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Report spreads pain to save jobless fund (The Columbus Dispatch)
Jobless Ohioans will need to get by with reduced benefits and employers must pay higher unemployment taxes to keep the state?s unemployment compensation trust fund from going broke, a report released today recommends.

More News (Gazette.Net)
She developed severe pain in her neck and shoulders after the accident, and also developed fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes pain and stiffness in joints, tendons and muscles.

Yukon court nixes fired compensation board worker's disability claim (CBC North)
A former clerk with the Yukon Workers' Compensation, Health and Safety Board has been receiving disability benefits that she should not have been getting, according to the Yukon Court of Appeal.

Home-care workers vote today (The Sudbury Star)
About 65 Sudbury-area home-care workers were scheduled to vote today on potential strike action to back up demands for a better contract with their employer, the Canadian Red Cross. The local employees are among 3,200 unionized home-care workers employed by the Red Cross in Ontario. The workers are [...]

Metro releases employees' Social Security numbers (WTOP Radio Network)
Officials say a document was posted between June 9 and June 25, as part of a solicitation from Metro to companies wanting to provide worker's compensation and risk management services. They say the information mistakenly comprised Social Security numbers of 4,675 employees. The document also included the names and Social Security numbers of a smaller group of workers.

Pizza shop owner has 7 days to prove worker's comp insurance (The MetroWest Daily News)
Selectmen gave the owner of a West Main Street pizza shop seven days to obtain proof she has worker's compensation insurance as well as to address other shortcomings.

Forsyth police chief resigns in settlement (The Mining Journal)
MARQUETTE - Forsyth Township Police Chief Brad Arnsparger has left his position after a recent settlement with Forsyth Township, according to Arnsparger's attorney, Steven Pence of Marquette.

Metro Accidentally Publishes Employees' Social Security Numbers (FOX 5 Washington D.C.)
Metro says it accidentally published the Social Security numbers of nearly 4,700 former and current employees on its Web site. Officials say a document was posted between June 9 and June 25, as part of a solicitation from Metro to companies wanting to provide worker's compensation and risk management services.

JAPAN'S KILLER WORK ETHIC (The Monterey County Herald)
TOKYO ? Death from too much work is so commonplace in Japan that there is a word for it ? karoshi.

Survey finds State workers satisfied with jobs (WSLS Newschannel 10 Roanoke)
State employees generally like their jobs, find their work interesting and are committed to their agencies. But working for Virginia is not all sweetness and light, according to a survey by the General Assembly?s investigative arm.

 

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