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Article: Ten million face work without World Cup telly.

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May 27, 2002
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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 May 2002-FISH4: Ten million face work without World Cup telly (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Ten million Britons will have to work through key England and Ireland World Cup matches without being allowed by their bosses to watch the games on telly. According to research published today by online recruiter Fish4jobs, the result could be the biggest sickie in history!

Fish4job's research (700 adults in full time employment were polled) shows that only 19% of UK workers have flexitime arrangements in place allowing them to take time off work to watch the World Cup. Just over half (55%) of UK companies will ...

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