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Varying Sick-Leave Laws Vex Some Employers
"Across the country, new laws are requiring paid sick leave for more workers, but some employers are having a hard time keeping up. In the past decade, 36 states, cities and municipalities have adopted new paid sick-time laws that are, or will soon be, in effect. This year alone, at least 10 new laws and ordinances have been passed in places including Vermont, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., guaranteeing workers some paid time off for illness. But the details of the rules differ on certain provisions, including which workers and their family members are covered and how much sick time they can accrue. And that is posing problems for some businesses, especially smaller ones, that employ workers in multiple cities and states, even if they support paid sick leave. As a result, human-resources departments—and the lawyers and consultants who advise them—are scrambling to make sure they comply." Pretty soon, businesses will be nothing but HR departments. Get rid of the entire morass by moving to the gig economy, and independent contractors, the more the better. OPEC Agrees on Need to Cut Oil Output
Everyone else needs to cut their production levels. "OPEC said its members agreed that they need to cut crude output to reduce the world’s supply glut, a shift for the 14-member group that was enough to send oil prices higher, even though reaching a deal remains far from certain. Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said they reached an understanding after a six-hour gathering in the Algerian capital, but deferred until November the fraught task of finalizing a plan to make those cuts. OPEC officials said a committee would be formed to determine how much each country would have to cut and then report to the group at its next meeting on Nov. 30 in Vienna. Determining which countries will cut and by how much is a delicate negotiation that has undone previous efforts to curb output and boost prices." The reality is they did nothing. If an agreement does happen expect lots of cheating, and surprisingly little reduction in actual oil on the market. Or even more likely, they will set a maximum limit which will do nothing to actually decrease oil production. Reed College Students Stage Walkout in Solidarity With Black Lives Matter
When did college students become so flabby, and doughy? Facebook must ban abusive content, says German Justice Minister Maas | Germany | DW.COM | 27.08.2015 . . . which works fine till the next Hitler, then they follow Hitler, because they have no moral compass to do otherwise. Good luck with that Germany. Amazon is crushing Macy's, Nordstrom, and Kohl's
Seems real women don't gather either. Why would anyone drive to a store, only to find that what they want is not available, but they can drive an additional 15 miles and pick it up at another store, or come back another day, after the item is transferred to this store (another 15 mile round trip)? The bulk of our purchases are items we know our desired brand, size, and color, for example, underwear, socks, hose, t-shirts, and many other pieces of apparel. If all Amazon does is pick off these staple items it will be the primary player in the field. Anything else is gravy. Samsung may have an exploding washing machine problem
Exploding washing machines? Exploding phones? Is this company some sort of North Korean Manchurian corporation? Dem senator jokes about Donald Trump's weight: 'We think a public daily weigh-in is called for'
Trump is a large man, about the same size Bubba was in the Whitehouse 235ish. For a 70 year old 6'2" male this is a bit heavy but probably reasonable, especially with his BP, and other vitals. Hillary, on the other hand is a little butterball, 5'4" and heavy, her BMI will not sort well, nor would a lean to fat test. Clearly, The Donald would easily win this game. So, bring it on, Tubby McCaskill! Let's put you on the scale as well, you look oh so lean! Feminists get so easily butt hurt. John Kerry just threatened Russia over Syria — but Putin has no intention of ending his 'bloody chess game'
But he intends to enforce this one! Really, Kerry, and Obama mean it, this time. Yawn, no one fears Obama, no one fears Kerry, they are toothless, feckless, dithering old fools. The only reason Putin appears to be the chess grandmaster is his opposition is utterly incompetent. |
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