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Entrepreneurship vs Employment
By: Franco Lopez
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Reading, Employment

Let's be really clear here if you are not born in a rich family, you don’t develop any extremely differentiate talent during a young age or your close friends/families are at the top of the game or extremely well connected an in a certain industry. You cannot choose between entrepreneurship and employment.

You have to be pragmatic and understand that your financial decisions will affect you during your whole life.

Nowadays entrepreneurship is been sells like this magic pill that can give you this amazing lifestyle with luxury, travels, chicks, and freedom. In order hand been an employee is been devalue to a phrase like ( rat race, modern slavery, extremely sadness life)

Well, neither of those positions are complete truth, let me put some salt on those wounds.

(The statistics are grim: 96% of all businesses fail within 10 years, with 80% failing within the first two years. But even the 4% that make it aren’t necessarily successful or profitable; it just means they’ve survived. Suby, Sabri. )

According to Us. Bureau of Labor Statistics Individuals held an average of 12.3 jobs from ages 18 to 52, with nearly half of these jobs held before age 25. In this news release, a job is defined as an uninterrupted period of work with a particular employer.

That means that you 96% chance of your business to fail and you will be fired from a minimum of 12 workplaces during your whole career. Anyone who tells you that any of these options are safer, or is very silly or is selling you something. The only sure thing in this life is that someday you will die.

So now that you understand that, What should be your approach?

You need both ones a soon as possible.

Why? because having both ones you increase your chances of multiple streams of income, so you don't depend completely on only one solution.

How you do it? — you invest your free time, money, and resources in some kind of side hustle while you are working for someone else.

Your first milestone while is that your business self sustains itself without you taking money from your normal salary, a second milestone that your business starts making profits.

When can you start thinking about quitting your job? — when your business brings you enough money to pay your salary as a self employee and also have left for reinvesting on it, without hurting the company.

So stop listen t all those gurus that want to paint the entrepreneurship journey as something easy like those get rich quick schemes, also stop listening to your parents or anyone that tell you that being an employee is also secure.

Data warns us of a problem we wouldn't have seen otherwise.

Take ownership of your mistakes, a don't trust anyone at first hand, look for information.
Saudi Vision 2030 & Employment
By: Osamah Al-Zahrani
Tags: Saudi Economy, Saudi Arabia, Human Capital, Employment, Saudi Vision 2030

Things are beginning to change around here, from a bureaucratic form of a government to a more dynamic and ambitious one. Saudi vision 2030 is determined to transform all aspects of the Saudi economy. That included a well-detailed blueprint of a comprehensive plan to make the society a more vibrant, thriving economy and an ambitious nation. This transformation was kicked started by the falling of oil prices during the last few years. That’s when the current king realized that the country was heading to its worst nightmare.

The country derives its strength from the fact that it is the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds, an investment powerhouse and a hub connecting three continents. The vision consists of three themes one of which is having a thriving economy. This can be achieved by rewarding opportunities, investing in the long-term, open for business and leveraging its unique position in order to create jobs for all Saudis. In order to achieve that, human capital must rise to the level in which theses programs can see the light. Having a developed human resource is essential for the country because they provide necessary skills and experiences to achieve the needed goals.

Having an immature economy that depends on oil revenues was the status quo.

The labor ministry is determined to lower the unemployment level by replacing the current expats in a higher position with Saudi citizens who are capable of doing similar jobs. This task will not be viable without creating more opportunities to absorb the coming generations according to the Saudi Arabia Labor Market Report published in 2016.The human resources development fund HRDF has invested many of its resources to bring up the skills of employees to meet the requirement of the privet sector as well as to develop plants to protect their right in their companies One plan was to raise the penetration of women in the privet sector from a 4.4% to a whopping 25% by 2023 through the national transformation plan NTP.

Creating more jobs for future generations an important strategy by the government. Developing NEOM city was going to generate a lot of jobs in different sectors this plan will include a $500 billion to create a tech hub that focuses on the developing of science and technologies. The tourism sector is going to get a lot of focus as the coming years will see a rise in the number of tourists coming into the kingdom. A lot of projects are going to create a lot of opportunities such as the red sea and the Qiddiya projects.
Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on Economic Recovery
By: New York Fed
Tags: Economics, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Employment, Monetary Policy

Key Takeaways from President Williams’s Speech on Economic Recovery

On Monday, May 3, New York Fed President John Williams spoke at the Women in Housing and Finance 2021 Annual Symposium about the economic outlook and recovery from the pandemic.

