'People's Platform' To Stir Political Pot

If you're not enjoying your democracy as much as you used to, and you are feeling a little powerless and preyed upon, and you're thinking there's no way out of your mess, help is on the way. You'll have to work for it, but you can do it.

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7 Rules You Need to Know in Fiduciary Proposal

How Wells Fargo Serves the Ultra-Rich Ultrahigh-net-worth investors can have complex needs. That's why Abbot Downing, Wells Fargo's group serving investors with $50 million or more, has family historians and psychologists on staff.

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Oakland VA whistleblower to appear at House hearing this week

For the longest time, Rustyann Brown felt like no one would listen as she tried to raise the alarm about how the Oakland VA regional benefits office was failing Northern California veterans. She is scheduled to appear on Capitol Hill before a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing that will examine troubling allegations that the Oakland and Philadelphia regional offices have mismanaged benefit claims from vets.

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Harrison's York International Recognized By Business Council Of Westchester

Thirty years after it merged two small local insurance companies, York International of Harrison has become one of the leading insurance providers in the country. York will be one of six individuals and companies to be honored on Tuesday, April 21, at The Business Council of Westchester's Hall of Fame Awards at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle.

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Hillary Made More Per Hour Than The Top 10 US CEOs

There's something wrong when CEOs make 300 times more than the American worker" Clinton said during her first campaign swing last week at an Iowa community collegea [But] Clinton's reported premium speaking fee of $300,000 per speech pales by comparison to the $131.2 million [salary] paid to McKesson CEO John Hammergrena [B]uta a fairer comparison is to look at Clinton and the top 10 CEOs by calculating their total compensation divided by the Department of Labor standard of 2,080 work-hours in a yeara On that basis, the CEOs are pikers compared to an hour of Clinton speaking for $300,000. Hammergren, for example, makes only $63,076 for the same hour of labor.

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Mediation service at Cumbrian hospitals to target bullying issues

Figures revealed by the News & Star showed almost one in four hospital workers in Carlisle and Whitehaven claimed to have been the victim of bullies in the 2014 NHS Staff Survey. The survey showed 23 per cent of employees at the hospitals who responded to the survey said they had been harassed, abused or bullied by managers or colleagues.

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2014.04.20 OT: Duuuuuude

Applied ethics is the philosophical examination, from a moral standpoint, of particular issues in private and public life that are matters of moral judgment. It is thus the attempts to use philosophical methods to identify the morally correct course of action in various fields of human life.

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Pa. unemployment rises, as jobs decline, job seekers increase

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point for the third straight month to 5.3 percent in March. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry said unemployment rose in March for the third straight month as the number of jobs declined while job seekers increased.

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Warrior transition units consolidate from 25 to 15

Adaptive sports, such as the Ride 2 Recovery, challenge wounded warriors like Staff Sgt. Patrick Halgren and Staff Sgt.

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Work out even when you are at work

Everyone knows it's hard to find time to get a full workout in when you're busy at work. However, there are several ways you can still burn calories without interfering with your work schedule.

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Lawsuit alleges PGV owner Ormat Industries defrauded federal government

The owner of Puna Geothermal Venture has two weeks remaining to file an answer to a complaint alleging it defrauded the federal government of $13.8 million in stimulus funds to cover an expansion at the plant. Ormat Industries, the parent company of Hawaii Island's only geothermal power plant, "engaged in a scheme to obtain federal grant money under for geothermal energy projects which did not qualify for payment, and have misused and abused the federal funds they have received in order to falsely support geothermal energy projects that the government never intended, or would allow," according to an amended complaint filed in May 2014.

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Pushpinder S. Puri: Sikhs understand dilemma facing Amish quarry workers

The federal government determined that Amish workers at a Pennsylvania quarry had to wear hard hats instead of the felt hats required by their religion. Another federal agency had allowed a religious exemnption for Amish as well as Sikhs from wearing hard hats.

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Election manifesto 2015

This manifesto sets out the National Health Action Party's policy pledges for the upcoming general election. It makes commitments to greater funding for the NHS; maintaining the principle of freely available care at the point of need; support for whistleblowers; and a focus on prevention.

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Osceola sheriff open for business despite ongoing expansion project

Osceola County broke ground recently on the $300,000 expansion and renovation project for the Osceola County Sheriff's Department, something Osceola County Undersheriff Justin Halladay said was long overdue. And while the project will be costly, Halladay said the community will benefit without having to pick up the tab.

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House to Take Up Cybersecurity Bills in Condensed Week

With a scheduled work week that even a college senior could endorse, House lawmakers return to the Capitol Tuesday for just three days to deal with cybersecurity bills and to put the finishing touches on a budget and trade legislation. The House will deal with two cybersecurity bills this week: the Protecting Cyber Networks Act and the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015.

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How a $15 Minimum Wage Helps All Workers

Giant corporations and the wealthy are naturally united in their hatred of the $15 minimum wage. Surprising, however, is the strong opposition sometimes encountered by workers who make barely above $15 an hour.

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Adam Forman: The MTA needs to get on the age train

The city's public-transit network and its ridership share an important trait: Both are getting older. Which is why, as the MTA modernizes its signal system, upgrades dilapidated stations and replaces subway cars and buses, it must also make dramatic investments in improving accessibility for aging New Yorkers.

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What employers need to know about medical marijuana

The times - and the laws on marijuana use - are changing, leaving many employers, especially those with employees in multiple states, confused about the appropriate actions to take in circumstances where marijuana is involved. The results of a new Pew Research Center survey found that for the first time in more than four decades, a majority of Americans favor legalizing marijuana.

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GoLocalProv | Business | Smart Benefits: EEOC Notice Clarifies ADA-Compliant Wellness Programs

Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published a proposed rule clarifying how the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to employer wellness programs that are part of group health plans. The notice follows recent challenges by the EEOC that certain programs violated the ADA because their rewards or penalties essentially made the programs mandatory since employees couldn't afford not to participate.

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Jobs for disabled clients me...

Milton Ramos says the promise of going to work each day is the main reason he gets out of bed. Tribune Chronicle / Virginia Shank Don Palm, right, a machine operator at Starr Manufacuring in Vienna, shows Louis Starcher, 32, of Warren, left, how to burn parts for a fabricating job, as Starcher's job coach, Tammy Danes, looks on.

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