Congress is considering an act that could really, really help infuse some semblance of humanity back into the world, after several leaders and politicians proposed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. More »
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In a big labor battle that has been developing out in San Francisco, concession workers at AT&T Park voted nearly unanimously — 97 percent — on Saturday to give their union the authority to call for a strike.
The stadium workers requested the authorization vote on Friday after expressing...
So im planning to get my first smartphone during the summer, and i've been browsing the internet for affordable tmobile ones and ones worth even the low price. Here are some key points that i need in my smartphone:
1. Needs to have very fast internet ( won't buffer or freeze)
2. The reception...
What if you were forced to let your company know how much you weigh? How about how physically fit you are? What about your thigh measurements? More »
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There are higher incidences of prostate and thyroid cancer, as well as multiple myeloma, among rescue and recovery workers who inhaled fumes and dust following the World Trade Center terrorist attack, researchers from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported in JAMA...
A major three-year trial led by researchers at UCL, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency, has shown that giving one-to-one feedback to healthcare workers makes them twice as likely to clean their hands or use soap. The Feedback Intervention Trial (FIT) is the first such trial to be...
Well, this is a huge bummer. The fast food industry is catching a lot of flak for their role in America's obesity epidemic--but it seems to be the employees who work the drive-thru that are internalizing the criticism. According to a survey by PayScale.com, nearly 40% of fast food employees...
White non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher workers' compensation settlements in Illinois than Hispanic or black construction workers with similar injuries and disabilities, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health...
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Just wondering as I am looking to upgrade and obviously these discounts would be a great help :) Does anyone know the details of any discounts you can receive from being in either of these roles?
Kernow Lady - I never implied they were more important, I just know that orange provide discounts...
Humanitarian workers are at significant risk for mental health problems, both in the field and after returning home. The good news is that there are steps that they and their employers can take to mitigate this risk. These findings, from a new study by scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease...
New research demonstrates that daily cleaning of high-touch surfaces in isolation rooms of patients with Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) significantly reduces the rate of the pathogens on the hands of healthcare personnel. The findings...
Despite a push by lawmakers in New York last May to end the dumb, dangerous practice, a report by Human Rights Watch last week showed that sex workers are still being penalized for carrying condoms.*This practice makes sex work far more risky and potentially harmful than it already is, and...
Wrist, hand and finger trauma are the most common injuries presenting to emergency departments nationwide, yet only 7 percent of Tennessee hospitals have a hand specialist on call 24/7 to treat these patients, according to a Vanderbilt study published online today in the Annals of Plastic...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that 30% of the nation's workers are sleeping under 6 hours a day, which is less than the 7 to 9 hours that the National Sleep Foundation recommends for healthy adults. To assess the prevalence of insufficient sleep among US...
In New York, it's a common practice for police to confiscate condoms as evidence in cases of alleged prostitution. Unfortunately, that means that sex workers, who are already at risk of sexual violence and who often don't have health care and who really, really need on-the-job protection in the...
i work at best buy, and tore a ligament in my wrist so i am getting workers compensation for 3 months, but prior to this i was already planning a trip to las vegas with my wife for a weeks and already bought unrefundable tickets, am i allowed to go on vacation while on workers comp?
i tore the...
I've notice quite a lot of migrant workers have wives and families back home but when you talk to them they still want to have sex with the natives (whichever country they are in) even though they are married and have children back home.
Why do they need sex so badly when they are here to work?
Fatigue and poor sleep quality, which affect many emergency medical services (EMS) workers, are linked to higher reported rates of injuries, medical errors and safety-compromising behaviors, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh researchers that is now available online in Prehospital...
...the OWS protesters smells? "I pick up garbage [for a living], and these were some of the worst smells I've ever experienced," one worker grumbled to The Post.
http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2011/11/nyc_sanitation.php