He said:

“[W]ith accommodative financial conditions, strong fiscal support, and widespread vaccinations, I expect that the rate of economic growth this year will be the fastest that we’ve experienced since the early 1980s.” “[W]hile I am optimistic that the economy is now headed in the right direction, we still have a long way to go to achieve a robust and full economic recovery.” “Our policy response, alongside vaccinations and fiscal support, has played an important role in putting the economy on a solid path forward.”

On employment, he noted that despite the effects of the pandemic, “recent job growth is the strongest it’s been since last summer,” citing the fact that “[o]ver 900,000 jobs were added in March.” But he said that even with the gains “there are about eight and a half million fewer jobs today than before the pandemic.” He added, “This means we will need big jobs numbers for some time to fully get the country back to work.”

Turning to inflation, President Williams said that due to recent rises in energy prices and the reversals of last spring’s large price declines, “the inflation rate has increased from the very low levels seen during the earlier stages of the pandemic.” He said he expects “inflation to run somewhat above our 2 percent longer-run goal for the remainder of this year,” but added that, “once the price reversals and short-run imbalances from the economy reopening have played out, inflation will come back down to about 2 percent next year.” He also pointed out, “The speed of the recovery will also depend on the global picture,” which is another reason why “a complete U.S. recovery will take time to achieve.”

President Williams also explained the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision to keep strong monetary policy support for the economy in place. He said, “it’s clear there is a big shift in the economy, and the outlook has improved,” but that “the data and conditions we are seeing now are not nearly enough for the FOMC to shift its monetary policy stance.” Regarding the future he said, “the FOMC has defined conditions and measures that will inform its decision-making.”

Read the full speech.

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Could India’s rising population be turned into an asset?
By: Tamoghna Maitra
Tags: Opportunity, India, Population, Nature, Employment

India is the world’s largest democracy in the world housing approximately 1.3 billion people, of which 365 million comprise the youth of the nation. It boasts the highest percentage of youth population which comprise the innovation talent pool and as such is taken as an indicator for national development. However, India with its massive population is supported only by a landmass of 3.2 million square kilometers.

The disproportionate population density compared to the rest of the world has led to over-exploitation of its resources which has led to India topping the charts on land use statistics with 57% cultivation of available land. This leads to problems such as encroachment of forests for cultivation leading to loss of habitat for the wildlife. It directly contributes to the creation of an imbalance in the ecosystem wherein the resources are leached away to sustain this huge population. Also, the reduction of greenery along with the fact that almost all middle-class household in India has atleast an operating vehicle contributes to an increase in air pollution and conversely to global warming. It needs not to be mentioned the other innumerable adverse effects on the ecosystem as a result of such a huge population.

However, India’s massive population could be coming to a close as the population growth rate has been declining steadily over the past few years. India is still a developing country and needs to bank on its youth to grow in economy. India has a huge talent pool that needs to be educated and cultivated properly so that their innovations take shape in the form of startups and small scale businesses. Moreover, since the 90’s India has been seen by the west as an investment playground wherein big players like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Dell have invested not only directly but set up offices which have led to an increase in employment and revenue in the form of infrastructure. However, to rid the misnomer of India as an outsourcing capital of the world, it needs to place its bets on new startups with increased funding. India has a hoard of untapped potential which could be realized despite the negative effects of such a huge population
ICI Staffer Presents on Progressive Employment and Career Pathways
By: Community Inclusion
Tags: Community Inclusion, Progressive Employment, Ici, Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment

ICI staff member Kelly Haines and Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation’s Janet Drudik presented at the Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals Association 2019 National Issues Forum, held in Richmond, VA. Kelly and Janet’s session, Progressive Employment — Assessment Practices for Upskilling/Backfilling Individuals Within Career Pathways, provided an overview of the progressive employment (PE) model as a strategy for conducting vocational evaluation and assessment in a work-based setting.

