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Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries
7 hours ago ago from Pacific Progressive
This article was published by the Center for Economic and Policy Research he sudden emergence of the H1N1 virus and the possibility of an epidemic outbreak on a scale not seen in decades has led to the closings of schools and workplaces around the world. President Obama recently urged workers with flu symptoms to "stay home." But a new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) shows that the United States is the only ...
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15 hours ago ago from Andrea Koh
Home sick today. Sigh... it's been so long since i fell sick that i have forgotten how to be sick. LOL... Had fever, slight sore throat, bad cough and blocked nose since the weekend but still had the energy to go back home, go to church, go to work for a short while. Decided to just stay home and rest today. the whole day was spent lying on the couch, drifitng in and outta sleep and craving for all kinds of food! LOL.. i thought sick meant ...
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8 hours ago ago from bl1y
One of the best things about being unemployed is I don't need permission from anyone to stay home sick. One of the worst things about being unemployed is I don't get out of anything for being sick. It's just like any other day, except that I'm sick.
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16 hours ago ago from Rico's rants
Rico says the headline of Dan Frosch's article in The New York Times pretty much sums it up: Immigrants Claim Wal-Mart Fired Them to Provide Jobs for Local Residents Lessee, non-citizens are bitching because some company (okay, Wal-Mart) fired them so that citizens could be given their doubtless low-paying (hey, it's Wal-Mart) jobs. Bummer. Worse yet, "all complaints also stated that West African workers, who are Muslim, were refused ...
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13 hours ago ago from Catherine Nothingless
So...ew! Slept all day yesterday without stirring until my late alarm went off. Whereupon I got up for half an hour and tried to decide what to do: work or call in sick? I decided to work because sleeping had left me feeling worse (knew I was getting there Sunday night). Red bull to the rescue :) It is good with cough syrup & lozenges! Then I fell asleep until the ten minutes before hitting the road alarm. Woke up feeling incredibly more ...
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Immigrants Claim Wal-Mart Fired Them to Provide Jobs for Local Residents
23 hours ago ago from The New York Times
SILVERTHORNE, Colo. A small group of West African men who came to the Rockies in search of economic opportunity are embroiled in a dispute with Wal-Mart , accusing it of a raft of discriminatory actions. Most say they were dismissed because supervisors wanted to give their jobs to local people in need of work. Dana Romanoff for The New York Times West African immigrants gathered for prayer at an apartment in Silverthorne, ...
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