Among Canadians surveyed for the study, 16.8 per cent said they work at high speed all the time, compared with 16.5 per cent in the United States and a 17-country average of 11.3 per cent. Fifteen of the countries studied were in Europe. Canada also fared poorly on the health and safety front, with 31.7 per cent of Canadian respondents reporting that they feel their work poses a risk to their health and safety. "Health and safety issues are of particular concern for workers in southern Europe (Greece, Portugal and Spain), but they also are a concern in Canada (ranked fourth) and the U.S. (ranked seventh)," according to the CPRN report, How Canada Stacks Up: The Quality of Work -- an International Perspective. Globe & Mail [GAM]

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Study predicts slow raise in living standard for Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is expected to catch up in the living standard with the EU countries later than e.g. Hungary, Estonia, Slovenia, and Slovakia, says a study compiled by Economic Intelligence Unit, part of The Economist group, and by the World Economic Forum of Harvard University. The study points out the Czech economy is more obsolete and lacks know-how, compared to some other EU acceding countries.

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