The PE model can meet the needs of both job seekers and businesses as a dual-customer strategy. “Nebraska’s application of PE as a tool for vocational evaluation and career assessment is a new angle for us to explore,” said Haines.

Nebraska VR has also experienced success using the PE model as part of their Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities model demonstration grant, which focuses on career advancement for workers with disabilities in high-growth/high-demand industries.

To learn more about PE and vocational evaluation, career assessment, and career advancement, read the conference paper and access the presentation materials here.
Employee Benefits That Aren’t Beneficial by Trisha Ball
By: Trisha Ball
Tags: Benefits, Business, Employees, Employee Benefits, Employment

If you’re considering taking a job that is offering you a range of in addition to a salary, then you should be aware of the fact that some employee benefits aren’t actually beneficial at all. Some benefits offered by companies, especially those listed in job recruitment ads, are actually mere gimmicks if you investigate them more closely. While these gimmicky benefits might attract job applicants that aren’t actually paying attention, they usually end up lowering employee morale in the long term and eventually end up hurting the company that offered them.

The Top 4 Benefits That Are Not Beneficial At All

Unlimited Vacation — Studies have shown that companies that offer their employees unlimited vacation time aren’t genuinely being honest about what they actually give you. Studies have been shown repeatedly that employees actually take less than average vacation time in companies that offer up unlimited vacation time. Wellness Programs — Companies that offer wellness benefits to their employees are quickly becoming the laughing stock of the corporate world. All of the recent studies about this supposed benefit have concluded that wellness programs offer employees absolutely nothing at all, as no one wants to spend their free time working out at the company gym or having a motivational talk with a work-sponsored wellness guru. Employee of the Month — Consider yourself blessed beyond words. You were not only offered a sub-par stale deli cake, thoroughly embarrassed in front of all of your coworkers, but you also had your photo hung on the wall. Employee of the month has been rated as a joke benefit that most employees would much prefer to do without. Ridiculous Titles — Referring to the company janitor as the “Head of Sanitary Maintenance” or “Bathroom Sanitation Expert” isn’t going to help them feel any better about their job or themselves. Silly overblown labels that no one takes seriously make a mockery of less than ideal job positions.

Avoid offering these lackluster so-called benefits and provide your employees with valuable and wanted benefits.
Asians, mixed, and other ethnic groups struggle to get jobs
By: Abhijeet Gaur
Tags: Great Britain, Employment, Educational Qualification, Ethnicity

Asians, mixed, and other ethnic groups struggle to get jobs

Only an average of 38.93 percent of Asians and 34.95 percent of mixed group with no qualifications were employed between the year 2012 and 2019.

Photo by Proriat Hospitality on Unsplash

The Office for National Statistics took a survey of the people who were employed in the respective year and were not in any full time education. This survey defines the people in job with NQF level 4,3,2 or below.

A similar trend of low employment rate is witnessed among the two categories- Asians and Others as 82.10 per cent and 77.80 per cent respectively even with NQF level 4 or above qualification.

Average difference in percentage employment of the three groups Asians, Mixed, and others compared to Whites and Blacks is 8.33 per cent between 2012 to 2019.

The average amount of women employment between 2012 to 2019 for Asian women and Other women were: 18.50 per cent and 26.99 per cent respectively.

Average difference in percentage employment for Asians and Other ethnic group compared to Blacks and Whites is 13.52 between 2012 to 2019.

White women has the maximum employment rate among all ethnic groups irrespective of the educational qualification.
New Grads Crucial to Business Growth
By: Nova Scotia Government
Tags: Business, Graduate, Nova Scotia, Employment, Small Business

Nova Scotia’s GTO program helps inject new ideas to fill gaps in businesses

A Dartmouth-based marine electronics company is building a strong and reliable reputation, thanks to the talented young technicians who serve their clients across the province every day.

Many of those techs are recent graduates.

“The grads we hire are flourishing and it has been fantastic for business,” says Ashley Collins, Human Resources Manager, Atlantic Electronics. “They are demonstrating a keen interest in marine electronics and strong leadership qualities that will help them grow in the company.”

