EMIRATS ARABES UNIS: Domestic workers face abusive employers

"DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) - On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.Noor arrived...

Bank of England Tells Female Staff How To Dress for Success

The Bank of England had their "Dress for Success" day earlier this week and sent out a memo to female employees outlining precisely what they should and should not be wearing to work.  This includes wearing...

Criticize Employer on Facebook, Get Fired

Further proof that privacy is a thing of the pre-internet past: 13 Virgin Airlines staff members were fired on Friday after the company discovered that they had been criticizing the airline and passengers on...

domestic helps gets death for murder

" A domestic help was on Tuesday awarded death penalty by a Delhi court for slitting the throat of a four-year-old “defenceless” son of his employer after the victim and his sister tried to resist his attempt to rape their elder sibling. Describing the act of...

Muslim sues Tesco for forcing him to carry alcohol

"A Muslim youth who worked with Britain's biggest retailer Tesco has sued the store for religious discrimination after he came to know that he carried crates of alcohol bottles as part of his job, the Daily Mail reported Monday. Mohammed Ahmed, 32, who was raised in Saudi...

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007, McCain voted NO!!

The "agent" of change, John McCain still thinks that women deserve to be paid less than men. He voted against equal pay for women as recently as 2007, but swears he is the change we need in 2008. He used the excuse that Lilly Ledbetter had waited too long to file. So there is...

Kenyan waitress fired for being HIV positive wins landmark case

The experience of living with AIDS is undoubtedly made worse by the social stigma that accompanies the disease, but a ruling today by the Nairobi high court may allow AIDS victims to fight back against discrimination with the law on their side. "An HIV-positive Kenyan...

Michelle Lim may face five years in jail

Carelessness or deliberateness ?"Batam, (ANTARA News) - A senior editor of a Singapore paper Michelle Lim Hong Eng is facing five years in jail for causing the death of an Indonesian domestic helper after the motorcycle driven by her employer was hit by the car driven by...

Danger Ahead! Cell Phones and Driving: Companies Limit Liability With Trainin...

"Recent research suggests that using a cell phone while driving may be just as dangerous as driving while intoxicated---and it can cost a company millions if found liable. Limiting liability while increasing public safety is the focus of "The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While...

The Human Toll of Our Economic Death

Sitting out in the car last fall waiting for Diana to step out of the last remaining department store in a dilapidated mall that had been dying slowly for a few short years, it occurred to me that the moment represented the collapse of our nation. This store was closing its...

Caress Us with Lies from a Corrupt System

http://structuraleconissues.blogspot.com The cackles can be heard coming from behind every wall of this ‘windowless dirty room’ that where trapped within - with little or no hope of escape. Don’t worry every now and then they’ll throw us a dark moldy piece of stale...

Billionaire rips off Millionaire

Imagine this, your new employer a multibillion dollar media mogul offers you a generous bonus if only you can find it in you heart to make it to work on time every day for the next year. You’re enthused and...

BC's Top Cop John Les Resigns

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorBritish Columbias Top Cop John Les, Former small town Mayor and Dairy Farmer has resigned over  a 9 month investigation from the attorney generals office where...

Indian workers allege US employer and its recruitment firm violated US labor ...

"Indian workers allege US employer and its recruitment firm violated US labor laws, immigration laws with forced labor, trafficking, fraud and civil rights violations "

"Following Facts, instead of stopping short out of Fear"

Robert Niles nails it in his recent OJR piece on how to keep your journalism job. Niles is exactly right when he says that readers want reporters who follow the "...facts where they lead, instead of stopping short out of fear that someone doesn't like that." As one who has a...

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