A rally for a $15 minimum hourly wage in New York City in 2015. The city raised its minimum wage to $15 in 2018, while New York State raised its minimum wage to $11.80 in December 2019, and that will increase statewide at the end of 2020 to $12.50. Getty Images Looking for another sign [...]
February 21, 2020
Loknath Das
Business
Dear Ms Millennial, I’m the salt and pepper hair woman who you may notice walking into one of your hangout joints and exiting quickly for the fear of raising the average age of the room. You must know that I occasionally step into or past your congregations just to inhale some of the new energy, [...]
March 8, 2018
Loknath Das
Business
People employed in low paying or highly stressful jobs may not actually enjoy better health than those who remain unemployed, according to a recent study. There is also some evidence that job quality is important for health and well being, although some studies suggest people in poor quality jobs are still better off in terms [...]
August 17, 2017
Loknath Das
Health
When it was announced, demonetisation was expected to boost government revenues through better disclosure of income by individuals and businesses. That, in turn, was expected to increase government and lead to creation of more jobs. But six weeks into the demonetization drive, the calculations appear to have gone awry. There are reports of many jobs [...]
December 21, 2016
Saheli
Real Estate
Gloucester County’s economic development office has provided an updated list of job openings from around the region. Interested applicants should visit www.careerconnections.nj.gov to view complete job postings and submit their resume. For businesses marked with an asterisk, applicants must contact the businesses directly in order to apply. For more information, contact the Gloucester County Department of Economic Development [...]
August 26, 2016
Saheli
Home Deco
The Department of Health has said job offers have been made to more than 500 nurses from overseas to take up employment across Northern Ireland’s five health trusts. An acute shortage of nurses in Northern Ireland had led to four separate international recruitment drives. A total of 488 jobs have been offered to nurses from [...]
August 19, 2016
Saheli
Health
Dick Advocaat has quit as the assistant to Netherlands head coach Danny Blind just months after agreeing to take on the role, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said on Monday. Former Netherlands manager Advocaat will be joining Fenerbahce in Turkey. His abrupt departure has elicited a cold response from the KNVB, Blind and Hans van [...]
August 15, 2016
Saheli
News
Pranay Chulet’s Quikr has always been a front runner in expanding its platform via acquisitions. In its latest one, India’s leading online classified platform has acquired Hiree, an online hiring platform focused on white collar jobs. The acquisition will further strengthen QuikrJobs’ offerings to address recruitment needs for the entire spectrum of job categories across [...]
July 26, 2016
Saheli
Business