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How To Avoid The Internet Shopping “Naughty List” At Work
22/11/2011 Comments Off on How To Avoid The Internet Shopping “Naughty List” At Work
With more employers blocking Internet shopping websites this Christmas season Robert Half Technology has four tips to help workers like you avoid getting on their company’s Internet shopping “naughty list” this holiday season: Play by the rules. If your employer allows shopping at work, know your company’s policy, including sites or hours to avoid, before searching […]
Continue reading …L.A. Hospital Pays $530,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
22/11/2011 Comments Off on L.A. Hospital Pays $530,000 in EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit
Sexual harassment cost Garfield Medical Center, an acute care facility in Monterey Park, Calif., $530,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit. According to the EEOC, several of the female targets of the harassment were either retaliated against or compelled to quit after their complaints were ignored by hospital management. The EEOC […]
Continue reading …Quick Links: U.S. DOL Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed
21/11/2011 Comments Off on Quick Links: U.S. DOL Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed
Quick Links Resources For Job Seekers & The Unemployed From The U.S. DOL This page provides links to information and services the Department of Labor (DOL) offers job seekers and the unemployed. We will continue to expand the links here based on your comments and feedback. Please, bookmark this page and come back often. Disability […]
Continue reading …Malaysian Labor Unrest Brings Government Warning
01/11/2011 Comments Off on Malaysian Labor Unrest Brings Government Warning
From Free Malaysia Today: Malayasian Human Resources Minister Dr S Subramaniam today, 1 Nov. 2011, warned workers not to picket against amendments to the Employment Act 1955. “If they picket during working hours, it would be illegal and action can be taken against them by their employers for disrupting the working environment,” said Subramaniam. “However, […]
Continue reading …From MyWorkButterfly.com – Pros and Cons of a Home-Based Business
11/10/2011 Comments Off on From MyWorkButterfly.com – Pros and Cons of a Home-Based Business
If you are seeking to balance career and family, looking for flexibility and increased freedom, or are looking to take advantage of new opportunities to increase income, a home-based business may be right for you. Entrepreneurs enjoy independence, but that freedom comes at a price. If you are interested in self-employment but are unsure about […]
Continue reading …Study Finds Internet Job Search Reduces Time Unemployed By 25%
06/10/2011 Comments Off on Study Finds Internet Job Search Reduces Time Unemployed By 25%
A new study conducted by professors from University of Colorado and the University of California finds that conducting and Internet job search reduces the time spent unemployed by an average of 25%. The discovery directly contradicts a 2004 study showing that using the Internet actually prolonged unemployment. “In 2004 the researchers came up with two […]
Continue reading …What Is Obama’s Actual Record on Creating Jobs?
05/10/2011 Comments Off on What Is Obama’s Actual Record on Creating Jobs?
By Braden Goyette, ProPublica — Waht is Obama’s actual record on creating jobs? The U.S. economy has been staggering for months and is still millions of jobs away [1] from recovering from the nearly 9 million jobs lost in the recession. Indeed, the official unemployment rate has hovered around 9% or 10%[2] for more than […]
Continue reading …Ford Reaches Tentative Contract with UAW
04/10/2011 Comments Off on Ford Reaches Tentative Contract with UAW
Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers union (UAW) have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year labor contract covering approximately 41,000 UAW-represented employees in the United States. The agreement comes a month after the UAW successfully negotiated a new contract with General Motors. The UAW reached a tentative agreement with GM on Sept. […]
Continue reading …Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%
27/09/2011 Comments Off on Cost of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Up 9%
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health care insurance coverage increased 9% from 2010 to $15,073 this year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation/Health Research & Educational Trust 2011 Employer Health Benefits Survey released Tuesday, 27 Sept. 2011. On average, workers pay $4,129 and employers pay $10,944 toward those annual premiums. Premiums increased significantly faster than […]
Continue reading …America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
26/09/2011 Comments Off on America’s Sputtering Economy by the Numbers
By Braden Goyette ProPublica America’s Sputtering Economy, by the Numbers. With increasing signs that the economy is laboring [2], most economists agree that a short-term infusion of spending, or an extension of this year’s temporary cut in Social Security taxes, could help fend off a new downturn. But whatever one thinks of the debt deal […]
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