Almost 9 out of 10 lap dancing clubs in London provide ‘discreet receipts’ so employees can visit and claim the money back from their employer. Hooray! Or not, as the Fawcett Society has found in their recent survey (well, I say don’t Fawcett). 26% of trade unions have received enquiries from employees who have been exposed to the sex industry - including pornography - at work – demeaning the status of female staff. Kat Banyard, campaigns officer at the Fawcett Society, said: “The sex industry is increasingly focusing on the corporate market, with lap dancing clubs marketing themselves as ideal venues to host meetings and client entertaining.” See you at the next meeting Kat: mind where you shelve that motion!
Tags: women at work
Greek half-wit Theo Paphitis wants Britain’s bosses to ban Facebook in the workplace after Portsmouth City Council had discovered that their staff were “wasting” on average 400 hours on the site every month. Good old 
It was a highly anticipated budget this week. But what good does Chancellor Darling do you, other than giving you a pretty good idea of what Noel Gallagher will look like in 20 years time? Here’s the salient points of Budget 09:
All under-25 year olds who are long-term unemployed (out of work for 12 months or more) will be offered employment or training – good news. Remember 40% of the unemployed are under 25 years old. That’s a crisis waiting to be squeezed.
Booze and gaspers have gone up 2% adding anything from 1p-5p on a pint.
Student parents will see an increase in the Child Tax Credit of £20 by 2010, which should cover the increase in the cost of fags.
Fuel duty has risen, bad news if you’ve got a car, bad news if you take the bus, where a knock-on price rise can be predicted.
And an additional £650m was promised to colleges over the next two years, helping to meet (half way) the demand for places in September. More students. Brilliant. 
A challenge has been laid down to all you artists and designers to create the Europe-wide logo for organic food. (Someone’s clearly spent all the budget). The European Union has 
So after all the broken windows, Jamie Oliver banquets and Prince Philip blunders, the G20 summit ends with over $1trillion going into the world’s economy. The conditions mean the financial industry will be regulated like never before, with hedge funds under their watch for the first time and bonuses having rules and conditions attached. I thought the much ridiculed 
