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Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said Thursday it will temporarily idle production at its two smelters in Italy, affecting about 2,000 workers, after a decision by the European Union left the company's ability to secure electricity for the plants at low rates uncertain.
Divorce can be hell, but it can be even more hellish if the husband and wife work together.
The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of a state law that allows insurance companies to cut off workers' compensation payments for those suffering permanent total disability when the disabled party is eligible for Social Security retirement benefits.
Police said a man stabbed himself, then said he was attacked by three men dressed in black who were either Hispanic or skinheads, in a ploy to miss work. Police arrested a 29-year-old man after he allegedly admitted he made up the assault and said he was responsible for the knife wound to his leg and other superficial cuts on his body. He faces charges of false reporting and obstructing a police officer.
Ever since President Ronald Reagan proposed building a ballistic missile shield in 1983 to prevent a doomsday scenario, the idea has been dogged by an unanswered question: Will it work?
Officials say a France Telecom employee has killed himself, becoming the giant phone company's 24th worker to commit suicide in 18 months.
When is a long-distance relationship worth pursuing? Dr. Gail Saltz helps a lonely woman who was widowed after 47 years of marriage decide if she should pursue a relationship with a former classmate separated from her by both distance and time.
France Telecom SA was mobilizing all 20,000 of its managers Monday in an effort to respond to a string of 23 employee suicides that unions blame partly on layoffs and restructuring at the telecommunications giant.
Two members of a family that owns an engine company in Washington state pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of knowingly hiring undocumented workers.
Federal prosecutors filed charges Monday against a Washington state manufacturing company where 28 people were arrested in a February immigration raid, accusing the family-owned business of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
A new study shows female managers are more than three times as likely as their male counterparts to underrate their bosses' opinions of their job performance.
Just weeks into his Senate term, Al Franken's portfolio compares favorably to any of the Senate's freshman members. He loves policy. He has signed on as co-sponsor to a half dozen bills, asked thoughtful questions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and immersed himself in a thorny debate over health care reform.
The first time Thom Guthrie retired, after a long career as a teacher and school administrator, he was 60. The California man had undergone major heart surgery and thought he was ready to relax.
France's parliament has given final approval to a law allowing more businesses to stay open Sundays despite protest from labor unions.
French legislators have approved a divisive bill that allows more stores to stay open — and more people to work — on Sundays.
Walking or biking to work, even part way, is linked with fitness, but very few Americans do it, according to a study of more than 2,000 middle-aged city dwellers.
Bobcat Co. said Wednesday its plants in Bismarck and Gwinner will be idle for part of June and July due to the sluggish worldwide economy.
OK, OK, I confess: I absolutely, unabashedly love the days when a woman I barely know enters my home and feeds, diapers, cuddles and entertains my 1-year-old son.
Many of the 28 workers arrested by immigration agents last month in a northwest Washington raid have been released and given permission to work, in another sign of how the Obama administration is handling illegal immigration differently than its predecessor.
Wall Street gave the new bank rescue plan an enthusiastic embrace. Whether it will actually work — restoring solvency to the banks, restarting lending and ultimately lifting the economy out of recession — is far less clear.
Construction crews have started working on a replacement for a rural Missouri bridge within minutes of President Barack Obama's signing the $787 billion stimulus package.
No, the big stimulus plan won't "save or create 3.5 million jobs," as the president and congressional Democrats claim — at least not this year.
China's work-related deaths fell below 100,000 last year for the first time in more than a decade, amid an increased government focus on accident prevention, state media reported Monday.
When the Carolina Panthers began their difficult six-game stretch to end the regular season, coach John Fox joked how each week became the biggest, most-hyped game the franchise has played.
A fair wage for a fair day's workPay equity is a relatively cheap, reasonably easy-to-apply mechanism to rid the workplace of historic, systemic wage discrimination against women.
