Unknown perpetrators last night in Belgrade set fire to a kiosk, with the worker still inside. Firefighters and emergency medical services intervened to save his life.
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Apple retail worker vacation blocked, Samsung MobilePrint, Zeppelin Air
January 6th, 2011 |
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Word has come in that retail works at Apple Stores have been told they can have no vacations on some days later this month. In the past these blocked dates have been the launch of new important products, could this be the Verizon iPhone? Samsung has unveiled the MobilePrint app for iOS devices like the [...]
Lindsay Lohan Could Go Back To Jail For Alleged Assault On Rehab Worker
January 4th, 2011 |
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Freedom could turn out to be a shortlived concept for repeat rehabber Lindsay Lohan. Sheriff’s investigators in Riverside County, California want the actress charged with battery for last month’s skirmish with a Betty Ford Center rehabilitation technician. Palm Desert Police Sheriff’s Sgt. Joe Borja says a two-week department investigation shows Lohan violated her probation during [...]
Fired Rehab Worker Dawn Holland Will Not Sue/Press Charges Against Lohan
December 24th, 2010 |
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Dawn Holland, the Betty Ford Treatment Center employee accusing actress Lindsay Lohan of criminal battery, will not sue the Mean Girls star or continue prosecution against the screen starlet, Holland’s lawyer told The TODAY Show Wednesday. Holland, a chemical dependency technician at the rehabilitation center, has alleged that the troubled starlet assaulted her when she [...]
Employees on Edge About Workplace, Economy: Report
October 8th, 2010 |
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Taking the pulse of employed and hope-to-be employed workers finds continued pay and benefit cuts, consistent organizational changes, and general fear of economic stability. – Based
on economic analysis from government officials, the recession ended in June
2009, but don’t tell that to folks with or without a full-time job right now.
Worker and would-be worker sentiment is lousy.
Workers
have seen benefits reduced, continued layoffs, and pay and benefit cuts, and
ar…
Woman dies at candy factory
July 26th, 2010 |
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A 50-year-old worker died today at the Soko Å tark candy factory grounds in Belgrade. The unidentified woman died instantly early on Monday morning after falling five meters.
Top IT Worker Salary Averages by Location, Experience
June 25th, 2010 |
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Are you interested to see how your IT salary measures up to your colleagues around the country? Here, eWEEK looks at the average base salary data in five different segments of experience for nine major U.S. cities known to be major technology job hubs. The data for this presentation came from Glassdoor.com, a rate and review career comparison site empowered by the anonymous participation of employees of large U.S. companies. The data provides a snapshot for comparison that could be weighed against cost of living data and other important relocation information. Don’t walk into a job interview without doing your salary homework. – …
Apple Partner Foxconn Suffers Eighth Worker Death in 2010
May 24th, 2010 |
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A worker at Foxconn, which makes the Apple iPhone, among other electronics products, was the 10th Foxconn worker to fall from a building and the eighth to die in this way in 2010 alone. While similar deaths over the years are said to be bad PR for Apple, iPhone and iPad sales remain strong. – In what appears to be another suicide, a worker at the Foxconn facility in Shenzhen,
China, fell from a
building on the company’s campus May 21. The man’s death is the 10th falling
incident at the Foxconn facility in 2010.
The 21-year-old man was the eighth employee this year to be killed in…
Higher work levy no impact on Singapore yards, says UOB
February 23rd, 2010 |
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The impact of higher foreign worker levy on Singapore yards Keppel Corp. (BN4.SG) and SembMarine (S51.SG) will be negligible, says UOB KayHian.
The broker notes that the $100 hike will raise foreign worker levy by 34–67%, based on existing monthly levy of $150 for skilled worker and $295 for unskilled worker, but says the increase is not reflective of impact on shipyards as such taxes form only small fraction of their overall staff costs.
Small impact from higher worker levy in Singapore, says Deutsche Bank
February 23rd, 2010 |
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Companies with large component of unskilled foreign labour could be hurt by higher foreign worker levies announced in Singapore’s 2010 budget, says Deutsche Bank.
