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Sick days spent working

May 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Sick days are not longer being reserved to rest and recuperate, most workers find.
In an age of both economic downturn and increased communications technology, business workers are finding themselves with fewer sick days, and looming necessity to remain connected to their work environment even while battling illness. Despite multiple flu outbreaks over the past years, [...]

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Productivity grows as budgets shrink

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments

The financial crisis in 2008 has caused a sharp increase in worker productivity, partly because workers do not want to be laid off and partly because workers now have to take on the responsibilities of other workers who have already been laid off. Companies have avoided hiring new employees as they try to stay afloat, [...]

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ADA Will Expand To Include People Who Suffer From Treatable Diseases

October 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Washington – The Americans With Disabilities Act will be expanded to include and protect people who suffer from diseases or impairments such as diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, cancer, and carpal tunnel syndrome from job discrimination.
President Bush said he would sign the bill that has been five years in the making.  It won final passage in [...]

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