Episode 13. WORKING 9 TIL ....OVERTIME: Time for time and a half

Hello! It's the most wonderful time of the year... when everyone works double to earn enough to splurge on Christmas presents. But it is all worth it when the only person benefiting from your overtime is the company you work for? Torsten Bell and Heather Boushey join us to talk straight about where Britain is going wrong when it comes to overtime.Geoff cries and Ed wins against MurdochANDWe're joined by Jessica Fostekew who's hacking human biology to create a forgetting serum, shaking up democracy and enjoying the sight of dancing babies FURTHER READINGResolution Foundation report: http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/time-for-time-and-a-half-exploring-the-evidence-and-policy-options-on-overtime/Washington Centre for Equitable Growth: http://equitablegrowth.org   CONTACT [email protected]://www.facebook.com/reasonstobecheerfulpodcasthttps://twitter.com/cheerfulpodcastLeave us a voicemail on skype - search for "Cheerful Podcast"CONTACT OUR GUESTSTorsten Bell https://twitter.com/TorstenBellHeather Boushey https://twitter.com/HBousheyJessica Fostekew https://twitter.com/jessicafostekew Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.