It notes land transport companies and conglomerates fall within this category, but adds that the impact could be relatively small and mitigated by other government programmes to upgrade skills, productivity.
Government to increase foreign worker levies over 3 years
February 22nd, 2010 |
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Singapore will increase levies for companies hiring foreign workers as the country attempts to depend less on overseas labour, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said.
Levies will be increased in a phased manner over the next three years, Shanmugaratnam told Parliament today in the nation’s budget speech.
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Olympic skier in ‘super dangerous’ near-miss
February 16th, 2010 |
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Australian Craig Branch narrowly missed colliding with a course worker near the finish of his run in the Olympic downhill on Monday. The worker stumbled, lost a ski pole and failed to leave the Dave Murray piste before Branch came hurtling towards the finish area.
Tech Worker Shortage, H-1B System Challenged
January 8th, 2010 |
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An ALF-CIO report pokes holes in U.S. guest worker programs and sheds light on the core issue of wage reduction for technical professionals in the United States and expanded entry of guest workers into newer fields such as health care and education. The report touches on the oft-cited abuse and mistreatment of guest workers from foreign countries, as well as closely examining near-stagnant wages for U.S. workers and H-1B visa holders.
– Based on the research of the National Research
Council, the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Education, the
Computing Research Association, the National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, the RAND Corporation and a host of other university research
sourc…
Fired Playboy worker claims Hugh Hefner prefers younger women
January 1st, 2010 |
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A former worker for Playboy Enterprises has dragged the company to court claiming she was thrown out of her job by Hugh Hefner because he prefers younger women.
According to Jennifer Lewis, former Guest Relations Coordinator for the Playboy Mansion, the company fired her after she turned 47 and gave her job to a 33-year-old woman.
In [...]
Britain slams reported jailing of embassy worker in Iran
October 29th, 2009 |
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband branded Thursday the reported jailing of an embassy worker in Iran as “wholly unjustified” and urged an immediate appeal of the sentence. British embassy worker Hossein Rassam was sentenced to four years in jail this week after being found guilty of
Freed Darfur aid worker returns home to Ireland
October 20th, 2009 |
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An Irish aid worker who was subject to mock executions during a gruelling 107 days in captivity in Darfur arrived home Tuesday to an emotional reunion with her family in Dublin, officials said. Sharon Commins and her Ugandan colleague Hilda Kawuki were seized by a gang of armed men on July 3
Australian man jailed for nine years over DIY jihad book
September 25th, 2009 |
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An ex-airline worker was jailed for nine years in Australia on Friday for producing a do-it-yourself jihad manual including how-to guides on bomb-making, assassinations and shooting down planes. Former Qantas cabin cleaner Belal Khazaal was arrested in June 2004 over his Arabic-language
Business Mobility Could Cause Future Problems, Says Forrester
September 15th, 2009 |
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A Microsoft-commissioned study by Forrester shows that worker mobility and office decentralization will become key issues for the enterprise and SMBs (small- to medium-sized businesses) in coming years, possibly creating substantial challenges for IT administrators. Microsoft is using the report as the basis for a promotional push for Windows 7, its upcoming operating system due for general release on Oct. 22.
– A new Forrester Research report detailing the costs and
challenges of supporting IT workers, commissioned by Microsoft
as part of Redmonds promotional push
for Windows 7, suggests that increased worker mobility is the future of the enterprise,
but that increased movement could present major IT a…
Govt. to debate worker rights
August 27th, 2009 |
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The Serbian government will be debating the proposed measures for protecting worker rights during the economic crisis at Thursday’s cabinet meeting. The proposed measures were confirmed last week by the government’s working group and are expected to be discussed with social partners from the unions and companies before they are adopted.
Worker protest blocks China steel takeover
August 16th, 2009 |
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China was forced to halt the privatisation of a state-owned steel firm after a protest by thousands of workers who said they had not received fair pay, state media reported. It was the second time in less than a month that workers have been able to halt the privatisation of a Chinese steel