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Can my employer fire me for legally using marijuana?
Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking with their drug testing and personal conduct policies, even in states where recreational marijuana use is now permitted. Others are keeping a close eye on the still evolving legal, regulatory and political environment.
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Why Minimum Wage Hikes Work, in 3 Charts
The biggest argument against raising the minimum wage is that it’s going to end up cutting jobs. By having to pay each worker extra, the cost of producing goods or services will increase. So, the argument goes, employers will either pass that cost off to customers (by raising prices) or try to find savings elsewhere (by investing in equipment rather than workers, or reducing the hours their employees work). Either way, the total demand for labor will drop.
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If you get rich, you won’t quit working for long
Think you'd hand in your notice if you suddenly struck it rich? You'd be surprised.
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How to Estimate Anything
Matt Heusser provides a more-accurate method to predict project completion dates -- in the face of uncertainty and ambiguity.
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‘It Makes You Human Again’
How Albuquerque [New Mexico] figured out how to really help its homeless population. And save money in the process. By Colin Woodard.
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The marijuana industry has proven to be a prodigious jobs producer
The marijuana job market could double or triple in years to come. By Sean Williams.
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No Doctor Should Work 30 Straight Hours Without Sleep
The American medical system requires dangerous feats of sleep deprivation. It doesn’t have to. By James Hamblin.
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These hotel workers just took on Trump — and won
Trump’s company battled unions during his campaign, but the deal ends a bitter dispute over pay at his Las Vegas hotel and eases discord at his D.C. property. By Jonathan O'Connell and Drew Harwell.
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At soaring rate, Nepalis seeking jobs abroad come home dead
“The number of Nepali workers going abroad has more than doubled since the country began promoting foreign labor in recent years: from about 220,000 in 2008 to about 500,000 in 2015.” By Martha Mendoza.
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How much is your arm worth? That depends on where you work
Each state determines its own workers’ compensation benefits, which means workers in adjoining states can end up with dramatically different compensation for identical injuries. An amputated arm can literally be worth two or three times as much on one side of a state line than the other.
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A court has ruled time taken travelling to work should count as work
Time taken to travel to and from work at the beginning and end of each day should count as working time under the law, according to the Europe’s highest court. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that workers without a fixed office should be able to charge for the time such journeys last, whereas at present they are not allowed to do so. It could mean that companies employing such workers as electricians, gas fitters, care workers and sales reps could be in breach of EU working time regulations...
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What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics?
Einstein and Feynman ushered me into grad school, reality ushered me out. By Bob Henderson.
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French workers win legal right to avoid checking work email out-of-hours
From Sunday, French companies will be required to guarantee their employees a “right to disconnect” from technology as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking. On 1 January, an employment law will enter into force that obliges organisations with more than 50 workers to start negotiations to define the rights of employees to ignore their smartphones.
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Scientists Say That Starting Work Before 10am Is Similar To Torture
Dr. Paul Kelley, a leading researcher at Oxford University, has recently discovered that the most common form of modern day...
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Higher Minimum Wage May Have Losers
As more cities and states raise their minimum wages, researchers question how much difference the changes will make for the working poor.
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Why the U.S. Has a Monopoly on Jobless Recoveries
Most rich countries hire back workers after a recession. The U.S. replaces them with machines. By Noah Smith.
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My life as a cleaner in London
As a cleaner, Michele Kirsch brings insights from her writing career to her current job – and reveals some home truths.
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The Digital Nomad's Guide To Working From Anywhere On Earth
The work-anywhere, travel-the-world fringe lifestyle is going mainstreamand these apps, services, and events are here to help.
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Why we should stop using the 40-hour work week
‘As long as you get your 8 hours in.’ From the second you walk into a classroom, you’re taught to structure your day around an 8-hour block. And it’s no different once you move into the working world.
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The Girls With Radioactive Bones
How the “radium girls” revealed the danger of radiation and fought for safety standards. By Sarah Zhang.
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