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Swedes to give six-hour workday a go
Municipal staff in Gothenburg will act as guinea pigs in a proposed push for six-hour workdays with full pay, with hopes that it will cut down on sick leave, boost efficiency, and ultimately save Sweden money.
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The Cambodians who stitch your clothing keep fainting in droves
It should have been an extraordinary scene: more than 100 factory hands fainting in unison as if possessed by spirits. But in Cambodian garment factories, which play a major role in supplying American malls, mass fainting is no longer a freak phenomenon. It’s disturbingly common. The enigmatic problem is persistent despite waves of government studies, activist campaigns and vows to investigate factory conditions by global fashion empires such as H&M.
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Apple Employees Confess All The Worst Things About Working At Apple
If you want to work in tech, you want the words "Apple Inc." somewhere on your resume. That experience is widely regarded as a key that can unlock virtually any other type of employment opportunity.
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Rogue alcoholic court reporter kept writing ‘I hate my job’
An alcoholic Manhattan court stenographer went rogue, channeling his inner “Shining” during a high-profile criminal trial and repeatedly typing, “I hate my job, I hate my job” instead of the trial dialogue, sources told The Post. The bizarre antics by Daniel Kochanski, who has since been fired, wreaked havoc on some 30 Manhattan court cases, sources said, and now officials are scrambling to repair the damage.
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UPS Fires 250 Employees For Staging A 90-Minute Protest To Defend Co-Worker
UPS is firing 250 Queens, N.Y., drivers for walking off the job during a 90-minute protest in February. The company dismissed 20 of the workers after their shifts Monday and issued notices of termination to another 230 employees, notifying them that they will be fired once the company has trained their replacements, UPS spokesman Steve Gaut told Business Insider.
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Florida man faked home burglary to avoid going to work, police say
A Tampa-area man was arrested after local deputies say he staged a fake burglary at his own home, just to avoid going to work, reports CBS Tampa Bay. What's your excuse for being out of the office?
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Why is Teamwork Crucial
The challenge of working in a virtual team is the issue of not being able to see your colleagues face-to-face.
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Death from overwork bill to be proposed by Japan’s ruling party
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is finalizing a draft bill that would try to solve and prevent deaths from overworking, a phenomenon that is all too common in Japan and even has its own name, karoshi. The bill seeks to make the government responsible for implementing and promoting the preventive measures for such occurrences.
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Google is right: We work better when we're happy
New research confirms what Google already knows—greater employee happiness results in higher productivity without sacrificing quality. Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea that happy employees work harder. In the laboratory, they found happiness made people about 12 percent more productive.
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Farm Confessional: I Was a Pig Semen Catcher
In our Farm Confessional column, we hear from the workers and other folks involved in animal or agricultural production. Do you have a story to tell? Anonymity is okay and guaranteed. For Pig Week, we heard from Sabrina Estabrook-Russett, a veterinary student at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Originally from Vermont, Estabrook-Russett has gotten lots of ah, hands-on experience in Scotland, with sheep, chickens, cows and, of course, pigs. Here is her story.
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How Guy Kawasaki Manages His Time
Guy Kawasaki is a workaholic and he has to be because he does so many different things, from writing books, to investing, to speaking and more. In this interview, we find out exactly how he managers (or doesn't manage) his...
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A very personal history of getting fired over a blog
By now it’s widely understood that online behavior has real-world consequences, especially when it comes to employment. Facebook photos can get you fired, as can a tasteless tweet or trollish Twitter account. But there was a brief era—I guess you’d call it Web 1.0—when the idea of your boss finding your blog seemed absurd. Until it started to happen.
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US government wants to use machines to constantly monitor up to 5 million employees
The US government is planning to crack down on potential leakers and threats with a detailed personnel-monitoring system that could go into place later this year, according to the Associated Press. The system would reportedly tap into a wide variety of government databases — including military records, licenses, and local law enforcement reports — and reach out to private credit agencies as well to allow workers' behaviors to be continuously analyzed for anything unusual.
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Why paying doctors salaries instead of fees won’t make health care cheaper
One of the lesser-known consequences of health care reform in the US is a massive consolidation of doctors. Former private practice physicians are getting sucked into hospitals or networks of affiliated practices and hospitals. Beyond hospital recruiting, uncertainty about the health care market, lower insurance and Medicare payments, and malpractice premiums have driven many private practices to consolidate and change the way doctors are paid.
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Qatar World Cup: 400 Nepalese have died since construction began
More than 400 Nepalese migrant workers have died on Qatar's building sites as the Gulf state prepares to host the World Cup in 2022, a report will reveal this week.
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AOL chief cuts 401(k) benefits, blames Obamacare and two “distressed babies”
AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong on Thursday offered a number of unusual explanations for why his company pulled back its 401(k) benefits for employees this year. The first reason: Obamacare. The second: two women at the company who had "distressed babies" in 2012. The stock, which started off strong this morning because of a good earnings release by AOL, has now fallen nearly three percent today.
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$10 an hour, with no way out
An 11-hour shift with a Baltimore security guard in Harbor East illuminates how low-wage work turns into a trap
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Rumor Has It Dell Is Planning To Lay Off 15,000 Employees
Layoff rumors are rarely happy news and this is particularly unhappy: the Register is reporting that sources have told them that Dell is laying off 15,000 employees this week, almost 15% of its 108,000-employee workforce. This move comes after an already substantial round of layoffs in January.
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Entire 'Tonight Show' Staff Laid Off as Jimmy Fallon Moves Show From Burbank to NYC
All 164 employees are being encouraged to apply for positions in New York NBCUniversal plans to lay off the entire “Tonight Show” staff — all 164 Burbank employees — when the late-night talk show moves from California to New York City next month, TheWrap has learned.
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Ontario raises minimum wage to $11
As on June 1, Ontario’s minimum wage will rise to $11 — a 75 cent raise from the current $10.25. The government also announced plans to introduce legislation that would tie future minimum wage increases to inflation. If passed, any increases would be announced by April 1 and come into effect on Oct. 1. The last time Ontario raised the minimum wage was in 2010, before it was frozen. There are about 500,000 people in Ontario working at minimum wage.
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