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Lower levels of economic inequality in Europe than in the US is not because of taxation and redistribution. In fact, the US redistributes more to the poorest 50% than any European country. The reason is that Europe has been successful at ensuring that the poorest get relatively good-paying jobs.

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Clearwater, FL company PostcardMania makes national headlines for work policies during Hurricane Ian

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This small business fired me for catching covid well at work

I hope this is the right place to post this but if not feel free to remove!! I was working at this supplement shop and caught covid at the start of this month well working for them (Live alone and am pretty introverted so I doubt it was outside of work). My boss told me to take some time off and get better but then ghosted me once I was healthy again. He essentially fired me for catching covid well working for him and I am extremely bothered by it. Not to mention he is a scam artist that takes advantage of people coming in that don't know any better about supplements. This is his google review page. https://www.google.com/search?q=firstline+nutrition&rlz=1C1ONGR_enCA1014CA1014&oq=firstline&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j69i59l2j69i60l4.1068j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x53a01ece95c6b64b:0xab60ce1bae6a4b12,1,,,

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Thinking about quitting my job and taking my wife to another country….

Hello everyone. I am 25 and got out of the military last year with 90% disability (2200$) a month. I work as security in a dispensary in Missouri making 17.50$ an hour while I bet my bosses get paid 40$+ off of me… I hate putting in long hours for someone else to make most the profit. I’m heavily considering bringing that 2200$ a month of passive income to another country where 2200$ goes far, and not working at all. Our work environment is so unfair and toxic in the US. Sure my job is easy and pays decent for the area but I’ve been here over a year with no raise or appreciation at all. Reasoning being “starting at such a high rate”. Am I the only one fed up and considering Mexico, Portugal, Anywhere but here?

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Me everyday:

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Mike Causey was an 82 year old who worked as a opinion writer and wrote about retirement at Federal News Network died at his desk Monday. His program manager said this about his death.

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Company required install of software on personal device – new security measure

Just found out we're now being forced to install an Authenticator app on our personal phone so that it can authenticate when we're trying to punch in and punch out on the company software. This authenticator even requires us to approve There's gotta be something else they have to provide, right? I know there's 0% chance they give a company device for it, but there's NO alternative apparently. While I have often wondered about if I was fired and getting a new job because this one is such ass, I also can't afford the cut in pay. Which is already criminally low. Money is too tight. Guess I just suck it up and comply like everyone else to install this shit and add the extra steps to my routine every day? Am I crazy for being upset about this? It's “not a big deal” it's a tiny app and takes…

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Wife’s supervisor says she’ll agree to moderate raise only if wife withdraws other job application

My wife is an immigration attorney and works for a non profit. She makes shit pay for an attorney (which was expected with a nonprofit I guess) but also has terrible benefits including no WFH ever and no maternity leave at all (guess what, we are pregnant!) So my wife has been searching for gov jobs for an immigration atty and finally found one in our area – we just moved to NC and it’s slim pickings for that kind of work. Anyway, she was asked to provide all previous and current supervisor contact info. She did, but requested that they not contact her current employer… they did anyway. Fast forward to yesterday, her supervisor comes into her office super pissed off about receiving the recommendation request from another job (and tbf it was seemingly out of the blue). Anyway, the supervisor immediately said that she’d bump my wife up…

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Paying for your employees health insurance?

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Saw this car on the highway