There are many different programs to help student borrowers pay off debt faster, but aside from student loan forgiveness programs, student loan repayment assistance programs can be the most effective. These programs, offered by government agencies and private employers, can provide hundreds or even thousands of dollars in assistance to borrowers each year. Understanding how […]
Karen Sorenson, Kansas State consultant for a military source, talks about education and career-focused programs for spouses during the school’s Command and General Staff Spouse Program “Accreditation and Employment Assistance for Military Spouses” March 23 in the Marshall Conference Room at the Lewis and Clark Center. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp Charlotte Richter/editor Speakers […]
The NHS is recruiting. Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire Proposed by Emilie Moggridge Hundreds of jobseekers are expected to receive job offers the same day at a hiring event in Manchester, which will be organized by job site Indeed and the NHS. The organizations have teamed up with a series of in-person recruitment events across England […]
The hall will host its inaugural concert on April 20. AUSTIN, Texas — Weeks before its first gig, Austin’s new multipurpose venue is looking to hire more than 600 people. Business Wire Reports that In effect has announced itself as a founding partner of the Moody Center. The job board company and the new venue […]
90 day fiancé: before 90 days‘ Season 5 has arguably the most outrageous casting of the franchise, and it seems likely that they hold that title. Ben Rathbun’s complicated story to find out who the “real” Mahogany Roca is confused viewers all seasoncorn his recent arrest has also become a subject of interest for many. […]
Statement from SM Supermalls on fake job ads on Facebook (Facebook/SM Supermalls) A mall developer has dismissed Facebook posts about supposed job openings at one of its mall branches as “fake”. Great SM malls debunked fake job postings on social media on March 30. Facts They also noted that a certain person posting these job […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain A new study published on March 11 in Criminology by Sadé Lindsay, a sociologist at the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy, finds that formerly incarcerated face a “prison credential dilemma” when deciding whether to use education program credentials and training in prison when looking for a job. The research paper, […]
– dr. Martin MakaireMD, MPH, surgeon and public policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University and New York Times best-selling author, partners with Employer Direct Healthcare to advise on quality standards for appropriateness of care and cost of its solutions – Christi Walsh, MSN, CRNP, Director of Clinical Research and Nurse Practitioner at John Hopkins partners […]
Terra State Community College students and members of the public were able to prepare their resumes and interview skills at the Kern Center. FREMONT, Ohio — Nearly 100 employers participated in Terra State Community Collegethe annual spring career fair. But the college’s job fair does more than just attract potential employers for its students. Terra’s […]
Scammers are back in the robocall circuit, and according to the Federal Trade Commission, 2.8 million people lost an estimated $5.2 billion to scammers in 2021 alone. Among the top ten schemes on the FTC’s results list is the fake job offer, a pitch that usually comes out of nowhere but seems too good to […]
When it comes to scammers, there are so many different ways people looking to steal money from others can do it. Typically, people get scammed after convincingly lying, often about winning a prize, or because of an ongoing problem with their bank account or finances. Now it looks like there’s someone out there out to […]
Albuquerque student graduates from high school shortly after… 6 hours ago Rio Rancho teenager recalls abusive driving school experience 7 hours ago Funding approved to go to Mesa Del Sol outdoor… 10 hours ago Surveillance video shows security guard killed in… 10 hours ago A man leads the APD on the hunt and lies to […]
If the employers are convinced that the misconduct of an employee justifies an extraordinary dismissal, in practice this is not automatically pronounced. Instead, the employer often tries to bring about the separation through a termination agreement. Patterns can be complex; doubts about the validity of the dismissal before the labor court, possible contributory negligence, such […]
LOWER WEST PUBNICO, NS — A connection made in 2017 as part of the national Canada 150 Red Couch project that traveled to West Pubnico, Yarmouth County – where Canadians were invited to sit on a traveling red couch to sharing their life stories – led to a grassroots humanitarian effort to help Ukrainians who […]
VISAKHAPATNAM: Taking advantage of youth unemployment and greed, underground consultants, fraudsters and cyber criminals trick them into securing employment in public and private sector entities. Despite sensitization programs, there is no end to the deception of youths over the promise of employment in Vizag, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts of northern Andhra Pradesh. The recent arrest […]
