DUBLIN-based fish processor and exporter Rockabill Shellfish has bought a West Cork business premises, as part of an expansion move leading to 30 immediate extra jobs.

WORKERS could spend up to eight hours Christmas shopping online while at work, according to a survey of office workers.

THERE has been a major fall in the number of people who say they work nine-to-five jobs with workers favouring flexi-time.

THE overwhelming number of Irish workers would welcome the opportunity to work abroad, a new study has found.

THREE-QUARTERS of Irish workers are worried about not having enough money to retire on, research shows.

Nearly two thirds of us do not feel safe in our jobs, according to a new survey by Peninsula Ireland, which found 69% of workers felt insecure about their employment prospects.

THIS coming Monday might be a good day to avoid the boss as experts say it is the day in 2011 when hard-pressed employers will be most likely to lay off their employees.

The Christmas holiday is too long, almost half of workers questioned for a new survey believe.

WHILE even the best employees are apt to the odd daydream of a summer’s afternoon, Irish workers have a tendency to go a step further by actually falling asleep on the job.

THOUSANDS of holidaymakers stranded abroad are likely to have to take holidays or unpaid leave for all additional days that they are trapped overseas.

ABOUT 40% of Irish people have taken on a second job in order to strengthen their finances over the last two years, according to a survey.

Almost four out of 10 Irish workers have had to take a second job to make ends meet during the recession, it emerged today.

Seven in 10 Irish workers are too busy to take a lunch break, new research revealed today.

More than half of employees would continue working if they won the lottery, new research revealed today.

THREE QUARTERS of workers cannot afford to retire, an alarming survey has revealed.

Three quarters of workers cannot afford to retire, an alarming survey revealed today.

Employees with company Blackberrys or smartphones are slaves to the hi-tech gadgets working an extra 16 hours a week, a new survey revealed today.

EMPLOYMENT consultants say businesses should ban social networking sites because they are time-consuming and adding nothing to the workplace.

The majority of company bosses fear at least one employee will fake swine flu this year to take sick days, a survey revealed today.

Almost three quarters of Irish workers have abandoned plans for a summer holiday because of the recession, a survey claimed today.

NEARLY half of the Irish workforce has experienced workplace bulling, with seven in 10 employees too frightened to report it.

Almost half of workers have been bullied on the job but the vast majority refuse to report it, a new survey revealed today.

ALMOST four out of five Irish employees have admitted to drinking while at work, a shocking study has revealed.

Half of bosses have disciplined their staff for being under the influence of alcohol at work, a survey claimed today.

Office workers waste two hours and 20 minutes every day writing personal emails and surfing websites such as Facebook and Twitter, a survey claimed today.

It was a day for doubles at Doncaster with trainers Alan King, Nicky Henderson and Malcolm Jefferson enjoying two winners apiece.

CONSCIENTIOUS workers may feel a little lonely today but not because some of their colleagues have been given their P45s.

ALMOST nine out of 10 workers in the Republic fear their job is not safe, according to a survey.

Almost nine out of 10 workers fear their job is not safe, a new poll revealed today.

One in six Irish workers will take tomorrow off work to follow the overnight voting in the US election, a survey claimed today.

Four in five Irish bosses will not pay for a Christmas party this year because they have to tighten their belts amid the economic downturn, a survey said today.

Workers pulling a “sickie” were today warned bosses are using modern technology to spy on them.

A POOR handshake and tardiness are just two of the reasons why jobseekers are failing to impress potential employers in interviews.

Work is eating into the average lunch break which now stands at only 22 minutes, a survey has found.

THE April Fool’s Day joke seems to be no laughing matter, after all.

THE workplace is getting more hot-tempered with the majority of workers experiencing regular verbal abuse, according to a survey published yesterday.

ALMOST seven out of every 10 Irish employees have been bullied in the workplace, up almost 50% on 2003 figures.

A DUBLIN restaurant has been ordered to pay a migrant worker €116,000 compensation for gross breaches in employment law, it emerged yesterday.

A Dublin restaurant has been ordered to pay a migrant worker €116,000 compensation for gross breaches in employment law, it emerged today.