From Microsoft, a Novel Way to Mandate Sick Leave – New York Times
New York TimesFrom Microsoft, a Novel Way to Mandate Sick LeaveNew York TimesAfter pressure from contract workers and labor groups, other tech companies have also made changes. Apple and Google hired security guards as full-time employees instead of contractors, for instance, and Facebook agreed to a new contract with …Microsoft Tells Its Partners To Provide Paid Sick LeaveNDTVall 127 news articles »
Yemen weighs on Asian shares, Japan gains on stimulus hopes – 12NewsNow.Com
Yemen weighs on Asian shares, Japan gains on stimulus hopes12NewsNow.ComBenchmark U.S. Crude slipped 87 cents to $50.56 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The futures contract gained $2.22, or 4.5 percent, to close at $51.43 a barrel on Thursday. Brent crude, a benchmark for international …and more »
Accusations of mistreatment at for-profit prisons are plentiful
Some of America's most controversial companies — for profit prisons — have unlikely owners: nuns. Mercy Investment Services Inc. Is the investment fund for the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, an international religious order.