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Sterling has now fallen about 19% against the dollar since the UK's vote to leave the European Union, to lows not seen since 1985.
Neil Wilson from ETX Capital said the mood around the pound had been extremely negative in recent days and that it was "now trading like an emerging market currency
Neil Wilson from ETX Capital said the mood around the pound had been extremely negative in recent days and that it was "now trading like an emerging market currency
Err, so that's my point. Companies want to be here. A good example is the company I work for 3 months of the year. It is a World brand with many EU workers and already they are talking about 2020. I have 2 German bosses, 2 Irish and an Italian. They are getting on with it and so should we. Most of the trouble being caused is by remainers continuously knocking our future.
I misunderstood the point you were making, sorry. If the margins work foreign companies will be here. I thought you were using the quote in a reference to trade, which it has nothing to do with.
What trouble, I thought everything was supposed to be going swimmingly well? I don't think it's remain voters selling Sterling short.
What do your German, Irish and Italian bosses think of the Brexit decision?
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A German an Irishman and a Italian.. come on what's the punchline?
European court rules time taken to travel to work 'should count as work'
Last updated 11:17, October 12 2016
KIRK HARGREAVES/FAIRFAX NZ
The European Court of Justice has ruled the morning commute should count as working time.
Workers without a fixed office should be paid for the time they spend travelling to and from work at the beginning and end of each day, according to the Europe's highest court.
The European Court of Justice has ruled the journeys should count as working time under health and safety laws and workers should be able to charge for the time they take, The Independent reported.
Companies employing electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could now be in breach of EU working time regulations, if they choose to abandon a regional office.
DAVID UNWIN/FAIRFAX NZ.
Companies employing electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could now be in breach of EU working time regulations.
The ruling came as a result of a legal case in Spain involving security systems company Tyco.
"The fact that the workers begin and finish the journeys at their homes stems directly from the decision of their employer to abolish the regional offices and not from the desire of the workers themselves," The Independent reported the ruling as saying.
"Requiring them to bear the burden of their employer's choice would be contrary to the objective of protecting the safety and health of workers pursued by the directive, which includes the necessity of guaranteeing workers a minimum rest period."
Last updated 11:17, October 12 2016
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KIRK HARGREAVES/FAIRFAX NZ
The European Court of Justice has ruled the morning commute should count as working time.
Workers without a fixed office should be paid for the time they spend travelling to and from work at the beginning and end of each day, according to the Europe's highest court.
The European Court of Justice has ruled the journeys should count as working time under health and safety laws and workers should be able to charge for the time they take, The Independent reported.
Companies employing electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could now be in breach of EU working time regulations, if they choose to abandon a regional office.
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DAVID UNWIN/FAIRFAX NZ.
Companies employing electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could now be in breach of EU working time regulations.
The ruling came as a result of a legal case in Spain involving security systems company Tyco.
"The fact that the workers begin and finish the journeys at their homes stems directly from the decision of their employer to abolish the regional offices and not from the desire of the workers themselves," The Independent reported the ruling as saying.
"Requiring them to bear the burden of their employer's choice would be contrary to the objective of protecting the safety and health of workers pursued by the directive, which includes the necessity of guaranteeing workers a minimum rest period."
You know where this is headed, don't you? A Surveillance State. Conveniently technologically, we the workers are now giving the governments the ways and means to keep track of our whereabouts all the time - by helping them generate Apps for our Smartphones that can plot our work hours and locations from when we leave our house to the locations of jobs that day until we get back to our homes. And if you forget to track yourself with this App supplied by the Employer, you don't get paid. And so on. How bloody convenient.
Of course all of these tracking technologies conveniently also helps track every single person who might be deemed un-savoury in the context of terror-related activities as well.
Which is why the Court of Justice passed this measure. How bloody convenient.
Or it might just be to make sure the sales rep who drives from Redditch to Newcastle on a call is paid for his/her time in the car. Or the gas fitter who sits on the north circular for hours. But don't worry, it's a European ruling, won't apply to us soon. But keep it up, I love a good conspiracy theory.
Conclusive proof of the damage Brexit has done - a poor olive harvest coupled with dying swan £ means the cost of my triple filtered extra extra virgin Umbrian olive oil will rocket. Now I truly understand what it is to suffer.
**** off. I drink Prosecco. Or Cava at a push.bloody champagne socialist
and now for some good news
The number of babies born to mothers under 18 is half what it was in 2009, down from 11,135 (11.8 per 1,000 women) to 5,788 (6.3 per 1,000 women) in 2015.
whats bought this about
The number of babies born to mothers under 18 is half what it was in 2009, down from 11,135 (11.8 per 1,000 women) to 5,788 (6.3 per 1,000 women) in 2015.
whats bought this about
Abortions, morning after pill, more gay men, more gay women, more confused people.
No conspiracy theory here, matey, it will keep people honest about when they left and when they got home and where they went in between. But it will force them to have to have a way to get tracked - and a Smartphone is just bloody convenient. And if the employee can't afford one, then one will be supplied. As it so happens it helps us to keep an eye on you so you don't stop off at every pub on the way
Your conclusion that the European Court of Justice has put this forward as part of some state surveillance system is definitely a conspiracy theory. Doesn't mean it's necessarily wrong. I have my doubts, but there you go.
Quick go back on that Brexit vote! I don't want to leave! It takes me 2.5 to get from door to work. That's 5 hours a day travel. where do I claim?