It’s a market for job seekers. So said Belinda Petate-Chan, employment training manager for San Joaquin County Worknet at Friday’s job fair held at the Manteca Education & Training Center. Featured are 25 vendors, ranging from entry-level warehouse jobs to office and retail opportunities. Petate-Chan was thrilled with the strong turnout that morning. It is […]
To Whom It May Concern: Job applicants put an end to those dreaded cover letters. Many hiring managers say an accurate cover letter is still one of the best ways to explain why you’re the right person for the job. Yet many job seekers say the exercise in self-promotion is too torturous and time-consuming to […]
To Whom It May Concern: Job applicants put an end to those dreaded cover letters. Many hiring managers say that an accurate cover letter is still one of the best ways to explain why you’re the right person for the job. Yet many job seekers say the exercise in self-promotion is too torturous and time-consuming […]
Internet commentators were immediately skeptical of an employer’s motives after a potential employee detailed the series of questions they received about a short gap in their resume during a recent interview. hiring. In a viral tweet, Twitter user @sarahbellumPA said they were asked about a 17-day period they were unemployed last year. “I was just […]
By Jimmy Hoover (March 25, 2022, 5:54 p.m. EDT) — In each of four cases set to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week, private and public employers are defending themselves against civil lawsuits brought by former employees — but the legal issues range from the applicability of arbitration agreements to the scope […]
They started torturing me for money. Often they threatened to hurt me if my father did not pay them the rest of the agreed amount. When my dad paid them another Tk 6.8 lakh, they gave my passport back to me. But they didn’t release me. Naim Hossain Sujan, victim of trafficking Naim Hossain Sujan […]
Ethan Strauss left on Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson as analysts Mark J. Rebilas – USA TODAY Sports NBA TV ratings are steadily declining and concerning. It’s not just the “everything is getting worse these days” part – the Association has a problem, and it’s fixable. We often focus on game length, number of […]
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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) — Companies continue to struggle with labor shortages, but recruiting agencies are seeing more applicants seeking higher salaries and positions. Many employees have been laid off or had to work from home throughout the pandemic. When the offices reopened, some employees decided to change careers, working on their free time. Now, Express […]
The IRS released draft regulations on Friday (REG-121508-18) providing an exception to the “unified plan rule” for multi-employer plans where one or more participating employers in the plan fail to take the required action. The regulations would also update a number of other provisions to reflect changes since the IRS last issued final regulations for […]
UK: How should an employer treat an employee with long Covid? March 25, 2022 DMH Standard To print this article, all you need to do is be registered or log in to Mondaq.com. Long Covid is a relatively new condition and its full effects are still unknown. Whether or not […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division urges employers to develop a relationship with their local offices to prevent hourly wage violations, an agency official said March 21. “Develop a relationship with your local wage and hour office,” said Jessica Looman, acting administrator of the wage and hour division. “We want to have […]
Texas’ SB8, which went into effect in September, paved the way for increasingly restrictive abortion laws in other states. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) (Bloomberg) – The roar of anti-abortion laws rolling through US state homes is echoing loudly in human resources offices. Companies that have offered to help cover travel costs for employees who have to […]
Arran Stewart, co-founder and CVO of blockchain-based recruitment platform Job.com. A.Stewart Arran Stewart is the co-founder and CVO of the blockchain-powered recruiting platform Job.com. Stewart has spent over a decade working to disrupt the recruiting industry with innovative and one-of-a-kind technology. Here are some highlights from a recent interview with Stewart: Jill Griffin: Some of […]
Imagine a job you look forward to every day. Would it seem like twitter once, with rooftop meetings, free meals, yoga classes, and unlimited vacations? Or maybe it would be a place like Zoom which is so invested in employee happiness that it has a “happiness team” to maintain the corporate culture through events, celebrations, […]
The FBI’s Memphis office and other law enforcement agencies issued an alert in 2020 that “money mule” schemes were increasing. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Beware of “money mule” scams, aimed at enticing unwitting accomplices into illegal schemes. Randy Hutchinson of the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South (BBB) said scammers, who are often overseas, will use […]
For the first time since the pandemic, the Central Florida Employment Council’s job fair attracted nearly 100 employers and a good number of job seekers. I’m just glad to hear the commotion today,” said Dawn Sipley of Sipley the Best. Sipley helps small businesses recruit employees and she says the ball is in the job […]
