Five days and a 40-hour week sounds pretty standard for a full-time job, right? But what if that standard changed? A six month experiment that had dozens of participating companies just wrapped up, and the organizers say it looks like a four-day work week may actually be better for business. Could it be the future of work?
The student’s composure and quick thinking helped him bring the school bus safely to a stop, school officials said.
The RFA Cardigan Bay is to serve as a floating dormitory for US military personnel building the pier.
STRATHROY-CARADOC - Township appointed Jayson Chabot as the new Fire Prevention Officer on April 15. The announcement marks the culmination of a lengthy recruitment process initiated in December 2023 after the position was left vacant earlier in the year. At the meeting, Deputy Mayor Mike McGuire delegated the presentation of the hiring report to Doug Payne, Director of Human Resources. Payne briefed council, outlining the extensive recruitment efforts and Chabot's qualifications. Chabot, previo
The film's director Maïwenn said in a statement to 'Variety' that she was "was talking about his charisma, his notoriety, his star status, etc."
The good news for retirement savers using 401(k) plans and similar workplace retirement accounts is that the improving stock market is raising account balances. The average 401(k) is up by an average of $7,250 – a gain of 9.6% – since the end of 2022, according to a Bank of America report. The report also […] The post Here’s How Much Americans’ 401(k) Balances Have Grown in 2023. Is Yours Keeping Pace? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
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If you're going to the bank for a loan, you might think it would be easier as a millionaire. However, when it comes to high-net-worth lending, more money can mean more problems if the individual doesn't have conventional income or … Continue reading → The post How Does High-Net-Worth Lending Work? appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.
The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations this week on what they called a "foundational framework" to guide union organizing and collective bargaining across the country. Workers at more than 420 of Starbucks' 9,000 U.S. stores have voted to unionize since 2021. "We discussed a broad range of topics, including ... details relating to the union's representation of partners as both sides worked on the foundational framework that will contribute to single-store contract negotiations and ratification," Starbucks and the union said in a joint statement on Friday.
“Once our detectives have completed the investigation, it will be sent to the prosecutor’s office for review,” the Boise Police Department said.
STRATHROY-CARADOC - Council recently approved the allocation of community event grants, sparking an in-depth council discussion regarding the transparency and procedures of committee recommendations and funding approval. The Community Events Program Grant Allocations report, which outlines the distribution of $39,762 among nine local organizations, was presented during the council meeting on April 2. Robert Lilbourne, Director of Community Services, provided specifics on the grant allocations, n
The Scottish Tories have put forward a motion of no confidence in the First Minister, while Labour has put one forward on the Government.
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The university said employees or professors caught breaking its rules would be fired.
Car maker General Motors will close its manufacturing operations in Colombia and Ecuador, the company said in a statement on Friday, as part of its shift towards producing next-generation vehicles. Manufacturing will cease at company's Colmotores plant in Colombia from Friday, it said, while operations will halt at its factory in Ecuador at the end of August. In Colombia, the company is seeking permission from the labor ministry to lay off 850 workers, a spokesperson said.
Ohio police released video of a Black man who died at a local hospital after repeatedly telling officers "I can't breathe" as they pinned him to the floor of a bar and handcuffed him, evoking memories of the killing of George Floyd in 2020. In body camera video released on Thursday by the Canton Police Department, officers are seen apprehending the man, identified as Frank Tyson, 53, who was suspected of leaving the scene of a single-car accident on April 18. The Canton Police Department was not immediately available for comment on the video, which was posted online by several local media outlets, or to confirm details about the incident.
Aon first-quarter profit missed estimates on Friday due to underperformance in its U.S. retail brokerage business, sending its shares down nearly 9%. While the company's retail brokerage revenue grew on the back of solid growth in EMEA, Asia and the Pacific, U.S. results faced pressure from lower net new business and the ongoing impacts from external capital markets activity, TD Cowen analysts said in a note. Still, interest income rose nearly six times to $28 million in the first quarter ended March, primarily due to interest earned on $5 billion investment of debt proceeds used to fund the purchase of NFP.
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