Working Without Laws

For the past thirty years, the gospel of lean and mean has reordered the world of work, setting off a race to the bottom in which employers circumvent and evade standards that once seemed inviolate. That race has now taken us to a logical low point: many employers are ignoring workplace laws altogether. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, U.S.
Topics: Jobs, Law
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Sep 7, 2009 - 8:12 AM PDT
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3.8
by Fred Gatlin - Sep. 7, 2009

This is a short but important article. The author's state their case very well, but fail to consider other ideas. When I completed the story, my first thought was it was more of a commentary than intended because it was so one sided.

I agree for too long and too many managers have been focused on quarterly profits that all else is less important. When you fail to take care of ... More »

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by Glenn LaBauve - Sep. 8, 2009

Exposes an open secret, but we need open secrets documented or they just become urban legends,

As someone who has gone from representing employers to employees, this barely scratches the surface.

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by Patricia Blochowiak - Sep. 8, 2009
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by Kaizar Campwala - Sep. 7, 2009
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by Louise Auerhahn - Sep. 7, 2009
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by Emma Asomba - Sep. 7, 2009
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by Doug Greer - Sep. 8, 2009

There is a direct link to the report which the article is about. Statistics from the report are put into context in the article.

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