Month: April 2023

My boyfriend is an amazing programmer and extremely intelligent, but he's been unemployed for 6 months now and not for a lack of trying. He applies everyday, goes to interviews, has created a program to auto fill the questionaires and send CVs for him, self taught himself electronics and created a full LED Light suits- yet nobody is hiring him. How can this genius be so casually looked over? I guess cause he's young but he has experience working in the industry. Whatever. As for me, I'm a graphic designer. I have 10+ years experience with adobe, I have a university degree, portfolio, etc, I'm still not getting hired. I've started lying on questionnaires and making up stories when I do interviews. Nothing that can be disproven of course. I even changed my name on my CV to appear more masculine and it has increased my responses by 70%. My…

My partner works at a yoga studio in Rhode island and is required to work on Sunday’s. Most businesses that require Sunday hours are also required to pay time and a half. There are a few exemptions: hospitality, agriculture, commercial fishing (to name a few). We can’t find any exemptions for health clubs, but the owner is claiming they are exempt. How should we go about challenging this claim? Does anyone know anything about these laws? Thank you!