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Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mail I get from my union
CUNY faculty are in a teacher's union (PSC-CUNY), which is part of a larger teacher's union AFT. I received this email from AFT today.
http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/content/aft-aboutus/
I wasn't satisfied with this description so I went to the AFL-CIO's site and found this
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/EFCA_Summary.pdf
http://www.freechoiceact.org/page/content/aft-aboutus/
I wasn't satisfied with this description so I went to the AFL-CIO's site and found this
http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/upload/EFCA_Summary.pdf
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Email I get from the ACLU
Support Working Families!
Dear William,
What happens when you need time off to care for an ailing parent?
What do you do if you're pregnant, but you don't get paid maternity leave?
These are dilemmas that New Yorkers confront each day. Juggling work responsibilities and family commitments is part of modern life. But health issues should not force New Yorkers to choose between their paycheck and caring for their families.
That's why we need a comprehensive paid family leave law. Email your Senator today!
Paid family leave would provide a weekly benefit to help an employee care for a new child or a seriously ill family member. This benefit would cost employers nothing, and would cost workers only pennies a week.
Paid family leave will help all working families in New York. But women, who often work full time and shoulder the responsibility of caring for children and ailing relatives, are disproportionately impacted by policies that do not provide paid leave. Paid family leave will help New York women better juggle work, family and financial responsibilities, and will further the goal of true equality in the workplace.
Paid family leave will help employees care for their families without risking the paycheck they rely on, and without creating new burdens on employers.
Time is running out in the legislative session. Please e-mail your Senator today.
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Your State Senator (if you live in New York)
Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Senator, please support paid family leave
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I am writing to urge you to support comprehensive paid family leave legislation that will prevent families from having to choose between family responsibilities and financial solvency. The Assembly Speaker has introduced legislation, A.9245, that provides the best coverage. Now the Senate should do the same, and make paid family leave a reality in New York State.
Paid family leave would cost worker just pennies a week, and will create no new administrative requirements or financial burdens on employers.
Paid family leave would make New York a national leader in supporting working families. It would also further the important goals of equality by easing financial burdens that constrain women's choices.
Please support a bill modeled after Speaker Silver's comprehensive paid family leave bill, so New Yorkers will no longer have to choose between their paycheck and caring for their families.
Sincerely,
William Ashton
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What's At Stake:
Too many New Yorkers are forced to decide between their paycheck and caring for their families.
For families today, it is common for both parents to work outside the home, or for the household to be headed by a single parent. Older family members are also living longer, and need more care in the later part of their lives.
Yet there is still no requirement that employers offer paid leave to enable working families to care for new babies or sick family members. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees unpaid leave for family health care issues. But most people cannot afford to forego pay, even in medical emergencies. Studies of workers who did not take allowed time off show that 77 percent said it was because they could not afford to miss a paycheck.
All New Yorkers will benefit from this legislation. But it is especially critical for women, who are often the primary caregivers for their families. Paid family leave furthers the goals of gender equality by reducing the financial burdens associated with caring for a new baby or sick family member. In supporting women’s choices, it also furthers the cause of reproductive freedom.
How paid family leave would work:
It simply amends the existing Worker’s Compensation Program, by extending benefits already available for temporary disability.
It is covered by insurance and paid for by employees themselves through small payroll deductions – so it does not increase payroll costs.
Benefits of $170 per week for up to 12 weeks will cost workers just pennies a week, or just more than $23 a year for each worker.
Campaign Expiration Date:
June 23, 2008
Dear William,
What happens when you need time off to care for an ailing parent?
What do you do if you're pregnant, but you don't get paid maternity leave?
These are dilemmas that New Yorkers confront each day. Juggling work responsibilities and family commitments is part of modern life. But health issues should not force New Yorkers to choose between their paycheck and caring for their families.
That's why we need a comprehensive paid family leave law. Email your Senator today!
Paid family leave would provide a weekly benefit to help an employee care for a new child or a seriously ill family member. This benefit would cost employers nothing, and would cost workers only pennies a week.
Paid family leave will help all working families in New York. But women, who often work full time and shoulder the responsibility of caring for children and ailing relatives, are disproportionately impacted by policies that do not provide paid leave. Paid family leave will help New York women better juggle work, family and financial responsibilities, and will further the goal of true equality in the workplace.
Paid family leave will help employees care for their families without risking the paycheck they rely on, and without creating new burdens on employers.
Time is running out in the legislative session. Please e-mail your Senator today.
Send a letter to the following decision maker(s):
Your State Senator (if you live in New York)
Below is the sample letter:
Subject: Senator, please support paid family leave
Dear [decision maker name automatically inserted here],
I am writing to urge you to support comprehensive paid family leave legislation that will prevent families from having to choose between family responsibilities and financial solvency. The Assembly Speaker has introduced legislation, A.9245, that provides the best coverage. Now the Senate should do the same, and make paid family leave a reality in New York State.
Paid family leave would cost worker just pennies a week, and will create no new administrative requirements or financial burdens on employers.
Paid family leave would make New York a national leader in supporting working families. It would also further the important goals of equality by easing financial burdens that constrain women's choices.
Please support a bill modeled after Speaker Silver's comprehensive paid family leave bill, so New Yorkers will no longer have to choose between their paycheck and caring for their families.