Atlantic Electronics recently hired three Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) grads straight out of the electronics program: Boris Spacek, Timothy Charles and Zachary Semchuk.

“A lot of senior staff have retired from the company, so these new hires are crucial to the continuation and growth of our work,” says Collins.

“I am able to pick up knowledge and expertise from senior technicians, while using my recent education at the same time,” says Charles, who works in the Yarmouth area. “The Graduate to Opportunity program helped me get a foot in the door and make this career a reality.”

Graduate to Opportunity (GTO) lowers the cost of hiring a recent graduate for start-ups, small businesses of under 100 full-time employees, non-profits and social enterprises.

Employers receive 25% of a grad’s first year salary (35% if the grad is from a designated diverse group) and 12.5% of a grad’s second year salary.

“There is a big learning curve in this industry,” Collins says. “The GTO program is great because it gives us that subsidization while we’re training our new technicians. It gives us the opportunity to invest the money right back into our newest employees.”

Spacek grew up in New Brunswick and is now working full-time in Digby.



“I enjoy the autonomy and responsibility given to me to do my job. The skills I picked up at NSCC allowed me to enter this industry with an extra edge. I am happy to be motivated by something I enjoy doing,” he says.

More than 600 organizations, like Atlantic Electronics, have hired more than 1,000 recent graduates across Nova Scotia using GTO funding.
February jobs figures: A record breaking month, driven by disabled people and full-time work
By: Institute For Employment Studies
Tags: Labour Market, Employment, Labour Market Policy

Tony Wilson, Institute Director

Today’s jobs figures, reporting on October to December 2019, show that the labour market ended the year in fine form — with record high employment, falling unemployment and a new record low for ‘economic inactivity’ (the measure of those out of work and neither looking nor available for work).

Employment rose by 340 thousand on the year, driven in particular by full time, permanent work –with both part-time and temporary employment falling. And while earnings growth was subdued last month, with vacancies showing signs of picking up and employer confidence rising the outlook for the labour market in 2020 is looking positive.

There is also good news on employment of disabled people, with the quarterly figures released today showing that employment increased by 440 thousand among disabled people last year, to 4.36 million — while employment of non-disabled people actually fell over the last year by 110 thousand. As a consequence, the ‘gap’ in employment rates fell in the last year, from 30 to 28 percentage points. Nonetheless with just 54% of disabled people in work, compared with over 82% for those without an impairment, disabled people remain more than two-and-a-half times more likely to be out of work than their non-disabled peers.

Data on employment by ethnicity was also published today, and here the news has been less positive. While employment grew for both white people and those from ethnic minority groups, the growth in the employment rate was twice as large for the former as the latter. As a consequence, the gap in employment rates between white people and ethnic minority groups has actually grown over the last year, from 11.2 to 11.5%.

There was also mixed news on age and employment today. While the last year saw welcome, continued growth in employment of older people — accounting for two thirds of all employment growth, driven particularly by older women — employment of young people has fallen slightly on the year, by 40 thousand. Nearly one million young people, outside of education and not in work, are continuing to miss out on the labour market recovery.

Another group missing out on the recovery has been those with health conditions, and perhaps the most worrying sign in today’s figures has been a continued growth in economic inactivity due to long-term ill health — which now stands at 2.08 million, up from two million a year ago. With nearly two million inactive people stating that they want to work, unemployment at record lows and an increasingly tight labour market, how we support those furthest from work will be an increasing economic and social priority in the year ahead.

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Is Nigeria Sleeping or is it just You
Tags: Nigerian Economy, Jobs, Nigeria, Youth, Employment

The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market, with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology and entertainment sectors. It is ranked as the 27th-largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP, and the 22nd-largest in terms of purchasing power parity. Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa;

Let’s dive a bit deeper, the Nigeria economy growth rate is far too low, yet those who made up the continent are people just like me, You know when you ask the average Nigerian what the biggest problem in my country is the first thing that comes to their head is : The Government. The belief is that the government should solve all problems the country faces and that the citizens have a few roles to play and also they are never the cause of the problem.

