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Gothenburg -
In hopes that it will cut down on sick leave, boost efficiency, and ultimately save Sweden money, municipal staff in Gothenburg will experiment with six-hour full-pay workdays.
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Five former aides to investment manager Bernard Madoff were convicted on Monday of charges that they helped their boss conceal his multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme for years.
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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These days finding the time for everything seems like a challenge, especially for those who have children, or are in need of adult or elder care. An interview with Imagine That Family Care Service reveals details on this trend.
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Like Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme itself, the trial of five of his former aides has been virtually unprecedented in its scope.
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Attorneys for five former aides of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff wrapped up nearly 20 hours of closing arguments on Wednesday, capping their courtroom campaign to convince a federal jury that their cli...
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Five former aides of infamous swindler Bernard Madoff used an "avalanche of lies" to help him carry out his decades-long Ponzi scheme, each with a specific role to ensure that investors, auditors and regul...
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Ponzi scheme. Treasury bond. The Standard & Poor's 500 index. The collapse of Lehman Brothers.
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Longtime Bernard Madoff assistant Annette Bongiorno on Monday testified that she had no idea her boss was operating a vast Ponzi scheme, despite the decades she spent helping run the trading business where...
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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One of five former Bernard Madoff aides on trial for abetting his massive Ponzi scheme will face two fewer counts when the case goes to a jury, after a judge agreed to throw out charges that he arranged fo...
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Only minutes into the prosecution's questioning of former Bernard Madoff aide Daniel Bonventre at trial on Wednesday, it was clear he was in for a long day. Assistant U.S.
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Four months into a criminal trial for five former employees of Bernard L.
In the Media
by Joseph Ax (Reuters)
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Oak Brook -
On Thursday, McDonald's confirmed that it had suspended its McResources employee website due to all of the negative feedback and bad press that the site has brought to the fast food giant.
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On Friday, Yahoo sent out a memo that announced that all employees who work from home will have to start reporting to the office by June.
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The Chicago company that makes the gold-plated Oscar statues will be laying off almost 100 employees, but some workers may be rehired.
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A video of Walmart employees throwing around boxes of iPads across a stockroom is going viral on YouTube. The video was not a "caught on tape" type, as it was purportedly filmed by the employees themselves.
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There has been much concern about potential employers requesting Facebook passwords from job applicants at interviews. Now gradually bills are being introduced to put an end to this idea.
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Toronto -
In a scathing resignation letter, a disgruntled Whole Foods employee wrote spending several years on the job was like "falling down a really long, spiky hill." A hill lined with fire and acid, to be more specific.
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Employers in advertising and marketing say it takes on average 10 weeks to tell if a new employee will work out according to a Canadian survey.
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Detroit -
Detroit officials will be placing placards in three city buildings warning of various scented products to avoid from now on after a 2008 federal lawsuit filed by a city planner was settled last month.
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Toronto -
Picture working an eight to nine hour shift with only one 10-minute break. During those hours imagine you are being screamed at and having things thrown at you.
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It's alleged that at least one Revenue Canada employee may have falsified a tax audit to help two inactive companies hide millions of dollars that were funnelled from major construction firms in Quebec.
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Proving that unions aren‘t immune from union problems, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in Washington, D.C., gave their bosses a dose of “on the other sided of the picket line” medicine by picketing them.
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Thanks to a recent accounting error, a number of recently laid-off Microsoft employees were accidentally overpaid in their severance packages. The company faced a PR disaster when it asked for the money back. Microsoft now says they can keep it.
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Japanese corporations are encouraging their employees to go home early to spend more time with their families and produce more children. The declining birth rates have become a major social problem in Japan where 12-hour workdays are the norm.
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The best way to stop the spread of disease is to stay home from work when you're ill. That isn't always an option for workers in the United States. Many employees do not have sick days.
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A Minnesota District Judge ruled that Wal-Mart broke Minnesota labor laws more than 2 million times, causing infractions like making employees work through lunch and rest breaks.
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A company in Iran is giving all of its single employees until September 21 to be married. State run Pars Special Economic Energy Zone Company, the owner of Iran's gas and petrochemical facilities of the Gulf has a rule that employees must be married.
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FEMA lets refugees stay in trailers loaded with toxic formaldehyde fumes, but warns its own employees never to step on these trailers. CBS News have found e-mails of FEMA staff warning their employees.
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Union leaders are concerned about the decision of US car maker Ford, to put it's British luxury car marques Jaguar and Land Rover up for sale. The unions prime concern is the job security of workers.
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A great note from a boss to employees.
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