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Who's really for big business.Whose district contains the company that provides 75% of the employment for a particular US possession that is exempted from the just passed minimum wage bill?
Tags: TonytheTiger
Discussion threads 2007-01-12
What is the purpose of setting a minimum wage?
(This is an offshoot of the "How can American IT Professionals Compete with asian workers?" discussion)And how is it determined?For what area is it determined? Some places cost more to live than others sometimes even within the same city, so what do you do? Set it to be minimum for...
Tags: worker, TonytheTiger, MLA, government, wages, social services, off-topic
Discussion threads 2006-10-03
YOU CAN'T PAY CANADIANS STRAIGHT COMMISSION!!!
YOU CAN'T PAY CANADIANS STRAIGHT COMMISSION!!!It seem to me that many US companies are under the impression that it is okay to hire 'from home' employees based solely on commission without the need to pay the Provincial minimum wage.MORE than once I have run into the same scenario in the...
Tags: commission, minimum wage, off-topic, Oz_Media
Discussion threads 2005-01-11

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Wages and the Risk of Displacement
Using a nationally representative data set that links employers and employees, this study will examine how wages adjust to a negative demand shock that raises the risk of displacement through firm closing and to what extent a wage change affects the exit likelihood. The role of a mandatory minimum wage...
Tags: Salary, Benefits, Human Resources
Case studies
Wage Widget (widget)
Keeps a running total of the amount of money you've earned. Input your hourly wage and watch how the moolah adds up while you surf the Internet, go to the bathroom, yap with your co-workers, and occasionally work.
Tags: Salary, Benefits, Internet, Human Resources
Software downloads 2007-04-27
Using Efficiency Tests to Reduce Revisions in Panel Data: The Case of Wage and Salary Estimates for U.S. States
This paper studies the preliminary estimates of state wage and salary growth produced by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis BEA, investigating whether they may be improved using basic efficiency tests. State wage and salary growth can be thought of as the sum of two components, an aggregate component equal...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Commerce, Salary, Benefits, Human Resources
White papers 2005-04-21
Tech asks departing Republicans for favors
RE: Tech asks departing Republicans for favorsIt is time to finally kill the Tech H1B's and L1's once and for all, along with the 'minimum wage increase' which is way overdue the Democrates need to put an end to the 'Benedict Arnolds of Industry'
Tags: ZenWarp, Tech, H1B
Discussion threads 2006-11-14
Rush for H-1B visas under way
bunch of BSthere's plenty of talent in the US, but aren't given the chance due to no college degree because they cant afford it, or don't have the credit requirements for loans. instead of trying to increase the H1-B's they should be starting more programs for these talented people. not...
Tags: sprinkl3s, H-1B
Discussion threads 2007-04-05
California's COBOL crisis demonstrates the danger of duct-tape IT
California's Controller said it would take six months or more to reprogram their COBOL-based payroll system to issue minimum-wage checks to state workers, as planned by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Replacing a massive system like California's is expensive, but keeping a dying system on life support can be catastrophic. by Bill...
Tags: Software, Information Technology, California, Payroll, COBOL, Payroll System, Programming Languages, Strategy, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Finance, Bill Detwiler
Blog posts 2008-08-22
(Images: 35 years of Intel chip design)
Do AMDNow to not be bias do an article on AMD!!!!Yes! Let's confirm IBM's stupidity and how lucky AMD is!I agree, lets see the history of AMD, which according to this presentation only exists because Big stupidBlue said it had to be! TechRepublic, please follow the money trail!You all remember...
Tags: job, feedback, webnews48@..., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., chip
Discussion threads 2006-11-17
vb and sql
i am querying for the maximum occurance of a disease and also want to know which hospital had that recording but i get all the minimum recordings where there is a minimumu temperature.i am not getting the value for 'name'my code is like this:sql1= "select name, mincancer as minimum from...
Tags: Programming languages, stogarepih@..., SQL
Discussion threads 2007-09-28
PC tech hourly wage
Hello, very soon I am going to be hired as an on-call pc tech. Each site that I am going to be responsible for is 50-100 miles away from me. The company wants to keep it simple and include the milage pay in my hourly wage. They want me to...
Tags: Taxes, PC, alpearson82@..., hourly wage, payroll, tax
Discussion threads 2007-03-19
Product Market Competition Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
This paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and on wage inequality. A simple model is developed in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity of profits to cost...
Tags: Competition, London School Of Economics, Benefits, Human Resources
White papers 2005-05-01
Know the facts about unemployment benefits
Does Jason Hiner know about this article?In his recent Sanity check, he seemed to think we wouldn't face this kind of thing since the future is so bright for IT workers.Having been unemployed for several long stretches over the past 7 years, I agree that it is important to know...
Tags: Benefits, Operational accounting, fcarr@...
Discussion threads 2007-08-22
Insecurities over Indian outsourcing
How different is it from frauds by US bank employees...How different it is from the frauds done by US bank/financial institution employees...or if banks/Financial institutions/Credit agencies losing tons of card numbers to fraud?I think the approach should be that US companies needs to start auditing this outsourcing companies in order...
Tags: bank, fraud, insecurities, outsourcing, security, thinkglobal
Discussion threads 2005-04-27
Is it possible to have a great job and a great personal life?
How many angles can dance on the head of a pin?It sort of depends on how you define "great" job, doesn't it?My definition involved working a few hours/week for an average yearly salary, then doing the same for two more companies, leaving me free to spend spend a lot of...
Tags: salary, Tech Locksmith, feedback, job, Wonderful
Discussion threads 2007-02-16
Friday Yuk
Seeing as I can't see a Yuk this week:AMNESIA: condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to have sex again.DUMBWAITER: one who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.FAMILY PLANNING: the art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the...
Tags: Oz_Media
Discussion threads 2005-09-02
OpenVMS Application Development Books
Logikal Solutions is proud to announce the following books are now in publication:The Minimum You Need to Know About Logic to Work in IT ISBN 0-9770866-2-3The Minimum You Need to Know to Be an OpenVMS Application Developer ISBN 0-97708660-7The Minimum You Need to Know About Java on OpenVMS ISBN 0-9770866-1-5For more information on...
Tags: Operating systems, yyyc186@..., HP OpenVMS
Discussion threads 2007-06-23
What should I charge for this?
Hello, very soon I am going to be hired as an on-call pc tech. Each site that I am going to be responsible for is 50-100 miles away from me. The company wants to keep it simple and include the milage pay in my hourly wage. They want me to...
Tags: alpearson82@...
Discussion threads 2007-03-19
Wage discrepancies between women and men may surprise you
Explanation for this...?I can't speak for women in IT making more than their male counterparts, but I was reading somewhere (maybe even here?) that the reason for the discrepancy between men and women traditionally, even when education and experience levels are taken into effect, is that men are better at...
Tags: Gender and diversity, walens5@..., women, salary
Discussion threads 2007-08-08
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