Photo by Muhammadtaha Ibrahim on Unsplash

I have been trying to comprehend this few points :

why in Nigeria for example would rather pick up something to sell as a business than to solve a problem and give value to customers Most Young people in Nigeria would rather sit on social media and complaint than to actually take an action Many young Nigerian would rather start up an NGO and do the same thing most people in that space are doing than actually solving a problem that creates value and not just rubbing the surface.

The country is faced with lots of challenges and yet we never ask ourselves what problem am I solving and how can I solve a particular problem that creates value. Not everyone is an entrepreneur but I believe if a young person can take up sales because they want to make money, then a young person can also take up solving a problem to create value because they want to make money also.

Photo by Oluwakemi Solaja on Unsplash

If you would start a Non-governmental organization because you want to give an access to education for everyone, you can as well start a sustainable social enterprise that solves a the problem on access to education and also creates value, that way we are not just repeating the same thing or same approach that has been done, but we are innovating, solving a problem and creating values.

For every problem solved, wealth is the reward if a good business model or sustainable approach can be channeled to it.

The service sector is one of the biggest sectors in Nigeria, it contributes 52.1% of Nigeria GDP as of 2018. Services sector jobs require a wide range of skills from artisans in traditional services, to ICT experts in modern services. Similarly, the services sector can be harnessed to diversify exports. This is particularly important because services are less reliant on physical infrastructure. — Are you sleeping

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Food For Thought

What skill do you have? How can you come in to create value under the service sector? Which of your skills do you need to brush up? What problem needs urgency that you can solve through rendering a service?

Is Nigeria sleeping or is it just you?
NYC Restaurant Workers Need Relief Now
By: Frank Gattie
Tags: Restaurant, New York State, NYC, Coronavirus, Employment

Photo by Tim Mossholder from Pexels

When New York City’s mayor announced this week that schools would stay open, the union representing healthcare workers and teachers weighed in. After negotiation and contemplation — schools closed, but a contingency plan was put in place. Most kids are staying home, but healthcare workers are retaining childcare. Teachers are still getting paid. When the city announced restaurants would close, people working in the service industry were not so fortunate. Restaurant workers — a largely non-union workforce — barely got a warning, let alone a chance to negotiate the terms of their future. They were simply tossed aside — told the city does not have the resources to help.

Sorry, but that is unacceptable. Sick pay is nice. Unemployment is nice. Neither are enough. Many will not qualify for either. Calls for landlords to hold off evictions for 90 days may help, but what happens on day 91? How will families put food on their tables? No one should face this kind of uncertainty. Given the pandemic, closing restaurants around the city is understandable — we must save as many lives as possible. However, we cannot allow thousands of livelihoods to be lost along the way. The city and state must provide relief to the thousands of people being forced off the job with nowhere to go.

Restaurant owners need to chip in too. While there are small independent bars and restaurants in New York City, there are also countless corporate chains and restaurant groups that can afford to offer severance pay to their staff. Restaurants are not charity operations — as some imply — but profitable businesses. Employees should have the opportunity to dictate the terms of their layoffs, and without a union to represent them, the city should step in to mediate.

The city and state have a duty to support the thousands of people now out of a paycheck. Workers in the service industry deserve relief — we must demand it.
Coronavirus, Job Search and the 6 occupations that are hot right now…
By: Jacob Peebles
Tags: Jobs, Work, Coronavirus, Employment, Job Search

Here at Get.It we do a large amount of paid traffic acquisition through Google Ads and Microsoft Ads for our network of occupational job sites.

Our ad accounts are structured in a way that mirrors our network of job sites. We track each occupation/site with its own ad campaign.

Given that Google is where the majority of people start their job search this gives us an unmatched view of the job search patterns of the general US population, week over week, and month over month.

We know when Opticians job searches are up and when Legal Nurse Consultant job searches are down…

With the Coronavirus now in full swing, we’ve seen some interesting trends with our campaigns starting roughly 7 days ago when the news cycle really started to take center stage.

As a whole job search traffic is down substantially across the board, roughly -30% week over week.

But more interesting is that across roughly 700 occupations covering almost every major job category, there are 6 occupations where job search is actually trending up during this same time frame.

