Many states under budget pressure are looking into switching out the use of guaranteed pensions for state employees for the 401k plans mostly used by private industry
Does Democratic paycheck bill kill jobs? - TheDC
Dems champion ‘Paycheck Fairness Act’ as business community fumes
California releases new local-government salary database - LAT
Users can search for the salary, pension benefits and other compensation for more than 594,000 city and county employees throughout California
Workers, not employers, bear the (full) cost of health benefits
Debunking the health care cost-shifting myth.
Netflix offers employees unlimited paid vacation - The Telegraph
DVD rental giant takes honor-system approach to salaried workers’ vacation time
10 best cities to find work - Forbes
In hard times, relocating may be the answer to finding employment
How does minimum wage affect the young's high unemployment? - TheDC
About 81 million out of the roughly 620 million economically active youth between the ages of 15-24 worldwide were out of a job, a statistic that has analysts warning of a ‘lost generation’
Federal workers paid double what private workers make - USA Today
Report: Average civil servant makes $123,000 a year, while private sector employees made $61,000
Comptroller: 'Public sector prospering on back of private sector' - TheDC
Clinton comptroller says the public sector is prospering on the back of the private sector
The price of education - AJC
Teacher layoffs across Georgia mean financial stress among thousands of households, but also trouble for the larger economy
Thanks, taxpayers! D.C. residents highest paid in nation - TheDC
The Washington metropolitan area is home to the highest paid residents in the nation, according to a new report from the Ontario-based Martin Prosperity Institute
Part-time means a great time - WAPO
Washington-Baltimore benefits survey: Part-timers getting more perks
For nannies, hope for workplace protection - NYT
A new bill will provide guarantees for domestic workers who make possible the lives of New York’s work force
Tough labor market for teens this summer - Journal Sentinel
Young people are being squeezed out of summer jobs, and seasonal employers will have to do more with less
Obama goes on weekend vacay, skips Arlington for Memorial Day - FOX News
In the midst of the massive Gulf oil spill, President Obama plans to take the holiday weekend off
San Fran, recession proof - San Francisco Chronicle
More than 1 in 3 of the city’s city workers earned $100,000 or more last year- a number that keeps growing steadily
NY deficit no April Fool's joke - The Daily Caller
New York’s fiscal year begins in April with $9 billion deficit and a harbinger of other states’ budget shortfalls
Firms resisting Obama administration's pay advice - Washington Post
When the Obama administration imposed restrictions on executive pay last year at some of the largest companies the government had bailed out, officials said they were aiming to set a new standard for compensation across corporate America that would discourage risky business practices
For mayors across the country a single budget item threatens their cities’ capacity to maintain parks, keep the streets safe, pick up the trash and educate children—all the important things a city government does. That single cost is pension and health care payments to retired city employees
For mayors across the country a single budget item threatens their cities’ capacity to maintain parks, keep the streets safe, pick up the trash and educate children—all the important things a city government does. That single cost is pension and health care payments to retired city employees