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Around 8,500 employers were cited in 2019 by the Labor Department for stealing $287 million in wages from workers, and an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity shows that companies employing security guards, restaurant servers, gas station clerks and child care workers are most likely to be caught cheating employees. Circle-K, G4S Wackenhut and Halliburton have collectively kept $22 million from workers since 2005, with just 25% of repeat offenders fined from 2005 to 2020.
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Sian-Pierre Regis filmed a documentary, "Duty Free," about how his mother, Rebecca Danigelis, lost her housekeeper job at age 75 and struggled for three years to find work so she could support herself. Regis said he hopes the story can change views on aging so this group is seen as "bright, resilient, malleable, creative, curious, cool and all those things that society doesn't let us think about older adults."
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The Biden administration's family and medical leave proposal would require employers to provide 12 weeks of paid leave by year 10 of the initiative. The proposal appears to list additional reasons for taking FMLA leave and would be funded by tax increases.
The Kansas Department of Commerce is supporting an effort to provide computer science education across the state's K-12 schools. Ashley Scheideman, executive director of the nonprofit Flagship Kansas.Tech, says the goal is to grow the state's workforce.
We can be our own worst enemies when it comes to thinking, creativity and self-confidence, even as we blame outside conditions for the "mental locks" we've placed on ourselves, writes Larry Robertson, citing Roger von Oech. The way forward is through deliberate, patient exploration "with the simple intention of introducing new ideas, images, ways and concepts we know little about," Robertson writes, sharing Sarah Lewis' concept of mental grazing.
My ex-husband is a brilliant chef. I was having lunch at the restaurant where he worked and he introduced me to the owner -- a very charming, friendly man. We chatted for a few minutes and he gushed about David’s creativity and skill. I smiled proudly and agreed.
I was telling my son about the conversation and his face darkened. “That guy owes Dad money, Mom. A lot.”
Turns out David was owed a few thousand in back wages. He confirmed it when I asked. He assured me he would be fine, but that he was getting increasingly aggravated by the owner’s excuses and broken promises. This went on for more than a year before David finally left -- and started his own restaurant.
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