2021 has been a year of remarkable growth for the workflow automation startup Prefect. The company, which started in DC but is now largely remote, is working on data flow automation tasks. This means, according to the company’s management, that it is creating software to remove “negative engineering,” or anything on the orchestration side that […]
When working, disagreements in society are not avoided, especially during the working relationship between employer and employee. However, normally when conflicts arise, the weaker side is usually the employees. Accordingly, to protect the employees, the government of Vietnam has issued the Labor Code, amended at each stage of the company. When an employer violates the […]
A job seeker celebrates getting an offer during the National Second Chance Day job fair March 15 at Grace Church in Fort Myers. Better Together Logo Better Together is breaking down barriers to employment by hosting a series of friendly job fairs this week. Barriers to employment come in many forms: homelessness, previous incarceration, lack […]
WhatsApp Facebook Twitter E-mail Messenger KUWAIT CITY, March 22: The parliamentary Human Resources Affairs Committee on Tuesday discussed the job advertisement and recruitment procedures adopted by Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) in the last three years. Rapporteur of the committee MP Ahmad Mutei Al-Azmi disclosed that Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic and […]
The B2B coaching and learning platform will offer a program specifically designed for participants of the West Philadelphia Skills Initiative PHILADELPHIA CREAM, March 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — GoCoachthe upskilling, work-based learning and coaching platform, announced a new initiative with the nonprofit West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI), a University City District program and one of the […]
These young people worked to shed light on things like local tourism, village culture, nature, sustainable living, encouraging entrepreneurs, festivals, celebrations, overlooked tourist spots, ancient culture. It taught a lesson to the new generation that if they make good use of these media, they can make good money out of it. In this, everyone expresses […]
Job vacancies are viewed at a Hello Work public employment office in Tachikawa, Tokyo. Part of the image has been modified. File photo of Yomiuri Shimubun TOKYO — To support foreign workers, Japan will start translating job postings into English at Hello Work public employment offices across the country on Tuesday. The translation will be […]
Our way of working is constantly evolving. Adapt to the moment. Being reinvented in ways we don’t even recognize in the moment. That said, we have never seen anything quite like the seismic shifts of the past two years. We have witnessed the meteoric acceleration of trends already underway and the emergence of new ones […]
By Hamilton Richardson Elmore/Autauga News Top photo: Hunter Hills (Buffalo Rock) Regional Recruiting Event They say ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ but that’s no longer just a saying and it was proven on Monday March 21st when no less than four local chambers of commerce came together to organize a big event hiring at Hunter […]
Companies ask new grads to already have years of experience before even applying for entry-level jobs As companies continue to face a labor shortage, “seen inflation” could be a factor behind their inability to fill entry-level positions. Entry-level job seekers are the most likely to overstate their interpersonal skills (47%), tasks (46%) and accomplishments (45%) […]
A new Maine Department of Labor program aims to connect thousands of job seekers to employment, training and other resources to join the workforce. A two-year “peer workforce navigator” pilot program is being funded by $1 million in federal relief funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. The program aims […]
The final step in matching job seekers and companies – a list of workforce credentials – was unveiled on Tuesday by a group of state economic and education agencies in NCcareers.org. The goal is to provide high school and college students with the “non-degree” credentials and job certifications that companies seek above all else, involving […]
Omnipresent Group Ltd.the developer of a global job platform it offers as a service, raised $120 million in a Series B funding round to bring its total funding to nearly $138 million. The company is taking advantage of the new opening of businesses to employ people outside of the workplace and even halfway around the […]
A $45,000 grant from the state Department of Labor and Industry will help job seekers in Mercer and Lawrence counties develop important technology skills, state officials said Friday Mark Longietti and Chris Sainato. Lawmakers said the West Central Job Partnership will use the Digital Literacy and Workforce Development Grant to teach job seekers how to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari expressed optimism that Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Industries, will replicate the success recorded in the cement industry in the fertilizer segment. The President revealed this on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Dangote Fertilizer Plant in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. According to him, the Group has halted the importation of cement into Nigeria, […]
