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New Jobs: 600 Million Needed In Next Decade
28/01/2012 Comments Off on New Jobs: 600 Million Needed In Next Decade
What the world needs now is jobs, a great many new jobs. Worldwide it’s all about jobs and work. From the jobless wake of Egypt democratic revolution to persistently high unemployment in Europe and North America work – or the lack of it – is a key issue. In fact, the world faces the “urgent […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Animal Feed Processor in Worker’s Fatal Fall in Silo
28/11/2011 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Animal Feed Processor in Worker’s Fatal Fall in Silo
Following the May 11 death of an employee who was engulfed by cotton seed stored in a silo, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Utica, N. Y., animal feed processor Harbor Point Mineral Products for 21 violations of workplace safety standards. An inspection by OSHA’s Syracuse Area Office found that employees had not been […]
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) Thursday, 1 Dec. 2011, in Washington, D.C. The Secretary of Labor recently renewed the council’s charter for another two years. FACOSH advises the Secretary of Labor on matters relating to the occupational safety and […]
Continue reading …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 …OSHA Issues Crowd Management Safety Guidelines for Retailers
18/11/2011 Comments Off on OSHA Issues Crowd Management Safety Guidelines for Retailers
Crowd-related injuries during special retail sales and promotional events have increased during recent years. In 2008, a worker died at the opening of a “Black Friday” sale. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing their workers with safe and healthy workplaces. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages […]
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 …Obama White House & Google Create Veterans Job Bank
09/11/2011 Comments Off on Obama White House & Google Create Veterans Job Bank
Working directly with Google and and job post aggregator Simply Hired, the Obama administration has launched launched the Veterans Job Bank, a new search tool designed to help connect veterans with employers. The Veterans Job Bank works by bringing jobs listings directly to veterans—instead of the other way around—via a search widget that provides a single window […]
Continue reading …Dresser Rand Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
08/11/2011 Comments Off on Dresser Rand Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Dresser Rand C0. has agreed to pay $110,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today, 8 Nov 2011. According to the lawsuit, Harry Davis, a Jehovah’s Witness employed at Dresser Rand’s Painted Post, N.Y., location, had a […]
Continue reading …Work-Share Unemployment Benefits Proposed in Indiana
09/10/2011 Comments Off on Work-Share Unemployment Benefits Proposed in Indiana
From the Louisville Curior-Journal: A Indiana state legislator is suggesting the state adopt a program used elsewhere that allows workers to receive partial unemployment benefits if their employer reduces their work hours to avoid layoffs. The proposal is receiving a cool reaction from a top business lobbyist and the Republican chairman of the state’s unemployment […]
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