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The smile catchers

From facial recognition to emojis in apps, find out how the monitoring of emotions is used to get more out of workers.

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NHS strikes and the decade of discontent

When the social unrest of the 1970s spread to the NHS, dissatisfied staff challenged the status quo for the first time in quarter of a century.

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How to play in secret

In secret games the strangers around you are playing too. They just don’t know it. Read on for some great ideas for undercover fun at work, school – or almost anywhere.

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“Everybody desires a degree of independence”

I’m 26, and building a network of friends and my career. Unlike most people my age, I’m entirely dependent on carers to achieve this.

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  • Portrait of Male employees, Dartford
  • A circle of joining hands with radiating coloured marks; advertisement by the Service Employees International Union for employee protection against infections like AIDS. Colour lithograph by Diane Sunseri, 1994.
  • AIDS and work : the facts employees should know / prepared by the Department of Employment and the Central Office of Information.
  • AIDS and work : the facts employees should know / prepared by the Department of Employment and the Central Office of Information.
  • A servants' employment agency where prospective employees are having their heads phrenologically examined as to their suitabililty. Coloured etching by W. Taylor.
  • Henry Brougham is praised by black ex-slaves for his part in their liberation, but criticized by children factory employees, on whom he turns his back. Lithograph by H.H. (Henry Heath).
  • Three male employees engaged in business at a table and workers fixing equipment; a message about caring for those with HIV/AIDS at work; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • A drunken employee is thrown out on the street by his master. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • An employee is caught neglecting his work as he drinks and plays skittles. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A young employee is tempted by a drink offered by his fellow workers. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
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