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Employers' costs to hire and retain workers grew at a slightly slower pace in the summer, suggesting that a somewhat softer — but still solid — jobs climate is easing inflation pressures.
Wages and benefits paid to American workers rose in the July-September period at the fastest pace in more than two years.
The Supreme Court made it easier Thursday for workers to show they suffered retaliation after accusing employers of discrimination.
I had a friend send this to me ealier today and I had to laugh and agree with a few of the statements. After going through my daily dose of the news and of the political ramble......I thought we could all use a smile over a frown. So enjoy!!!
The popular social networking site Facebook has recently expanded public access to information about Facebook members, making the site an even greater bonanza for finding personal information on millions of people.
-- Illegal immigrants in Arizona, frustrated with a flagging economy and tough new legislation cracking down on their employers, are returning to their home countries or trying their luck in other states.
Fears for the future of nearly 20,000 jobs were raised yesterday as Jaguar and Land Rover looked almost certain to be bought by an Indian company. The luxury car-makers are being sold as a job lot by Ford to the industrial conglomerate Tata for £1billion.
Santa has come early to my little corner of the world--after two years of temping and not knowing what I would be earning (or from where) when an assignment ended, I have landed a permanent job! The company is great, the people are nice as can be, the work fridge is stocked with …
GMB member Paul Whieldon from Walthamstow north east London has been sacked from his job as a pushbike courier in the Shoreditch area of London by his employer of five years CitySprint.
Rising oil futures were a factor in driving up and sustaining igher than normal fuel prices. Rising commodities prices will drive up food prices. I am concerned that we will be competing with the world for our food supplies. This will lead to interesting times ahead.
Americans are working more and getting less, and less, and less. Actually, we work more than anybody in the Western industrialized world and much more than a !Kung Bushman in the Kalahari desert.
A minimum wage of $2.65 an hour is nowhere near enough for workers to afford basic necessities for themselves and their families. This figure amounts to less than $6,000 per year for someone working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks per year.
Violence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa and needs to be researched from a public health perspective. Typically in violence research, socioeconomic position is used in the analysis to control for confounding.
US staff in large UK firms are constantly surprised how big unions are here, how expensive they are to join and how little they seem to do.
Nine months ago, when I first decided to leave my job at a national non-profit and explore the freelancing market, I was full of ideas about how to spend my new, unregulated life. I would write a book. I would write another book.
Countries are finally realizing that their future prosperity depends not on natural resources or even on financial capital, but on human capital. Companies have been battling for years to attract and keep the best people. Now countries are engaging in the same fight.
Wall Street bound for a rally in expectation of good DOL figures on Friday session as the November ADP report claims 189.000 new jobs created in November - Analyst consensus for Friday figure was previously 50.000 and will likely be revised upward today.
....A joint. A tab of Ecstasy. A ride in a cocaine user's car. It doesn't take much to be convicted of a drug offense. And the fine, jail time and probation are the least of your worries. It's your future that's really in trouble.
A friend of mine and I were talking and the following discussion was visited. Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit.
I believe that the financial strains will increse on the consumer. Overall expenses for the average American are increasing. Wages are not keeping pace. Please note: I am not advocating wages increases tied to inflation, that would not work.
Funny advice from a departing college senior and Onion contributer.
I have been there, I did 20 years (enlisted) and many employers cannot , could not, understand how a 39 year old person, without a four (4) year degree, could be in-charge of 50+ people, 5 million in budgeting, and be a senior manager, team member, counsler, human resource manage …
what positive points to consider when going to a job agency
Almost two thousand people who are too fat to work have been paid a total of £4.4 million in benefit, it emerged last night. Other payments went to fifty sufferers of acne and ten incapacitated by leprosy.
Although 20 states (including California, beginning in 2000) and the District of Columbia have made it illegal to fire or refuse to hire someone because of sexual orientation, the majority of states don't offer such protection.
society does judge on physical appearances. "They don't mean to, but their body language suggests they do," she said.
Workplace bullying can negatively affect an employee's work performance, home life, and health. Seventy-one percent of bullies are bosses.
Boeing is an entity with some intellectual property unrivalled anywhere, yet ther nature of the work the company does means that it is often very hard to secure. Yet is active espionage against employees the solution? Boeing needs to find a better way...
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