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How to deal with a bulyling boss...if you are Dolly Parton
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9 To 5
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Lawrence Pressman, Jane Fonda, Sterling Hayden
Director: Colin Higgins
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Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda), a housewife whose husband has left her for his secretary, begins her own secretarial career at a huge corporation. Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), a feisty, veteran office manager, instructs her on the perils and procedures of office life -- and of working for Franklin Hart ..read more »
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Wrongful dismissal with wages withheld in breach of contract leads our heroine to transform her life for the better and find true love, but a temporary job!
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Amy Adams, Ciarán Hinds
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Certificate: 
In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must--for the first time in two decades--seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment ..read more »
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George Clooney travels the world sacking people at the expense of having any real relationships? Employee Relations (ish) saga where no-one seems capable of having a relationship..
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Up in the Air
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Anna Kendrick
Director: Jason Reitman
Certificate: 
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
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Interesting study on conflicted loyalties - any HR practioner would recognise much of this -
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Human Resources
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jalil Lespert, Caroline Benjo
Director: Laurent Cantet
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Multi Cannes-award winning French film explores the depth of family ties as a young man is forced to fire his father. Franck (Jalil Lespert), a business student in Paris, returns to his hometown to do a year's practical internship at the factory his father (Jean-Claude Vallod) has worked at for 30 ..read more »
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Equal pay claims and industrial action
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Made in Dagenham
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sally Hawkins, Rosamund Pike, Andrea Riseborough
Director: Nigel Cole
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Acclaimed British drama portraying the 1968 strike at Ford's Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination and unequal pay. Like many local women, Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins) works at the Ford assembly plant stitching seat covers. Although it is ..read more »
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Sexual harassment and litigation - the stuff of my day to day!
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Indecent Proposal
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Oliver Platt
Director: Adrian Lyne
Certificate: 
A down-on-their-luck yuppie couple, Diana and David Murphy (Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson), head for Las Vegas to win back their lifestyle. When they lose alot of money at the tables, their only hope comes from rich gambler John Gage (Robert Redford), who offers them a million dollars if he can ..read more »
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