The United States economy had another month of mediocre job growth, and the unemployment rate fell partly because workers dropped out of the labor force.
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U.S. Added Only 115,000 Jobs in April; Rate Is 8.1%
It was an accident, the kind of split-second disaster played out in corporate lunch rooms around noon every day. I reached into the fridge to grab my cubby of leftovers from amongst the other tubs and containers, and out fell somebody else’s. The yellow Tupperware tumbled off its perch, conked into a shelf and flipped to land on the floor – face down, lid off, pasta strewn. Lunch? Served. Even if you subscribe to the 5-second rule , it surely does not apply to linguine and seasoned chicken chunks. Mop-sop-scoop? Wait – with hands? Ick. Container? Better. There could be no delusions of pretend-it-never-happened. Mess disposed, evidenced tidied, floor sanitized, I washed the mystery person’s container, warmed my waiting pasta and beanballs, then returned to my desk to type a note to my coworkers. Subject line: “Sorry about your lunch.” My soy creamer, yogurt cups and entire meals have fallen to fridge phantoms. I like to believe it’s an accident, or maybe desperation, especially back in those jobs when the only spare food for miles came from a testy vending machine. Whether it's filched or spilled, food that’s missing when we expect it always leaves us righteously hungry, sadder but wiser to know we really can’t expect more. “If you had the yellow Tupperware container with a pasta dish inside, I apologize,” I wrote to our staff listserv. “It fell out when I pulled my lunch from the fridge, the lid came off and it splattered on the floor. It’s cleaned up and the container is washed. Happy to buy your lunch, just stop by my desk.” What followed was swift proof that we’ve suffered quietly through too much break room abuse. “How often do our lunches or sodas go missing and we never know why?” one colleague wrote to the entire staff. “What a stand-up thing to do.” “Like button,” came another response. Still another: “I
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The spaghetti incident: when office lunches go AWOL
Doctors, nurses, and social workers billed $452M.
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107 Charged in Medicare Fraud
The Social Security Administration is now providing workers with online statements of the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, replacing the paper ones the agency used to mail out. Until last year, the agency mailed yearly statements that showed the benefits a worker would collect if he or she retired at age 62, age 66 or age 70. It stopped the mailings to save an estimated $70 million a year. Read full article > >
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Social Security benefits available online
A landmark ruling by the UK Supreme Court outlines the powers that employers have to force workers to retire.
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Employers ‘can force retirement’
The Defense Department, the largest employer of civilian federal workers, has issued a new policy requiring management to promote telework by their employees and to “make every effort to overcome artificial barriers” to off-site working. Read full article > >
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New DoD policy encourages telework
Although the airline reached a deal with the Transport Workers Union that could save jobs, relations have been tense.
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American Airlines Seeks to Void Labor Contracts
COMBAT OUTPOST SAYED ABAD, AFGHANISTAN — In a big war, Army Spec. Cherry Maurice believed that one small gesture could make a difference. Temperatures at her mountain base plunged to 20 degrees below zero in January, and snow covered the ground. Maurice noticed that the eight Afghan workers on the outpost were coming to work in rubber flip-flops. The 35-year-old soldier labored with the men in the outpost’s kitchen, which is not much bigger than a walk-in closet. She dug into her personal savings and spent $135 to buy them eight pairs of boots. Read full article > >
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U.S. soldier’s gift to Afghan workers at her base underscores divide
Tanker drivers, teachers, Tube drivers – 2012 has been dominated by the threat of key workers striking. But who’s the “keyest”?
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Which workers are really key?
For some workers, teleworking is as easy as turning on the home computer, maybe downloading company software, and getting to work. Read full article > >
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OPM offers online telework course
Under pressure to reduce the long waits that many veterans face for mental health care, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Thursday that it will hire 1,900 mental health workers, an increase of more than 9 percent. Read full article > >
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VA to hire 1,900 mental health workers
A group of Peruvian gas workers abducted six days ago by rebels has been freed after a military operation, the Peruvian government says.
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Peruvian troops liberate hostages
Trade union leaders are to hold talks next week with airline workers facing the threat of redundancy at Belfast City Airport.
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Unions to hold BMI jobs meeting
TAMPA — President Obama promoted hemispheric trade as essential to America’s economic future in a speech here Friday that foreshadowed his agenda for a weekend summit in Colombia. Heading to a meeting with the hemisphere’s heads of state, Obama told an audience of dock workers and business owners gathered at the Port of Tampa that Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that has weathered the global downturn better than most, are a market of huge opportunity for U.S. exports. Read full article > >
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