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Flexible-working rights for parents extended
News Legislation dating from 2003 allowed parents with children under the age of six to request flexible-working conditions from employers, who were obliged to "seriously consider" such applications and reject them only if there were "good business...
[April 6, 2009, 17:19]
IT vendors exposed over 'sweatshop' factories
News CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, says it has uncovered "dire working conditions" at computer production sites in Mexico, China and Thailand. Workers employed in factories in the developing world making computer components for...
[January 27, 2004, 16:50]
Tech coalition launches sweatshop probe
News In response, the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a self-regulating body set up by technology companies, will carry out a third-party audit into the working conditions at the factory, IBM told ZDNet UK on Friday.
[February 13, 2009, 16:46]
News Roundup: BT in crisis
News Monday also marked the beginning of the company's first strike in 13 years as around 4,000 Communication Workers Union members protested against working conditions in call centres. In the meantime, the telco is facing action from its own workers...
[November 19, 1999, 17:20]
Dell Latitude E6500 review
Reviews The keyboard has a backlight that illuminates the white key markings, which is the best solution we've seen to the problem of working in darker conditions. You can manually turn the keyboard backlight on and off, or have it activate automatically...
[October 1, 2008, 14:51]
£20bn gov't scheme to help SMEs in credit crunch
News It is intended to help "smaller, credit-worthy companies which might otherwise fail to access the finance they need for working capital or investment finance due to the current tight lending conditions", according to the BERR statement.
[January 14, 2009, 14:24]
Bush hints door may open for more tech workers
News He thinks that if the Bush proposal does include skilled temporary worker programmes, it "would include some provision to protect the wages and working conditions of similarly situated US workers. In his early January speech, Bush said: "Decent...
[January 21, 2004, 13:59]
Chipmakers agree to sponsor cancer research
News More than 200 former workers have sued IBM, alleging that working at the company's manufacturing plants had led to an assortment of cancers and other debilitating medical conditions. This industry has always looked for ways to improve the...
[March 19, 2004, 9:00]
Palm hit by PalmSource delays
News While the company will pay the $42.5m owed for 2006, Palm is no longer required to make the minimum payments of $35m in 2007, $20m in 2008, and $10m in 2009 because the contract was "subject to conditions that have not been met", according to the...
[August 1, 2006, 9:40]
Win a car in ZDNet.co.uk's Homebrew Challenge review
Reviews Our appointed car dealer will contact the winner, subject to their usual delivery terms and conditions. As per our standard terms and conditions, CNET Networks UK Ltd accepts no liability in relation to any of the above.
[November 8, 2007, 10:36]
BT strike hailed a success by union
News Ninety percent of CWU members did not turn up for work at BT's 150 and 151 call centres this morning in protest over "oppressive" and "intimidating" working conditions. BT claims it is working on improving conditions in its call centres, employing...
[November 22, 1999, 12:12]
Does it even need to be said
Talkback This is undoubtedly a bunch of health professionals under ridiculously tough working conditions, working every day with potentially dangerous patients with in many cases little or nothing to lose. They weren't properly briefed by their management...
[January 13, 2009, 13:49]
Teleworkers get new employment safeguards
News The agreement, which was signed in Brussels and will be implemented within three years, affects employees of multinationals, but is also expected to form a general framework at European level for all teleworkers' working conditions, with the...
[July 18, 2002, 14:50]
Extracting Data: Gas Company Connects Employees With Critical Information by Integrating Microsoft Office With Enterprise System
White Papers The working conditions for VostokGazprom employees in the field are extraordinarily challenging. The company needs to hire people who not only are willing to work in these conditions, but also have the highly specialized skills in geology...
[June 30, 2008, 0:56]
Check Point Case Study: ANSA
White Papers ANSA journalists working under stressful conditions and extreme deadline pressure must be able to file their stories in a timely manner from anywhere that news is breaking. The leading news agency in Italy, ANSA provides complete coverage of...
[August 4, 2008, 19:08]
Impact of High Density Hot Aisles on IT Personnel Work Conditions
White Papers The use of modern enclosed hot aisles to address increasing power densities in the data center has brought into question the suitability of working conditions in these hot aisle environments. In this paper, it is determined that the additional heat...
[October 1, 2009, 9:29]
Climatologist Douglas Hardy Travels to Glaciers in the Highest Places on Earth, Where His Dell Latitude ATG Works Every Time
White Papers The primary goal of the expeditions is to glaciers at 19,000 feet and higher on mountains in tropical ranges expose equipment to harsh working conditions that include physical shocks, vibration, dust, moisture, extreme temperatures, and low...
[June 18, 2009, 14:51]
TCP Anomalies: Identification and Analysis
White Papers Passive measurements have recently received large attention from the scientific community as a mean, not only for traffic characterization, but also to infer critical protocol behaviors and network working conditions.
[December 27, 2007, 0:01]
Survey Select Pro
Downloads You can use Survey Select to solicit information from: Customers regarding product feedback Employees regarding topics such as pay, benefits, teams and working conditions Customers regarding company service Associations regarding client, service...
[December 13, 2000, 7:00]
SIGNificant Offline Client
Downloads This solution is especially suited for professionals whose working conditions dont include online connectivity on a regular basis, or for those who wish to work offline such as field agents or small businesses.
[September 2, 2008, 11:44]