A Louisiana employer hit TeamHealth with a proposed class action lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the private equity-backed provider unfairly enriched itself by overcharging the group for health services for its workers. The Louisiana Municipal Risk Management Agency — a self-funding employer that pays for health care for police, fire, ambulance, and other local service personnel […]
As we enter the year 2022, it is clear that employees and job seekers hold the power. December 2021 left us 4.6 million more job vacancies than unemployedand workers do not hesitate to leave their jobs to find more suitable roles. If companies want to attract top talent, they need to understand what workers care […]
By Sherry Nielsen (March 21, 2022, 1:16 p.m. EDT) — In this series of expert insights, in-house labor lawyers discuss the most important issues companies and lawyers need to plan for in today’s business landscape, and offer practical advice on how to meet the unique challenges of the year. Sherry Nielsen The purpose of a […]
CHARLOTTE — Professional or not, nudges have replaced the formal handshake greeting. However, nothing has replaced the job interview process. Embracing a new normal, NCWorks and SC Works have teamed up to host a new-style hiring event. For the first time, job seekers will have the choice: to participate online or in person. The in-person […]
SINGAPORE — A housekeeper who robbed her employer and repeatedly hit him over the head with a laptop until the device broke was sentenced Monday (March 21) to six years and six months in prison . The Myanmar national, now 36, was also sentenced to four additional months behind bars instead of 12 strokes of […]
The way we work must be among the most important aspects of human life that have irrevocably changed after the Covid-19 pandemic. As businesses and their employees first tackled the challenge of working from home and then solved it without compromising productivity, with the pandemic receding somewhat, businesses and the workforce are starting to realize […]
STAR ANNOUNCER / 2019 The Star-Advertiser and US Vets’ Career Expo returns Wednesday to the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Hawaii Career Expo 2022 promises to connect job seekers with many of the state’s top employers on Wednesday at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Sponsored by Honolulu Star-Advertiser and US Vets Hawai’i, […]
Jeanine “JT” Tanner O’Donnell is a career coach and founder of the leading career site www.workitdaily.com. Dale Dauten is the founder of The Innovators’ Lab and the author of an HR novel, “The Weary Optimist”. Dear JT & Dale: I quit my job at the beginning of the summer. I was exhausted and needed a […]
If anyone in the Nets organization — or fandom — was hoping that a change in the city’s medical director might lead to a quick resolution to Kyrie Irving’s status, their hopes were in vain. Dr. Aswin Vasan, who replaced Dr. Dave Chokshi as New York City’s medical director this week, held his first briefing […]
An Indian maid has been arrested in Kuwait for mixing dirt in the food she prepared for her employers. New Delhi, First published March 18, 2022, 6:58 p.m. IST A maid has been arrested in Kuwait for mixing dirt in the food she prepared for her employers. The Indian woman was found to have added […]
The Portuguese government has received around 23,000 job offers for Ukrainian refugees and around 11,800 Ukrainians who have requested temporary protection, Labor, Solidarity and Social Security Minister Ana Mendes Godinho said Thursday in Madrid. During a press conference with his Spanish and Italian counterparts, Mendes Godinho indicated that the platform created to collect job offers […]
Photo: Getty (Getty Images) Citigroup noted this week that it would cover the travel costs of employees who have to leave their state to have abortions, thanks to laws like the Six-week abortion ban in Texas. Well, Citi didn’t actually utter the word abortion—he wrote this in a letter to its shareholders: “In response to […]
According to data shared by Chandigarh engineering institutes, students in circuit branches – computer science and engineering (CSE), information technology (IT) and electronics and communication engineering (ECE) – received more offers. employment than their peers in other branches in the last three academic sessions. According to figures shared by University Institute of Engineering and Technology […]
A Dallas doctor says she has been instructed to deny any new requests for gender-affirming pediatric medical care. So she takes her employer to court. Dr. Ximena Lopez helped start the GENECIS clinic at the Children’s Medical Center seven years ago. It gives transgender children access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Governor Abbott and […]
TOM ACKERMAN At Jobs Jamboree 2022 in Billings on Wednesday, the consensus was that the labor market favors employees. The Montana pavilion at MetraPark was packed with employers and job seekers. “There’s been a lot of activity and the energy seems high, especially compared to last year when we were here,” said Holly Lake, district […]
WASHINGTON (FOX 5DC) – DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Human Resources Department are hosting a two-day virtual recruiting event where participating agencies have the opportunity to make job offers on the spot. Download the FOX 5 DC News app for the latest local news and weather The event will take place Wednesday and […]
