The Shalits fear a harder line cabinet led by PM-designate Benjamin Netanyahu might be less likely to do a deal.

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Wages are also likely to be less rigid in short-term jobs, where workers do not become attached to their firm.

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"If they get appropriate treatment, they don't feel as suicidal, and they're less likely to kill themselves, and that should be the first thing we do, " she said.

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If they do take it, they are much less likely to be disappointed and turn-over.

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Unfortunately for the Conservatives, the better they do in the polls, the less tactical unwind there is likely to be.

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Men who dominate office conversations are more likely to get ahead, but women who do the same tend to be seen as less capable, new research suggests.

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They are more likely than other Asians to be employed (though they earn slightly less than Indians) and Sri Lankan children do better at school than any ethnic group bar the Chinese.

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