Unfinished Business

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Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, offers a practical vision for the twenty-first century workplace.

In Unfinished Business, Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, offers a practical vision for the twenty-first century workplace, addressing three key issues:

  • extending work to groups and areas still suffering from high unemployment
  • improving the quality, not just the quantity of work, and responding to growing concerns about workplace stress
  • extending equality for ethnic minorities, women and the disabled, and increasing diversity.

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