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Countries With The Best Work-Life Balance

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Turkey, Free Time, Working Mothers, Netherlands, Work Days, Life-Work Balance, Personal Time, Oecd, Income, Leisure Time, Health, Slidepollajax, Belgium, Sweden, Employment Rate, Business News

In times of economic uncertainty, personal lives can often be forgotten to the pressures of the workplace, knocking the work-life balance out of whack...

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Home Depot To Add More Than 60,000 Seasonal Jobs

AP | Posted 05.26.2011

Read More: Home Depot Adding Jobs, Home Depot, Employment Rate, Home Depot Seasonal Workers, Business News, Business News

ATLANTA — Home Depot Inc. will hire more than 60,000 seasonal workers to help with its busy spring season. The world's biggest home improvement...

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Workforce Flexibility Promotes Employment of People with Disabilities

Robin Shaffert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Time Off, Americans With Disabilities Act, Family-and-Medical-Leave-Laws, Flexible Work Arrangements, Unemployment Rate, People With Disabilities, Part-Time, Disability, Paid Sick Leave, Workplace Flexibility, Telecommuting, Employment Rate, Business News
Robin Shaffert

We need to explore more fully the importance of predictability in scheduling and the options for expanded paid and unpaid leave in order to address the needs for flexibility of an even broader group of workers.

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Congress Has About One Week to Create More Jobs This Year

Bill Scher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs, Local Jobs for America, House of Representatives, Congress, Mitchell Hirsch, Employment Rate, Employment, Politics News
Bill Scher

When Congress returns from its recess on Monday, it won't have much time if it wants to create more jobs this year.

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Scapegoating the Minimum Wage

Christine L. Owens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minimum Wage Economy, Economic Growth, Minimum Wage, Unemployment Rate, Minimum Wage Jobs, Employment Rate, Business News
Christine L. Owens

It wouldn't be the holidays if we didn't have grinches. In the spirit of the season, this week we saw calls to lower the federal minimum wage thinly disguised as a way to help the economy.

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Summers: Unemployment Will Remain "Unacceptably High"

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Losses, Jobs, Larry Summers, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Employment Rate, Business News

WASHINGTON — A top economic adviser to President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged the risks of reining in too quickly the emergency programs ...

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