The first time I heard of Baba Otis was when I traveled to Nairobi for my first job interview. As a young man eager to make his mark in the city, my ambitions were high. I was pretty naive about the city and walked around clutching my wrap. I don’t even know why I took […]
— New Comfort Keepers Caregiver Survey Reveals Helpful, Flexible and Rewarding Career with 93% Satisfaction Rating — IRVINE, CA, March 16, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For the more than 4.3 million workers who quit their jobs in the Great Resignation, as reported by the Labor Department, Comfort Keepers, a leading provider of uplifting home care for seniors or […]
(Photo: Shutterstock) The “Great Resignation” has caused workers to value the perks of their work that they find most valuable. For many organizations, this has reinforced the importance of offering a holistic benefits package that can support and retain current employees, as well as withstand industry competition. One of the most requested benefits we’ve seen […]
OPINION: Employer-sponsored insurance is the foundation of American health care. More than 155 million Americans rely on their employers for health insurance, and according to a March 2021 survey, more than two-thirds were satisfied with their coverage. So why are we constantly told that America’s healthcare system is broken? And why is the Biden administration […]
PULLMAN – Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories is looking to hire more than 100 people to work in its manufacturing operations in Pullman, WA, and Lewiston, ID. The 100% employee-owned company will hold an open house for job seekers interested in starting their careers with SEL as assemblers on Wednesday, March 23 from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 […]
UPDATE: Mayor of Mobile Sandy Stimpson and David Clarke, President and CEO of Visit Mobile, took to the podium around 12:15 p.m. to talk about the new app designed to match job seekers with jobs jobs in the hospitality industry in Mobile. Clarke spoke about the number of hospitality workers who left the business during […]
An employer has sought advice after he fired a struggling single mother from his restaurant after she refused to throw leftover food in the trash. The woman had gotten the job at the request of the owner’s wife after meeting her through volunteering. However, after working at the restaurant for a while, the employer noticed […]
There could be a strike at all 24 colleges in Ontario by the end of this week. The union representing 16,000 faculty donated to the College Employer Council (CEC) an ultimatum this week, after negotiations broke down in November. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) bargaining team has asked the CEC to accept binding […]
A growing number of Houston employers say they have been “ghosted” by potential hires, the latest sign of a market in which job seekers have the upper hand. According to a recent report by Robert Half, a recruitment consulting firm based in Menlo Park, Calif., about 40% of local employers said they had more applicants […]
In 2021, Swinburne presented his very ambitious lunar plan that every Swinburne graduate gets a job. It’s a lofty goal, but last year we saw our Bachelor of Accounting and Business Information Technology (Professional) (BABIT) crack the code with 100% of students finding jobs (many with several offers) before graduating. Meanwhile, the closely related Bachelor […]
Thousands of commenters have come to the defense of a nurse who shared a photo of a lackluster gift she received from her employer on a popular internet forum. In a viral Reddit post posted to r/antiwork, Redditor u/Personal-Pound-2260 posted a photo of the giveaway, which consisted of an assortment of items stored in a […]
Breadcrumb Links Local News Fanshawe College faculty and colleagues across the province are set to strike Friday morning as contract negotiations stalled this week. Publication date : March 14, 2022 • March 14, 2022 • 1 minute read • 16 comments Fanshawe College. (Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press) Content of the article Fanshawe College faculty […]
Upshift, a recruitment platform, has launched a proprietary platform that now allows residents of St. Louis, Missouri, who are seeking employment based on personal terms, to apply for a wide variety of flexible advertised positions. The provision aims to address the problem of unemployment plaguing the city. Statistics indicate that the number of unemployed residents […]
As we increasingly return to normalcy after the pandemic, not everything is returning to normal at work. Bankrate conducted a survey asking workers for their opinions on a variety of topics, including whether they had requested a hybrid work schedule, whether they felt underpaid and what job seekers prioritize in their search. Courtesy rate Bankrate […]
Portuguese companies have already registered 20,000 job offers on the platform created by the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) to collect job offers available for Ukrainian refugees arriving in Portugal. These figures were provided to ECO by the Ministry of Labour. In less than two weeks, the total number of offers made available […]
