Sekou Siby
Go into most fine dining establishments. Who is on the waitstaff? Who is in the kitchen? The folks in the back, say activists, tend to be immigrants or minorities, who also tend to earn less. The front of the house folks are more likely to be white and, in the best restaurants, male. They are also likely to earn more.
One of the aims of the Restaurant Opportunities Center is to even out this disparity. You can read my Philadelphia Inquirer story about the organization by clicking here.
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North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has signed into law the requirement that cities, counties, and businesses in the state employing 25 workers or more use E-Verify, an internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. Read full post…
It’s a hirer’s market, but when it comes to salary negotiation, too often people sell themselves short simply because they don’t know how to tackle the compensation question. Whether you’re moving from one job to another or unemployed and looking for work, there are steps you can take to make sure you get the best possible salary offer, says Charlotte Weeks, Chicago-based career coach and resume writer.
“There [are] a lot of people out there who accept salaries lower than they could have gotten,” she says. “So many pe
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stopped looking for jobs and dropped out of the labor force.
Davis now falls into that category — partly due to societal forces and partly, he knows, because of his own bad decisions.
Recently, police said they caught Davis with a half-ounce of marijuana. His trial date is approaching. As a habitual felon, he could get a 10-year sentence.
Some see a bitter irony in soaring black unemployment and the decline of the black middle class on the watch of the first black president.
“I thought Barack Obama could have provided some way out. But he lacks backbone,” Princeton professor Cornel West told truthdig.com recently.
He said Obama had sold out the poor and become “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats … I Read full post…
Effective October 1, 2011, a new law in Connecticut – Senate Bill No. 361 (S.B. 361) – signed by Governor Dannel Malloy will prohibit certain employers from using credit reports in making hiring and employment decisions regarding existing employees or job applicants. The law applies to all employers in Connecticut with at least one employee. Connecticut is one of six U.S. states – joining Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, and Washington – that currently prohibit the use of credit history in employment decisions.
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