Today I started the Go Walking...What is that you ask? Well its a Pedometer, and I have walked almost a mile at work...funny I thought it would have been more... During my work out at the Y I decided to do this and add steps each day...even if it means walking at lunch time...(w …
Israel proposes work camps for illegal migrantsThe government is considering establishing work camps in the south of the country, where illegal migrant workers will receive shelter, food and medical care, Army Radio reported Wednesday.
Blockbuster employee Aaron Siebers stabs himself in the leg to avoid workWhile the unemployed are scrambling to find a job in the recessionary market, one man is going to great lengths to play hooky -- stabbing himself in the leg to avoid work.
The reports out on the dummy box, which sometimes sounds like the town crier on steroids after a night of heavy drinking, are saying that the bill is 2000 pages long.
100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)By Bruce Buschel/ New York Times
Despite millions unemployed, no candidates for great jobsDespite millions of unemployed job seekers desperate for work, many open positions are languishing unfilled. The reason? Not enough candidates.
Lack of Paid Sick Days May Worsen Flu PandemicPublic health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, are jeopardizing others by reporting to work sick because they do not get paid for days they miss for illness.
Still working after 80 — Social Security and meFor the last twenty years, I have relied on my Social Security pension to pay the basics: electricity, water, phone, supplemental medical insurance (an absolute necessity) and reduced Real Estate Taxes for low income seniors.
Dealing with the Pay GapIt's amazing that in an age when women make up nearly half the workforce, when about 30 per cent of small business operators are women, when dual income families are the standard and at a time when women outnumber men as university graduates, that equal pay for equal work is no …
Every time a report which shows that there is a gender pay gap is released, there are plenty of people who jump to discredit it. Critics are quick to assert that there is no discrimination against women in the work place, and that there are other reasons for the gender pay gap.
Worker Trapped in Ditch in Lexington, KentuckyA man "was trapped in a ditch" in Lexington, Kentucky on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.
Bay State heads to a jobless recoveryMany of Massachusetts' key industries have begun to rebound along with the broader economy, increasing sales and production, but hiring only cautiously - if at all.
The U-Haul index: the cost of moving to where the jobs areSunday, October 25, 2009 It has been said that people vote with their feet. They pick up and go to where the jobs and opportunities are.
When Work Doesn't Pay Finding that a raise or second paycheck doesn't always mean living better. Time to work less?
Man dies after police in Calif. use Taser on him - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsThis happens too much across America, In Maryland a neighbor that wanted to buy the home next to her on the Eastern Shore but the people would not sell.Started calling the state police and telling all sorts of lies.EX: her neighbors told the birds to poop on her mail box, every f …
How to Call In Sick Without Jeopardizing Your JobFew folks in today's workplace are calling in sick even if they have a cold, the flu, or a sinus infection.
Study: 54 Percent of Companies Ban Facebook, Twitter at WorkPlanning on firing off a short missive on Twitter or posting an update to your friends on Facebook from the office? Better check the rules of your workplace first. According to a study commissioned by Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing company, 54 percent of U.S.
158,300 Ohioans Lost Health Coverage In 2009 Due To Increased UnemploymentApproximately 158,300 people in Ohio lost health insurance coverage in 2009 due to a rise in unemployment, according to a report issued today by the health consumer organization Families USA.
October is here and that means the famed holiday season with all it's traditions and wrappings, will soon begin. People of differing cultures, countries, and faiths will soon begin their own celebrations of their holidays to come in this time of the year....
Unemployment insurance claim centers to answer calls today | Reno Gazette-JournalDue to the high volume of calls for unemployment claims assistance, the state's Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation's Unemployment Insurance Telephone Claim Centers will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Oct. 17 to answer claimant calls.
Workplace coffee? Yucks!NEW YORK - ONE-THIRD of US workplaces provide free coffee to their employees, but just half of those workers find the coffee tolerable and one in 10 say it's terrible, according to a study released on Thursday.
Who is counted as unemployed? Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work.
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