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In Wilkes County The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice will host a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Wilkes Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 1430 Industrial Park Road in Washington, Ga. The agency is hiring corrections officers to juveniles, detention counsellors, teachers, health care providers, food service workers, housekeepers and general […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Hampton Roads Workforce Council has announced a new campaign to encourage local job seekers to join the workforce. Let’s Get to Work! campaign officially launched on March 14. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 47.4 million employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs in 2021 for several reasons, […]
Image used for illustrative purposes only. Mohammad Yasin, Staff reporter The Dubai Criminal Court has sentenced an African security guard and four compatriots, including two fugitives, to 2 years in prison for stealing Dhs 600,000 from their own employer’s vehicle. They will all be deported after serving their prison sentence. The crime, which dates back […]
Amid all the headlines about millions of workers quitting their jobs during the Great Resignation, it’s easy to miss the signal in the noise. Yes, a recording 47.4 million Americans quit their jobs last year – more than A quarter of the total workforce. And, yes, the first understandable response from employers was to throw […]
The commentary by Ms. Schaefer of The Heritage Foundation published on February 20 is highly misleading about the personal and social benefits of employer-based health insurance coverage, while acknowledging its significant problems in a single paragraph. Here are the rebuttals of Schaefer’s main points: 1. “More choice and access to medical services” — wrong! Private […]
The commentary by Ms. Schaefer of The Heritage Foundation published on February 20 is highly misleading about the personal and social benefits of employer-based health insurance coverage, while acknowledging its significant problems in a single paragraph. Here are the rebuttals of Schaefer’s main points: 1. “More choice and access to medical services” — false! Private […]
Exhibit design is a course taught in many industrial design programs, including the one I took at Pratt. (In fact, the ED course led directly to my first job offer, which gave me a soft spot for the subfield.) So I was interested to learn that there is a design […]
SHREWSBURY, MA — An overnight burglary this week at a Worcester dollar store was the work of a Shrewsbury man and woman, police say. Early Thursday morning, Worcester Police responded to the Dollar Tree along Southbridge Street to investigate a break-in which occurred while the store was closed for the night. After watching surveillance video, […]
Over 400 people attended the Scarborough job fair last week and dozens of job offers were made during the day. The 11th Scarborough Job Fair outing saw a welcome return to an in-person event and resulted in a record number of job vacancies. Organizers The Opportunity Center (part of Aspire Igen Group) and Scarborough Jobcentre […]
Lane Powell Website The website works best with JavaScript enabled. Companies preparing to bring remote workers back to the city of Seattle should take the time to ensure their employment practices comply with state and local labor ordinances. This was highlighted by a recent $250,000 settlement reported by the Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS) […]
The owner of a mushroom farm is to pay a worker €15,000 for failing to pay her minimum wage for an 80-hour week – while concealing falsified details of her working hours when she signed them. The arbitrator who investigated her complaint called it “the most heinous violation of her employment rights.” Ana Lacramioara Manciu […]
Lottie Ryan has said she would take a job outside of RTE if the right thing presented itself – admitting she had been yelling at bosses for her own show for years. The TV and radio personality currently works as an entertainment reporter on 2fm and host of the new Dancing with the Stars podcast. […]
FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) certification of a serious medical condition should be comprehensive and sufficient, but sometimes it is neither. Employers rarely take a hard line, but instead ask employees to provide more information to complete certification. Here are some tips on how to recognize something is wrong with certification and give employees […]
The February jobs report beat expectations, but wage growth came in at 5.1%, slightly below the 5.8% expected. And we know from the massive coverage it gets that the labor market is showing strong growth. If you need cold, hard data, 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in January. And pair that with the 11.3 […]
The death of a Texas couple whose bodies were found at a construction site where their children were waiting in the car has led to the indictment of an oil company and one of its executives. Jacob Dean, 44, and Natalee Dean, 37, were killed on October 26, 2019 by poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas at […]
Q: I have worked or my current employer has worked full time for several years now. Several months ago I started having medical issues and applied for intermittent leave – two days a month – under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) so that when I was absent, it wouldn’t count against me. I […]
