holiday to celebrate the great British tradition of volunteering.
1 May 2008
Community Day holiday would give huge boost to the UK's 20 million volunteers
The TUC and voluntary sector organisations are today (Monday) marking the longest period between bank holidays by calling for a new Community Day holiday in October to celebrate the work of UK's 20 million volunteers.
29 October 2007
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