The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller

Pension funds strapped, states look at 401(k) plans - NYT

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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

| Caroline May

Dems champion ‘Paycheck Fairness Act’ as business community fumes

California releases new local-government salary database - LAT

| Chad Brady (admin)

Users can search for the salary, pension benefits and other compensation for more than 594,000 city and county employees throughout California

The Postal Service can't afford unions

| Tad DeHaven

The postal unions are a huge drag on the USPS.

Workers, not employers, bear the (full) cost of health benefits

| Michael F. Cannon

Debunking the health care cost-shifting myth.

Netflix offers employees unlimited paid vacation - The Telegraph

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DVD rental giant takes honor-system approach to salaried workers’ vacation time

10 best cities to find work - Forbes

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In hard times, relocating may be the answer to finding employment

How does minimum wage affect the young's high unemployment? - TheDC

| Chris Moody

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

| Pat McMahon

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

| Jon Ward

Clinton comptroller says the public sector is prospering on the back of the private sector

The price of education - AJC

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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

| Chris Moody

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

| Jeff Winkler (admin)

Washington-Baltimore benefits survey: Part-timers getting more perks

For nannies, hope for workplace protection - NYT

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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

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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

| Pat McMahon

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

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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

| Jon Ward

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

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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

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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