Middle income and families Middle income and couples contributed more in taxes compared to other income groups. Free education, housing support, child care support, health care access and other family-centered and middle-income centered benefits should be given more to this income group. From these income groups, more than half of the monthly income goes toContinue reading “USA Rich and poor tax payers, 2010”
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Why Your Workplace Might Be Killing You by Shana Lynch
Stanford scholars identify 10 work stressors that are destroying your health. Many companies institute wellness programs that focus on encouraging employees to eat better or exercise more. Meanwhile, they overlook the atmosphere of the workplace setting itself. | We may be long past the days of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, the seminal book that depictedContinue reading “Why Your Workplace Might Be Killing You by Shana Lynch”
Migrant workers abused
Hong Kong is home to hundreds of thousands of women from Indonesia and the Philippines who work as “helpers” in pursuit of meager wealth. They are an indispensable part of the city’s vibrant economy and society. But incidents of abuse often stay hidden from public view. Follow one woman’s tale as she seeks to putContinue reading “Migrant workers abused”
Critical illness, most feared than death, is one reason why some file for bankruptcy by Dan Mangan
These people fear the bill collector more than the Grim Reaper. Among workers ages 40 and 50, nearly half fear the financial consequences of a critical illness-compared with just 29 percent who rate dying as their biggest concern, according to a new study. That fear of a hit to the wallet being a bigger concernContinue reading “Critical illness, most feared than death, is one reason why some file for bankruptcy by Dan Mangan”