May 11, 2013
“NEARLY HALF THE WORLD’S YOUNG PEOPLE are either outside the formal economy or contributing less productively than they could… Almost 300 million 15 to 24-year olds are neither working nor studying… many employed only with informal and intermittent jobs.” Meanwhile,... Continue
Weekly Report 13-20
May 4, 2013
“IF THE NOTION THAT A DRIVERLESS CAR IS AROUND THE CORNER SOUNDS FAR-FETCHED, remember that TV and heavier-than-air flying machines once did too… People already travel, unwittingly, on planes and trains that no longer need human drivers” and many autos... Continue
Weekly Report 13-19
April 27, 2013
GET READY FOR THE FRENCH WORKWEEK – JUST OVER 27 HOURS – soon coming to America thanks to ObamaCare. As predicted, employers are reacting to the ‘Affordable’ Care Act mandate of costly benefits for employees working over 30 hours a... Continue
Weekly Report 13-18
April 20, 2013
THE IMPACT OF JOBLESSNESS CONTINUES TO “SHRED THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF FAMILIES” IN AMERICA. Over the past couple decades, marriage rates have plummeted and out-of-wedlock births increased (to 53% in Hispanic and 72% in African-American communities) which research studies generally... Continue
Weekly Report 13-17
April 13, 2013
A REFRESHER ON GEN Y, workers born after 1980 who have vastly different expectations in and from the workplace. Also known as Millennials, they “represent the most over-supervised generation in history… used to having very supportive relationships across the board…... Continue