SOURCE: Associated Press
Job-based health care benefits could be in danger if Republicans and President Obama have their way,
Budget proposals from leaders in both parties have urged shrinking or eliminating tax breaks that help make employer health insurance the leading source of coverage in the nation and a middle-class mainstay.
The idea isn’t to just raise revenue, [...]
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Paper or plastic has a whole new meaning for workers these days, and it’s not about what to put your groceries in. Now some employers are asking this question of their workers when figuring out the most efficient way to pay them.
These companies are trying to eliminate paper paychecks for employees who [...]
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Netflix is making a play for the digital finish line: earlier this month the company debuted its long-anticipated Internet streaming-only service while also raising rates for its plans that include DVDs by mail.
The fast-growing movie rental company will allow members to watch video from its library of content that can be streamed [...]
Cited: BusinessWeek/Reuters
A General Growth Properties Inc. shareholder has filed suit against the company’s directors, saying they should not have rejected Simon Property Group Inc’s buyout offer of $10 billion, Bloomberg News reported on February 13.
It reported the suit was filed on February 19 in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago by investor James Young and [...]
Cited: Associated Press
On February 24, the Senate approves tax breaks for new hires with the help of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts and four other Republicans broke ranks to defeat a filibuster. This bill is the first of several job creation measures that the Democrats have promised.
Now companies that hire the unemployed would claim new [...]
Cited: MSNBC
A new, old financial, setback is becoming a long-term employment barrier as bad credit seems to be sidelining some jobless workers even though being jobless could be the reason for that credit.
Three years ago, after working as a temporary data entry clerk and receptionist for a Los Angeles skin care company, Debra Banks was [...]
Cited: Reuters
It seems that consumers are still wary even though retail results have improved. This year for retailers may be more about winning sales from competitors than gaining customers to purchase more, at least for those that sell everything from torn paper to refrigerators
Discounters like Target Corp and Sears Holdings Corp’s Kmart stores posted improved [...]
Air cargo handling experts and those employees who are working at any one of an airport’s air cargo checkpoint solutions sites are grappling with changes in the way cargo is now being inspected under new laws that took effect Feb. 1.
According to Networkworld News, February marked the launch of new guidelines for air cargo screening [...]
All office phone systems are going to vary in price, depending on their features and versatility. But today’s phones for small companies can be just as effective as any large company’s phone system, and you can absolutely set up your own business phones with ease, provided you’ve got some patience and time, and are willing [...]
You’ve been thinking about it for a while now and you’re ready to start shopping around for the best universal life insurance quotes you can find?
But wait: you’ve also found information on whole life insurance quotes online, and now things are getting confusing, right?
Naturally, as with any product or service you buy online it’s always [...]