Grandparents to be 'paid' to look after grandchildren

I'm in two minds over this one:

Firstly, great. It's about time all those wrinklies were compensated for all the school runs run and packed lunches packed.

However, isn't this another device that seperates parent from child, almost makes the split justifiable if the government can push childcare onto the grandparent. The other side of the coin is that this government, this society, is still forcing parents to work ridiculous hours under increasing stress just to be able to pay the bills. It's all set up to keep the wheels turning while generations of kids grow up without guidance or discipline.

What is needed is greater flexibility in the workforce, a greater focus on the needs of families not the bottom line, it's that bankers mindset that got us in this shit.

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The Worst Three Outsourcing Cities for -

Corruption & Organized Crime

1. Bogota, Colombia
2. Juarez, Mexico
3. Johannesburg, South Africa

Heightening Trans-national & Geopolitical Issues

1. Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon, India
2. Jerusalem, Israel
3. Colombo, Sri Lanka

Unsecured or Unprotected Networks and Infrastructure

1. Bogota, Colombia
2. Bangkok, Thailand
3. Kingston, Jamaica

Unstable Currency

1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Bogota, Colombia
3. Johannesburg, South Africa

Personal Crime Rate/Police-to-Citizen Ratio

1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Johannesburg, South Africa
3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Waste & Pollution

1. Bangalore, India
2. Chandigarh, India
3. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

High Terrorism/Rebel Target Threat

1. Mumbai, India
2. Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon, India
3. Jerusalem, Israel

Legal System Immaturity

1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Bogota, Colombia
3. Kingston, Jamaica

Weather/Climate Threats

1. Kingston, Jamaica
2. Manila/Cebu/ Makati, Philippines
3. Bangkok, Thailand

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The 25 Riskiest Outsourcing Hubs in the World

(Editor's note: Rankings based on mean scores in ten areas of risk as reported by The Brown-Wilson Group's "2009: The Year of Outsourcing Dangerously".)

1. Bogota, Colombia
2. Bangkok, Thailand
3. Johannesburg, South Africa
4. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
5. Kingston, Jamaica
6. Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon, India
7. Manila/Cebu/Makita, Philippines
8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9. Mumbai, India
10. Jerusalem, Israel
11. Curitiba, Brazil
12. Dalian, China
13. Juarez, Mexico
14. Brasilia, Brazil
15. Chandigarh, India
16. Colombo, Sri Lanka
17. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
18. Quezon City, Philippines
19. Accra, Ghana
20. Pune, India
21. Chennai, India
22. Hanoi, Vietnam
23. Bangalore, India
24. Hyderabad, India
25. Kolkata, India

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Stay-At-Home Mums Leaving Home

The effects of the credit crunch march on with new figures revealing 70% of stay-at-home mums are looking to return early to full-time employment.

In doing this, of course, the children will have to be looked after by paid help, which is increasing in cost, and so most of the money earnt by returning to work is blown on childcare. And so the vicious circle continues.

Some parents try and break the cycle by setting up franchises or taking up work-from-home opportunities. Good luck to them but have you actually done the maths on some of these things, you can invest £1000's just to break even in the first few years, hardly beneficial to cash flow.

So what to do? Go to work and be skint or stay at home and be skint?

If you have marketable skills that you've spent years using and honing do you think there are businesses out there that could use those skills? Bloody right there is! Especially in this climate there are businesses that are screaming for all sorts of things that they want doing, from legal work to engineering, but they don't want to fork out for a full time employee.

Take a look at our website where we try to give parents looking for flexible work or a business opportunity another option in the work-life struggle that many are facing.

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Flexible Working Survey Reassures UK Companies

In a YouGov survey of over 2,000 parents currently working full-time, 17 per cent said they would definitely be making a flexible working request following the legislation, while 22 per cent were unsure. While the majority (61 per cent) intended to remain working full-time, the survey will make interesting reading for employers apprehensive about the number of requests set to come in.

Parents of children aged up to 16 now have the right to request flexible working, since the law was changed on April 6.

This previously applied to parents of children aged up to six, so 4.5 million parents have been encompassed by the change.

The survey was commissioned by workplace consultancy Croner, which argues that the finding should reassure bosses.

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Flexible hours for parents of under 16's in the UK

Millions of parents with children up to the age of 16 will be able to request flexible working from their employers from today, under a change to the law which will dramatically increase the number of people entitled to ask for more family-friendly conditions.

Legislation introduced in 2003 allowed parents with children under the age of six to request flexible working from employers who were obliged to "seriously consider" any application and only reject it if there were "good business reasons for doing so".

Today's change means that an extra 4.5 million parents will now have the right to ask for flexible working, in addition to the 6 million parents and carers already eligible.

"Children don't stop needing their parents' time when they reach their sixth birthday," Harriet Harman, minister for women and equality said. "As any parent knows, older children going through the teenage years need just as much support and guidance. Mothers often tear their hair out trying to balance earning a living with bringing up their children and need more flexibility at work. And fathers want to be able to play a bigger part in bringing up their children."

The law gives all employees with children aged 16 and under and who have worked for a company for more than six months the right to ask for flexible hours - which could mean anything from working from home, working part-time, working agreed hours over fewer days, term-time working to job-sharing. Whether or not the employer agrees depends on whether they believe the arrangement would have a detrimental impact on the business. Employees only have the right to ask for child-friendly working arrangements but there is no guarantee that they will be granted them.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson is reported to have attempted to postpone the extension of the flexible working provision, which was promised last December, amid concern about the costs to companies which are struggling because of the recession, but he was overruled.

The Confederation of British Industry was uneasy over the timing of the announcement. "Although we accept the extension of the right to request flexible working, we don't think now, in a recession, is the best time to implement it," said John Cridland, the deputy director-general.

Sarah Williams-Gardener, director of Opportunity Now, which campaigns for gender equality in the workplace, welcomed the government's progressive approach. "The majority of workplaces are still designed around a mid-20th century lifestyle, with an outdated approach to where, when and how work happens," she said.

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G20 - The Answers

Problem 1 - "we've got no money"
Answer - everyone works from home, drastically cutting the costs of companies and ensuring they are viable until we get our money back.

Problem 2 - "the worlds melting and all the animals are dying"
Answer - everyone works from home, drastically cutting pollution from travel and the running/heating of the workplace. All the company buildings knocked down and replaced with green living stuff.

Problem 3 - "society is crashing around our ears"
Answer - everyone works from home, spending more time with our offspring and neighbours, forming social bonds and developing a mutual respect for each other.

Problem 4 - "every time I want a coffee it costs me £5"
Answer - everyone works from home, make your own and give the high street back to the local traders...comrade

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