The NYS Dept. of Labor has recently released it's most recent unemployment figures for November 2011. Taking a look at these figures in comparison to 2010, here are some keys to look at:United States: 2011: 8.2% 2010 9.3%NYS: 2011: 7.9%...
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Breaking News – Federal House Approves Payroll Tax Cuts
Within the past hour the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to continue the payroll tax cut for two months. This will keep money in the pocket of current working people and will extend the unemployment benefits to millions...
San Francisco leading way in Minimum Wage
So I was perusing the net this morning when I ran across an article explaining that the voters of San Francisco approved a law in 2003 that will increase the minimum wage as of Jan 1, 2012 to $10.24/ hour!...
Vacation Days
Expedia.com just released it's Vacation Deprivation Survey. They surveyed 7,083 adults from 20 countries around the world. Here's some of the results that I found interesting:The average working person earns 14 days of vacation in the US. In Germany and...