Union County Hundreds of students and community members pursuing careers in law enforcement attended a recent law enforcement recruiting event on the Kean University campus. The event, co-hosted by the University and the Union County District Attorney’s Office, attracted more than 44 federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement agencies. Kean President Lamont O. Repollet, […]
Insurance buying platform Policygenius has been recognized by Forbes as one of the Top Startup Employers of 2022. This is the third year in a row that Policygenius has made the Forbes list. The company is ranked among the top 200 start-up employers out of 500 recognized companies. Over 10,000 companies were considered […]
I spent twenty-five years in the financial industry, working as an FX trader in and around Chicago. I earned a high salary and a nice bonus, but today I’m in a wheelchair and I don’t own my house. My story is unlike any other ambitious young business student drawn to the challenge of the markets, […]
Last update of the provident fund: After a change of job, subscribers can transfer the Employee Provident Fund (EPF) account from the old company to the new employer. But what if the new employer, unlike the previous employer, operates a private trust for EPF earnings, rather than depositing EPF money with EPFO (Employee’s Provident Fund […]
Take away: The FMLA gives employers the right to require a medical certificate when an employee returns to work or when there is a material change in circumstances. Employers should use these requirements to ensure the proper use of FMLA leaves by employees. Tyson Foods Inc. did not violate the Family and Medical Leave Act […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected OptumHealth’s bid to drop a class action lawsuit, which alleges the company worked with Aetna to fraudulently pass administrative fees on to patients and employers by disguising them as medical expenses. The highest court in the land rejected Writ of certiorari from OptumHealth Care Solutions on Monday. The case […]
The lack of competition, according to the Biden administration, is a big reason why the wages of a large part of the American workforce are barely higher, after accounting for inflation, than they would be. was half a century ago. “The fact that workers are getting less than before is a long-standing problem,” noted Ms […]
Wildlife officials are looking to hire a grizzly bear conflict manager in Montana. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is looking to fill a unique position with a job title that raises eyebrows, questions, and possibly hair on the back of the neck: grizzly bear conflict manager. The Montana-based job […]
March 07, 2022 Mitie is one of the employers helping to end the taboo around menstrual health during Endometriosis Action Month by joining the Endometriosis UK programme. Many women say they would be concerned about discussing menstrual health issues with their employers, even as the country as a whole has become more open with colleagues […]
GoWell Director Hidekazu Matsuda interviewed by Vietnam News Agency (Source: VNA) Tokyo (VNA) – Numerous Vietnamese in Japanespecially Japanese university graduates, received prompt and efficient assistance from a local employment service company during the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 2010, GoWell is one of the prestigious suppliers of Asian workers for local […]
From pet benefits and flexible hours to mental health and child care benefits and more, there’s no one formula to create the perfect benefits package. America’s ever-changing workforce – the same workforce that has seen 4.5 million Americans voluntarily quit their jobs in November 2021 alone – has taken over businesses of all sizes and […]
While employers promote incentives such as attractive compensation and benefits to acquire and retain talent, they may be limiting their candidate pool too much with the requirements and language presented on their Jobs. A survey conducted by a billing software and information services company Skynova found that entry-level job seekers struggle to meet the years […]
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By Express press service VIJAYAWADA: Giving a second chance to those who had criminal records in the past, Vijayawada City Police, in association with the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation, organized a ‘Job Mela’ for reformed criminals and young people on Saturday unemployed. No less than 224 candidates have been selected and 205 others have […]
VIJAYAWADA: Top business houses lined up at a job fair in Vijayawada on Saturday, not only recruiting bright engineering and management graduates from top colleges, but recruiting young men with a track record. criminal and are repeat offenders but want to start afresh. No less than 37 of these “history leafters” were picked up by […]
Ms Lazar talks about a new NSW Multicultural Elderly Care Project which is specifically designed to serve older people from multicultural communities. Multicultural Elderly Care will have a dedicated person who will make home visits to elderly people who request home care. This will help process their request much more efficiently and quickly. Ms. Lazar […]
As we begin March, there are many developments for California employers on the legal front. Here are five issues that should grab employers’ attention this week (and will likely impact California employers for the rest of the year): 1. Will the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) survive 2022? PAGA was designed by the California […]