Are labor unions necessary? Do they serve a societal good?

In the past unions were very necessary, because there was no one to protect the worker from companies. Now there are many labor laws and lobbying groups to serve the same purpose…does this make unions redundant?
Things to consider:Longshoreman average around $100,000/year and have little to no educationUAW forced GM to hire people that sit [...]

What does it mean to scalp burmuda grass? How is it done?

I have to do this for a friend who is away tomorrow…he asked me to scalp the Bermuda and bag it.. so it that just mowing it with a bag on the mower? Not to smart when it comes to landscaping…
Countries mentioned in this Post: Bermuda

Do you take catnaps?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7254555.stm
Certainly in China, workers have a long lunch break where they have a snooze at their desk to replenish their energy (possibly cos they have to work so hard!). Also, in Spain the siesta is well thought of.
Countries mentioned in this Post: China, Spain

Do skilled workers have a better life if they stay in the country ofc their birth? Australia is looking for skilled workers but emigrating is usually a very stressfull process.

Evans considering changes to migration rate
Posted 3 hours 5 minutes ago
Federal Immigration Minister Chris Evans says it is likely the migration rate will change as a result of the global economic crisis.
Mr Evans met industry leaders in Perth today to discuss future migration needs.
The Minister says he will be further investigating a state by state [...]

When working your final two weeks notice at work how should you go about getting jobs to keep you occupied when your manager takes away your responsibilities?

I currently have two weeks left at work. Since I handed in my notice my manager has given me nothing to do. My jobs tend to come in by email and my inbox is empty! I keep asking for things to do and after a while I will get a bit of data entry or [...]

Other than pay, what motivates you in the work place?

There’s the "Big 5 Personality" theory that suggests differnt people are motivated by different things, and this isn’t always a hard earned pound/dollar/rubel.
The you have the classics such as Maslow with his fabulous hierarchy of needs.
But what do you think? What do you get out of your jobs? What keeps you going?

Does anyone actually care about their job or do you just do it for the money?

There must be more to life than work! I cannot believe we are put on this planet just to spend most of our days doing something relentless and boring for a few quid that we spend on rubbish or leave in our bank account for the taxman when we are dead?
Are we really fulfilling [...]

For those who cannot get into work (not work from home either.) Would they still get paid for not going to work, due to adverse weather conditions?

Why we come to a stand still in this day and age is beyond me, so got me wondering, do emploers stil pay their workers pay when those cant get in ?Amazing we got all this techonology and we cant people to work, but yet when i was a kid, buses were running, etc. But [...]

What will I remember?

When I’m older and I look back on my college years, will I remember all the hard work I did or will I remember going out and having fun? Does anyone wish they’d spent more time doing one or the other when they were in education? I’m finding it hard to get the balance right [...]

Now semi retired I seem busier than when working full time

When my father retired I had to tell him that it was harder to get to see him and needed to phone him to make an appointment to get hold of him.His reply was I do not know how I had time before to do a full time job.Is this because we get slower at [...]

Should I go into work ?

I have just been to the dentist and didn’t realise that I was having work done on both lower and upper teeth, My face feels totally numb and I keep dribbling a little bit, I work on reception and just feel a little bit silly, I could go in but I really don’t want to! [...]

Should I leave work 10 minutes early today?

The office is very very quiet today and I am manning the Reception / Switchboard until 6 pm.
my other colleagues have left as they usually do at 5 and I am here to stay on until 6pm.
I have to hand the keys in at security at 6, is it worth me leaving 10 mins early [...]

Why when Age Discrimination Legislation took effect in October was the national mandatory retiring age not abolished, and do you think everybody should have personal freedom to decide themselves at what age if any they should retire from working?

I checked through the Parliamentary Debate on this and was surprised to find MPs from Labour, Conservatives and Lib-Dems all seemed unhappy to have any legislation against age discrimination and apparently against abolition of mandatory retirement age. But the government did say the need or otherwise for a default retirement age will be "reviewed" at [...]

I need some advice about my daughter’s job.

She works for a Virgin Active gym on a rota system, the manager keeps giving her a late shift (2pm-11pm) followed by an early shift the next day (6.30am-3.30) This seems really strange to me, as she doesn’t get home untill 11.30pm so doesn’t get to bed untill midnight, then has to get up at [...]

where do wages go from being "reasonable" to being "unreasonable"?

sparked from bikeman’s question and duffy’s answer – where is the line from being paid what you’re worth to being paid far more than your skills and hours worked determine get drawn? what is a reasonable wage in this country? is it determined by region? race? age? sex? profession?

How do you know you are making the right decision?

Most of you know I have been trying to decide for some time now whether to leave my placement year in London and move up north. Well I have decided to take the plunge and do it because ultimately I know I will be so much happier.
But now my work collegues and friends are trying [...]

Teaching skills to criminals

An article in one of the popular rags this week had an interesting article where prisoners in a low-security offenders institute were being given jobs in the local community, for low wages.
Great!
However, one of the more popular jobs was at a "Timpson’s" store in the nearby town.
In case you didn’t know, Timpson’s offers a key [...]

I Need A Job But Don’t Like Shopwork. More Info Enclosed.

Im doing my last year at school – so it is very important to me. IIt is recomended that people still at school shouldn’t do more than 5 hours a week at work. I dont like shopwork (eg. My previous job in Tesco). What Else is available which wouldn’t be a complete waste of time?
Please [...]

Would you look down on somebody for not gaining any recognised qualifications?

For example someone who may not have been to college or who lost sight of the fact that they might actually have to get off there bum oneday & work for what they want like rest of the Country.I have No GSCE’s &it would be interesting to know peoples views on this sort of thing.