According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “tobacco use could kill one billion people during this century.”
That’s more than three times the number of people living in the U.S. today.
It’s an ugly statistic. And a costly one for businesses. Employees that smoke are damaging nearly every part of their bodies.
How are smokers driving up your [...]
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This month, Jon Vegosen briefs us on important developments regarding interns.
Intern Crackdown
In this challenging economy, more people are accepting unpaid internships in order to obtain experience and build their resumes. But many employers do not pay interns or they pay interns inadequately when they “employ” them (i.e., they suffer or permit them to work). The [...]
This was a very interesting week for me. In fact, it’s weeks like these that cause me to step back and consider how lucky I really am.
It all began with my attending a meeting of the Visiting Committee of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, a place I had received [...]
Earlier this month, many countries celebrated “May Day” holidays. But a “Mayday!” cry may have been an equally common event.
Sadly, April and May are typically the highest months for suicides each year.
Wikipedia defines Mayday as “an emergency code word used internationally as a distress signal… used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such [...]
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