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Millennials emerge as the U.S.’s most confident generation: LinkedIn
By George Anders, LinkedIn — They’re bartenders, aerospace workers and web developers. They’re YouTube stars, financial analysts and nurses. Look for millennials in the U.S. economy, and you’ll find these workers — ages 25 to 40 — practically everywhere. Even so, in both pre-pandemic and current times, there’s a constant media tendency to treat this […]
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations
24/09/2021 Comments Off on How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organizations Theo Veldsman, University of Johannesburg — There is a growing incidence of toxic leadership in organisations across the world. This is clear from anecdotal evidence as well as research which suggests that one out of every five leaders is toxic. My own research shows that closer […]
Continue reading …Surprising Answers: Who Really Pays For Health Insurance
04/05/2014 Comments Off on Surprising Answers: Who Really Pays For Health Insurance
By Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News staff writer– More than eight million people have signed up for private, often subsidized health insurance under Affordable Care Act, President Obama said in April. Millions more obtained new coverage through the Medicaid program for the poor. Full implementation of the health law, care and its wider coverage, new taxes and shifting subsidies, […]
Continue reading …Gallup: Fewer Will Rely On 401(k) in Retirement Than Pre-Recession
02/05/2014 Comments Off on Gallup: Fewer Will Rely On 401(k) in Retirement Than Pre-Recession
Retired Americans rely on Social Security as a major source of income By Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Prior to the Great Recession, most Americans planned to rely on a 401(k), IRA, Keogh, or other retirement savings account when they retire. Today, 48% of Americans say they would rely on a 401(k) account in retirement — a […]
Continue reading …Highest EEOC Verdict In History $240 Million For Abuse Of Mentally Disabled Men
01/05/2013 Comments Off on Highest EEOC Verdict In History $240 Million For Abuse Of Mentally Disabled Men
The federal government won a record $240 million settlement against a turkey producer that held 32 mentally disabled men in servitude while mentally and physically abusing them, some of them for more than 20 years. A Davenport, Iowa jury on May 1, 2013, awarded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) damages totaling $240 million […]
Continue reading …DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
14/02/2013 Comments Off on DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) This fact sheet provides general information concerning the meaning of “employment relationship” and the significance of that determination in applying provisions of the FLSA. FLSA Characteristics An employment relationship under the FLSA must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. Such a […]
Continue reading …One-Third Of Health Insurance Plans Exceed Law’s Out-Of-Pocket Cap
12/02/2013 Comments Off on One-Third Of Health Insurance Plans Exceed Law’s Out-Of-Pocket Cap
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— Consumers who buy their own health insurance will see the total amount they could pay out of pocket for medical care capped starting next year, but some will likely pay higher premiums as a result. That’s one conclusion that can be drawn from a new study showing more than one-third of health insurance plans currently offered […]
Continue reading …Social Media Passwords Protected From Prying Employers In Six States
07/01/2013 Comments Off on Social Media Passwords Protected From Prying Employers In Six States
It is now illegal in six U.S. states for employers to ask job applicants for the passwords to their social media accounts such as Facebook and Twitter. California and Illinois recently joined four other states barring employers from demanding that employees divulge their social-media passwords. Passed during 2012, California’s and Illinois’ laws became effective January 1, 2013. […]
Continue reading …Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears
03/01/2013 Comments Off on Workers Have Few Options When Employer Health Insurance Plan Disappears
By MICHELLE ANDREWS, Kaiser Health News— For some people, the promise of employer-provided health insurance plan is reason enough to take a job or stay put in one. But unexpected events – a corporate bankruptcy or sale, for example – can undermine the security of on-the-job coverage and leave both employees and retirees with few affordable […]
Continue reading …Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week – 14 – 20 October 2012
14/10/2012 Comments Off on Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week – 14 – 20 October 2012
Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, 14 – 20 October 2012. Workplace bullying is a systematic campaign of interpersonal destruction that jeopardizes your health, your career, the job you once loved. Workplace bullying is a non-physical, non-homicidal form of violence. Because it is abusive it causes both emotional and stress-related physical harm. This event is organized […]
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