Sincerely,
William Ashton
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
What's At Stake:
Too many New Yorkers are forced to decide between their paycheck and caring for their families.
For families today, it is common for both parents to work outside the home, or for the household to be headed by a single parent. Older family members are also living longer, and need more care in the later part of their lives.
Yet there is still no requirement that employers offer paid leave to enable working families to care for new babies or sick family members. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees unpaid leave for family health care issues. But most people cannot afford to forego pay, even in medical emergencies. Studies of workers who did not take allowed time off show that 77 percent said it was because they could not afford to miss a paycheck.
All New Yorkers will benefit from this legislation. But it is especially critical for women, who are often the primary caregivers for their families. Paid family leave furthers the goals of gender equality by reducing the financial burdens associated with caring for a new baby or sick family member. In supporting women’s choices, it also furthers the cause of reproductive freedom.
How paid family leave would work:
It simply amends the existing Worker’s Compensation Program, by extending benefits already available for temporary disability.
It is covered by insurance and paid for by employees themselves through small payroll deductions – so it does not increase payroll costs.
Benefits of $170 per week for up to 12 weeks will cost workers just pennies a week, or just more than $23 a year for each worker.
Campaign Expiration Date:
June 23, 2008
Fight over the virtual office
This story about TV news writers' new contract directly addresses the virtual office.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Pregnancy Discrimination Reports at Record High
Reports of pregnancy discrimination to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) are at an all time high. The EEOC received 5,587 charges of pregnancy-based discrimination in 2007, up 14 percent from 2006 which represents the largest increase in a single year.
Read the Feminist Daily News story.
Have you been bullied at work?
A recent blog on the NY Time's Well page had over 300 responses describing people who have been bullied at work.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/have-you-been-bullied-at-work/#more-302
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/have-you-been-bullied-at-work/#more-302
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
What's wrong with privatization?
Nobody likes a government run bureaucracy; they're wasteful, full of red tape and do-gooders.
The privatization of organizations which perform a public good may not be a great solution.
At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing
Six prisoners had escaped in broad daylight from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center and were still at large. The inmates had cut a four-foot hole in the prison's fence during outdoor recreation, then maneuvered through three rolls of razor ribbon without being detected. No alarm went off, and the officers patrolling the perimeter didn't notice anything amiss.
A meta-analysis of studies found little difference in cost to the public of private prisons:
Maahs, J. & Pratt, T. (1999). Are Private Prisons More Cost-Effective Than Public Prisons? A Meta-Analysis of Evaluation Research Studies. Crime & Delinquency, 45(3), 358-371.
The privatization of organizations which perform a public good may not be a great solution.
At Many Homes, More Profit and Less Nursing
Six prisoners had escaped in broad daylight from the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center and were still at large. The inmates had cut a four-foot hole in the prison's fence during outdoor recreation, then maneuvered through three rolls of razor ribbon without being detected. No alarm went off, and the officers patrolling the perimeter didn't notice anything amiss.
A meta-analysis of studies found little difference in cost to the public of private prisons:
Maahs, J. & Pratt, T. (1999). Are Private Prisons More Cost-Effective Than Public Prisons? A Meta-Analysis of Evaluation Research Studies. Crime & Delinquency, 45(3), 358-371.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
What is your biggest weakness?
When you get information from the free internet you get what you pay for. Regardless of this warning...
I have a few websites which speak of the stress interview:
http://www.as.pitt.edu/undergraduate/experience/internships/how-to-interview.html
http://www.fazeteen.com/articles/stressinterviews.htm
http://www.seek4job.com/content/view/38/2/
This last page states, "you should not give a directly answer to the questions at stress interview," and I agree.
This page then goes on to discuss the typical answer to the weakness question. I say that they break their own rule by directly answering the weakness question by giving a obviously rehearsed and information-less answer.
As the webpages say, the stress interview is to see how you handle stress. Thus, the weakness question finds out: Do you give useless and trite answers when under stress or do you know to keep your mouth shut?
I have a few websites which speak of the stress interview:
http://www.as.pitt.edu/undergraduate/experience/internships/how-to-interview.html
http://www.fazeteen.com/articles/stressinterviews.htm
http://www.seek4job.com/content/view/38/2/
This last page states, "you should not give a directly answer to the questions at stress interview," and I agree.
This page then goes on to discuss the typical answer to the weakness question. I say that they break their own rule by directly answering the weakness question by giving a obviously rehearsed and information-less answer.
As the webpages say, the stress interview is to see how you handle stress. Thus, the weakness question finds out: Do you give useless and trite answers when under stress or do you know to keep your mouth shut?
Saturday, September 8, 2007
In Favor of Disruption
Spotting the next disruptive technology, understanding the future and expecting less from insurance.
... and be able to predict the next business/marketing trend!
... and be able to predict the next business/marketing trend!
Friday, August 31, 2007
At I.B.M., a Vacation Anytime, or Maybe None
Is this pro-employee? Notice that this policy creates problems associated with the virtual office; employees are never "away" from the office and always on call.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Rubik's Cubicle
The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn
©2007 Scott Hilburn
Custom comic pages by MYCOMICSPAGE.COM
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Is the customer always right?
Apparently not.
This guy makes a lot of emprical claims, I wonder if he has any evidence to back up what he says.
This guy makes a lot of emprical claims, I wonder if he has any evidence to back up what he says.
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