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Public toilets - fair provision for women
26th of November 2019
Many of us have witnessed the familiar scene – a long queue of ladies waiting to use the washroom while the men’s toilet flows congestion-free. A recent report from the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK has called for the fair provision of public toilets for women, specifying two female toilets needed for every male one. Jamie
The meteoric rise of subscriptions
25th of November 2019
A business model forged centuries ago is morphing into a disruptive force that is changing how we pay for goods and services and challenging our long-held obsession with ownership. Hartley Milner explores the pros and cons of the burgeoning subscription economy.
When you get your next bank statement, tot up the amounts debited for subscription
Act now to eradicate slavery
22nd of November 2019
While the scale of modern slavery in the UK has long been overlooked, since 2015 the Government’s increased focus on modern slavery in UK and beyond has rendered it essential that commercial organisations are seen to be treating modern slavery with the focus and gravity that it deserves. UK barrister Ben Douglas-Jones, QC, writes exclusively
Managing the experience
21st of November 2019News from correspondent John Griep, director of the Dutch Association for Cleaning Research (VSR).
Forget the objective measurement of fingermarks, dust particles and cleaning performance. During the VSR’s recent event, the focus was on the staff’s subjective work experience. For example, temperature – a relatively small
A workplace out of the ordinary
20th of November 2019
Lotte Printz, ECJ’s correspondent in Denmark, reports from an inspiring business - The Laundry.
“It could be a cleaning company, a bicycle workshop or something else. The main thing is that each and every one can contribute and that we do things together,” Pia Stabell Hjort says.
She and Katrine Knudsen are social workers who
What do we know about cleaners?
19th of November 2019
A survey by the French Ministry of Labour shows that the industry set to recruit the most people over the next three years is cleaning. ECJ reporter Christian Bouzols tells us more.
It turns out from a recent survey by the French Ministry of Labour that the trade that’s going to recruit the most people these next three years is none other
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