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Bad Jobs Rising: 24% Of American Workers Stuck In Low-Paying Bad Jobs
06/10/2012 Comments Off on Bad Jobs Rising: 24% Of American Workers Stuck In Low-Paying Bad Jobs
Feel like you and a lot of people you know are stuck in bad jobs? If you’re employed in the United States, chances are about one-in-four that you have a bad job, according to a new study. If misery loves company then people with bad jobs have plenty. Almost one-fourth of U.S. workers are in […]
Continue reading …From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland
27/09/2012 Comments Off on From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland
ILO News– We meet Ana B. – a 50-year-old Portuguese woman – at a café in a Swiss city. Ana has been living in Switzerland for about six months. She moved here to work as a cleaner and caretaker. But Ana is no ordinary cleaner. She is a secretary at a government agency in the […]
Continue reading …Tenure Up As Employees Stick With Their Jobs Longer
20/09/2012 Comments Off on Tenure Up As Employees Stick With Their Jobs Longer
Median job tenure is up as employees stick with their current employers longer, while the unemployment rate remains high and quality jobs scarce. In January 2012, the median number of years that workers had been with their current employer was 4.6 years, according to new numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is […]
Continue reading …American Videogame Maker EA Creates 300 New Jobs In Ireland
18/09/2012 Comments Off on American Videogame Maker EA Creates 300 New Jobs In Ireland
American videogame maker Electronic Arts said 18 September 2012 that it is adding 300 jobs at its European customer support center in Galway, Ireland. The move was seen as another positive development for Ireland’s videogame and interactive business. The EA center in Galway opened a year ago and currently employs 400 people. “Ireland has won […]
Continue reading …A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
18/09/2012 Comments Off on A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
ILO News– Temporary work can be a great way for young people to gain work experience while still studying or travelling. But, as the youth jobs crisis shows no signs of abating, temporary jobs have become, in many cases, an option of last resort. The use of temporary contracts for young workers has nearly doubled […]
Continue reading …Working in America: Having A Secure Job Is A Path To The Middle Class
08/09/2012 Comments Off on Working in America: Having A Secure Job Is A Path To The Middle Class
By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center–Americans believe that having a secure job is by far the most important requirement for being in the middle class, easily trumping homeownership and a college education, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey of 2,508 adults. Nearly nine-in-ten adults (86%) say a person needs a secure job […]
Continue reading …Working In America: Job Security Important To The Middle Class
08/09/2012 Comments Off on Working In America: Job Security Important To The Middle Class
By Wendy Wang, Pew Research Center– The value Americans place on having a secure job is underscored by findings from the same Pew Research survey that show that losing a job is associated not just with economic difficulties, but also with stress and unhappiness. In the Pew Research survey, 15% of respondents said they lost their job […]
Continue reading …How To Succeed At A New Job – The First 90 Days
23/01/2012 Comments Off on How To Succeed At A New Job – The First 90 Days
By Penelope Trunk – The majority of people who fail at their job will fail in the first 90 days. So take special care to make a good start. Here are areas you need to manage carefully. 1. Assume everything in the interview was wrong. Don’t come to work with a preconception of your job description. […]
Continue reading …Social Network Your Way To Unemployment
22/01/2012 Comments Off on Social Network Your Way To Unemployment
Social network sites are part of most people’s lives these days, to varying degrees. While they provide a lot of positive support to businesses and workers on a regular basis, it is not always the case. Every thought or action does not and should not be posted. Social networking sites enable potential employers to research […]
Continue reading …How to Manage Your E-Reputation And Stay Employed
14/11/2011 Comments Off on How to Manage Your E-Reputation And Stay Employed
Anything you say and do on the Internet can and will be used against you. Managing your e-reputation is critical in an era when anyone with a will and an Internet connection can gather a vast amount of details about nearly anyone in no time at all. This is increasingly true when it comes to […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill