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Here’s more on that Learn More Earn More book. A sample, in the form of the contents page and a short chapter. Made available courtesy of the publisher, Lawpack. To whom many thanks.
Clicking the the extract on the left, or the link below, will open the pdf file in a new browser window. Or save it to your computer.
Learn [...]

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“Would you like a qualification with that?” headlines greeted the news last month that McDonalds is among the employers offering vocational qualifications.
Whatever else, the news stories showed one thing. Most people are pretty clueless about the enormous range and variety of qualifications for jobs. And about how to access them.
In fact, the world of work is [...]

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The unfairness of variable minimum wage rates was neatly identified by an 18 year old from the London borough of Newham. She was interviewed on BBC R4’s Moneybox programme at the weekend. Get the podcast if you want. Item starts around 18.27 mins into it.
A shopworker, the young woman had just got a supervisor job. Yet her £4.45 [...]

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