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Startup Act 3.0 Aims To Attract Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Students
22/02/2013 Comments Off on Startup Act 3.0 Aims To Attract Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Students
Aiming to attract immigrant entrepreneurs and science and technology students, a group of lawmakers has reintroduced, Startup Act 3.0, a new high-skilled visa scheme. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Feb. 13, 2013, introduced the Startup Act 3.0, a bill giving as many as 75,000 immigration visas each year to immigrant startup entrepreneurs and 50,000 […]
Continue reading …Unprecedented Immigration Reform Joint Statement From Business And Labor
22/02/2013 Comments Off on Unprecedented Immigration Reform Joint Statement From Business And Labor
On Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, one of the nation’s largest business organizations, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and largest labor union, the AFL-CIO, have issued an unprecedented joint statement of principles on immigration. The statement called for progress on immigration reform that both supports business and protects American workers. The shared principles call for a […]
Continue reading …Pressure Rising To Avoid Federal Health Care Program Spending Cuts
22/02/2013 Comments Off on Pressure Rising To Avoid Federal Health Care Program Spending Cuts
By MARY AGNES CAREY, KHN— Pressure is mounting for Washington to find a way to avoid the automatic spending reductions set to begin March 1, with President Barack Obama urging Congress to stop the “meat-cleaver approach” that he says will undermine U.S. military strength and “eviscerate job creating investments in education and energy and medical research.” But […]
Continue reading …Big Firms Win Big Contracts Building Health Insurance Marketplaces
19/02/2013 Comments Off on Big Firms Win Big Contracts Building Health Insurance Marketplaces
By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— President Barack Obama’s health care law has been criticized as a “government takeover” of health care. But private companies are building the underpinnings of the online health insurance marketplaces that are a key element of the law – and winning contracts worth hundreds of millions to do so. Deloitte Consulting, part […]
Continue reading …To Keep Health Care Coverage Older Workers Try To Keep Working
12/02/2013 Comments Off on To Keep Health Care Coverage Older Workers Try To Keep Working
Many people are hoping they can keep working just keep their health care insurance. New research suggests idea may be wishful thinking. More than half of all workers say they intend to work longer than they would like in order to keep their health care insurance at work, according to new research by the nonpartisan […]
Continue reading …Job Tenure Up, Turnover Down But US Job Tenure Still Short 5.4 Years
11/02/2013 Comments Off on Job Tenure Up, Turnover Down But US Job Tenure Still Short 5.4 Years
Job tenure was up in 2012, as those Americans who have jobs are staying in them longer. Overall job tenure in the United States was up in 2012, but U.S. job tenure is still shorter than many assume. The median (mid-point) length of time on the job for American workers in 2012 is just 5.4 […]
Continue reading …Feds Blame Mississippi Governor For Health Insurance Exchange Denial
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By PHIL GALEWITZ, KHN— One, Mississippi has become No, Mississippi. The Obama administration on Friday, Feb. 8 2013, offered an explanation for why it rejected Mississippi’s bid to establish a state-based online health insurance marketplace, called One, Mississippi. In a letter, the federal government’s top exchange official said they had no choice because Gov. Phil Bryant would not allow […]
Continue reading …20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
08/02/2013 Comments Off on 20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, (FMLA) the U.S. Department of Labor today released the results of a survey on its use and impact. The survey “Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report,” shows that the law has had a positive effect on […]
Continue reading …Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
08/02/2013 Comments Off on Study: Health Care Premium Increases Offset By Subsidies, Better Coverage
By JULIE APPLEBY, KHN— How the federal health care law will affect premiums is among the most asked – and most controversial – questions in the final months before new rules kick in requiring most Americans to carry coverage. A white paper out Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, considers how the law will affect premiums for people […]
Continue reading …Americans For Job Security: Nonprofit’s Election Year Spending Spikes, Opposes Obama
07/02/2013 Comments Off on Americans For Job Security: Nonprofit’s Election Year Spending Spikes, Opposes Obama
By DAVE LEVINTHAL, The Center For Public Integrity— Pro-business powerhouse Americans for Job Security cannot, by federal law, make politics its primary purpose. But as contentious federal elections and state-level ballot initiatives raged during 2012, the nonprofit organizationʼs income spiked at least tenfold compared to 2011, a non-election year, records show. The cash windfall fueled tens […]
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