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Upcoming Biz-related Conventions and Tradeshows

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:08:34 +0000

The National Franchise & Business Opportunites Show – Chicago When: 9/11/2010- 9/12/2010 Where: Schaumburg Convention Center – Illinois 1551 N Thoreau Dr. Schaumburg, IL 60173 The National Franchise & Business Opportunities Show focuses on self employment opportunities for individuals wanting to start up a full or part time business of their own, or wishing to add on to their existing business. Visitors will find a variety of successful franchises, dealerships and distributor ships, from retail to home based opportunities, with investments ranging from $500 to $500,000.

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News Ezines » Why Script Writing Jobs Are In Demand These Days

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:04:00 +0000

The freelance job that you could be undertake could be much like the work you do at your current place of employment. This could have a conflicting interest, however again most freelance writing jobs are from another country or region. …

Six Ways to Supercharge Your Productivity

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:15:03 +0000

It’s Labor Day in the U.S. as I write this post. To my own amazement, I’ve spent most of the past month truly relaxing — reading lots of books, playing tennis, running, hanging out with my family and eating food I mostly shouldn’t — scones and donuts for breakfast, BLT s and burgers for lunch

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New York City Has Strong Sexual Harassment Law

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:30:49 +0000

The sexual harassment law in New York City is better than the federal and New York State laws. The New York City law is excellent and a credit to the City law makers because it provides genuine protection against sexual harassment. The federal and New York State laws, however, are less effective in preventing sexual harassment because they give companies an easy out

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Jobs 2.0: Nice Work If You Can Get It

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:17:27 +0000

When I told my mother that my husband-to-be was a consultant, she asked, “Does he work?” Mom was stuck in the mindset of Jobs 1.0. She had been in the work force when the knowledge economy was just emerging, entrepreneurs were considered a little strange, the only “real” professions were law and medicine, labor meant industrial and trade unions, seniority reigned, and careers involved step-by-predictable-step up the rungs of a tall ladder. In the Jobs 1.0 era, consulting was the fall-back face-saver for people who had lost their jobs

What Sexual Harassment Looks Like

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:08:47 +0000

The Wait A Second! blog recently wrote about a new sexual harassment case in the Second Circuit. The case, Kaytor v. Electric Boat Corp.,is unique because it involves not only sex, but threats of violence and what is more amazing is that the case was once dismissed.

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Retaliation Claims Based on Overtime Pay Complaints are Now Kosher in NY

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:02:37 +0000

A New York City judge has held that two beauty salon workers can sue their employer for retaliating against them after they complained about overtime pay . The Court held that prior rulings to the contrary were wrong.

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Retaliation Claims Based on Overtime Pay Complaints are Now Kosher in NY

Sex Discrimination on Wall Street

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:16:16 +0000

Sex discrimination occurs when someone is treated differently on account of their gender. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination. Recent reports on the declining number of women on Wall Street show that women are being treated differently, they are being replaced by men.

Are These the Economy’s Good Old Days?

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:08:37 +0000

Five years from now, will we look back on the dismal unemployment that we’re suffering on Labor Day 2010 and see this year as the good old days? Within today’s official unemployment statistics hides the true cost of decades of economic mismanagement: Historically unprecedented levels of unemployment and underemployment. The Great Recession that officially ended in 2009 has left millions of Americans without jobs for longer than the worst economic period in modern history — the early 1980s

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When Bonus Payments are Protected by the NY Labor Code

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00:20 +0000

In executive compensation disputes, an executive can gain substantial leverage if the subject compensation, typically a bonus, can be classified as “wages” within the meaning of NY Labor Code section 190(1). If the bonus constitutes “wages,” then the bonus is protected against any meddling by the employer and must be paid in full pursuant to section 193 of the Labor Code. In New York, and most other states, wages are protected and must be paid promptly.