'Cyber skiving' rife during Christmas break

Employers may be glad to see staff at their desks between Christmas and New Year, but many are probably using their time "cyber skiving" rather than working, new research has revealed.

Internet surfing is set to increase 15%, with nearly three quarters of those working over the next three days likely to spend an average of two hours of their working day online.

Just over 10% plan to spend half a working day trawling through websites, resulting in the loss of around 134 million hou... (163 more words)

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