Home health care aides are both the fastest-growing job sector in the economy, and the last job anybody would want: Though unemployment remains north of 9 percent in the “post-recession” city economy, there are a few bright spots for New … Continue reading
My first article for the relaunched City Limits, about the doomsday budgets proposed for New York city and state, is up. (It’s actually the second article I wrote for them, but is running first — I blame the suits at … Continue reading
There’s nothing like getting sick to make you appreciate the hazards of getting sick: I caught a cold last week. No, it was not the swine flu. Though my head felt like it was going to explode, and I ran … Continue reading
It’s swine flu season, which means all thoughts turn to what to do when your job won’t let you call in sick: As the H1N1 swine flu virus starts its second major sweep through the U.S., business owners are bracing … Continue reading
The D.C. sick-leave bill saga finally reaches its denouement, I hope: Details of Washington, D.C’s. new law requiring all city businesses to provide paid sick leave to their employees were finally released this week, clarifying the last-minute amendments to the … Continue reading
The D.C. city council voted yesterday to approve its worker sick leave bill. Next up, another vote! The Washington, D.C., city council voted 11-2 last night to approve a bill requiring all employers to grant sick leave to their workers, … Continue reading
Washington, D.C., is considering a requirement that all city businesses provide paid sick leave to their employees; I take a look at the issue for Fortune Small Business, which, for obvious reasons, is mostly concerned with what this means for … Continue reading