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Justice for Men & Boys 
Indeed. Anyone would think the present government has no confidence it will get britons “back to work” and so falls back on importing labour.
I also happened to see this I’m a woman of 48 – and as replaceable in the office as the swivel chair at my desk | Nilanjana Bhowmick | The Guardian First of all somewhat typical of feminist pieces in that the content is about India yet somehow its supposed to be relevant to the UK. Secondly of course its about a privileged woman, I really don’t suppose lawyers in India live amongst the poor. And it illustrates the sense of entitlement, “the age a working woman would typically be in middle or senior leadership” which is of course nonsense given the vast majority of workers of both sexes are never in “middle or senior leadership”. Then we have the calls to “equality”, of course leaving aside the fact that men experience employment problems as they age, specially those in physically demanding jobs. And then the real truth; demands for special treatment:
“I have been in perimenopause for a few years now. And yes, I struggle with sudden hot flushes, spiralling anxiety over the most mundane things, sudden car sickness and inexplicable depressive episodes.with inexplicable pains and aches, and sudden brain fogs – sometimes all at once”
And of course the solution is “What women need at this time is a supportive work environment that offers flexible hours and considerate leave policies”
So in fact making a good case for employers to be less than enthusiastic about people in the workforce with a litany of problems that require time off, shortened hours and dealing with mental health problems. And would anyone feel confident to be represented by a lawyer with such a litany of problems, what if the “brain fog” or “spiralling anxiety” hits at a crucial moment or your advocate suddenly goes on considerate leave, or is unobtainable because they only work Wednesdays and Thursdays?
This data is also interesting “A 2022 survey of American women aged 40 to 55 found that nearly a third considered switching from full-time to part-time work, and 22% were considering early retirement. Another survey from the UK showed that 18% of women going through menopause were thinking about quitting altogether.”
Because in my experience (social care and NHS) women considering this sort of thing do so when their husband/partner is the main breadwinner, in other words when they can retire early/reduce hours because someone else will continue to work and pay the bills. As I was in my 50s this was often a topic of discussion amongst colleagues (90% female) I used to “innocently” wonder if their husband/partner was also thinking of retiring early? For many the idea had never occurred to them and most simply assumed that “hubby” would simply carry on! In other words they could consider it because their “choice” was facilitated by their husband/partner’s not making such a choice.
By way of background male life expectancy in India is nearly 71 years and women just over 74.
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re Indian trade deal; a prime example of BBC remainder dissembling: Four things you need to know about UK-India trade deal – BBC News Look at the graph of trade. Note that trade with the EU is shown…. but also with Germany, Netherlands and Ireland, all of course are in fact within the EU! So why show them separately? Or at least label “The rest of the EU”?
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