They are in order of percentage gain…

It will be interesting to see if other occupations, or job search, in general, pick up over the coming weeks — but for now, there it is, the only 6 occupations where job search has increased since the pandemic hit the US shores.
Apple Waiting and Exit Search Times
By: Irvine Law Group, Llp Employment Law Attorneys
Tags: Attorney, Employment Law, Labor, Apple, Employment

The panel reversed the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Apple, Inc., in a wage-and-hour class action brought by employees who sought compensation under California law for time spent waiting for and undergoing exit searches.

Upon the panel’s certification of a question of California law, the California Supreme Court concluded that time spent on the employer’s premises waiting for, and undergoing, required exit searches of packages, bags, or personal technology devices voluntarily brought to work purely for personal convenience by employees was compensable as “hours worked” within the meaning of California Industrial Welfare Commission Wage Order 7.

The panel reversed the district court’s grant of Apple’s motion for summary judgment and remanded with instructions to (1) grant plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on the issue of whether time spent by class members waiting for and undergoing exit searches pursuant to Apple’s “Employee Package and Bag Searches” policy is compensable as “hours worked” under California law, and (2) determine the remedy to be afforded to individual class members.

This case law update was brought to you by Wagefraud.com, Employment Law Attorneys. The following is not one of our cases, but it is of some significance, and we thought we should share it with our readers.

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2020/09/02/15-17382.pdf
Real or Scam: Customer Service Job Ad
By: Work At Home Faq
Tags: Jobs, MLM, Scams, Employment

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Dear WAHFAQ,

I’ve been looking for a customer service job, and I saw this online. It seems a little too good to be true. $18/hr is pretty high in my area. What do you think?

I am willing to bet that this ad is marketing a MLM/Direct Sales opportunity. Let’s explore some of the language in this ad:

“The work involves, fun, laid-back presentations with our customers, either face-to-face or done virtually….”

This reminds me all too well of my time selling Rainbows. The company would NEVER say that we were doing sales, it was always “presentations” with customers.

“There’s no knocking on doors or cold-calling involved.”

Because, chances are, you’re required to start with your friends and family. What they consider “warm leads”. I’m guessing this company may have a few campaigns or run ads to find customers, which you’re then asked to follow up with. Because the customer has already expressed interest, they’re considered a warm lead. But, what you may not realize is that the customer may have expressed interest in something totally different! With Rainbow, they “gave away” a weekend getaway if a prospect listened to the presentation. (Much like time-share presentations!)

“The pay starts at $18/hr base-appt”

This language seems a bit confusing. But basically, they’re saying that you’re going to get $18/hr, per appointment booked. When I was in Rainbow, they paid hourly up to a certain number of appointments booked. Once you reached the threshold, they assumed you had enough experience to work on commission only.

“Let me be clear on this point: that is a flat rate, not based on sales or commissions. Some conditions apply.”

Yeah, I can guess what the conditions are: the flat rate applies for a limited time. Then it flips over to commission-only.

“There are no benefits as this is an entry level position.”

Actually, there are no benefits because you’re paid as an independent contractor. Real customer service jobs, even if they’re entry level, have some kind of benefits: paid time off, vacation, sick leave…etc. Some states require that businesses pay these benefits to employees! But if you’re an independent contractor, you don’t get any kind of benefits.

“Hours are 100% Flexible: days/evenings/weekends/part time/&more”

That’s because you’re (a) an independent contractor and (b) probably required to find your own customers!

Verdict: While this ad isn’t necessarily a scam, it isn’t promoting a job in the traditional sense. I’ve had success with MLMs as have many others, but that’s a business opportunity, not a job. Make sure you understand what is required to get started before taking the leap!

Good luck!

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Fast & Furious Arbitration
By: Irvine Law Group, Llp Employment Law Attorneys
Tags: Attorney, Employment Law, Labor, Labor Law, Employment

Mortiz v. Universal City Studios LLC (CA2/1 B299083 9/2/20)

Over the course of approximately 16 years, respondents Neal Moritz and Neal H. Moritz, Inc. (collectively, Moritz) worked for appellants, Universal City Studios LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiary, FFSO Productions LLC (collectively, Universal), rendering services as a producer for the film The Fast and the Furious (Universal Pictures 2001) and several sequels thereto (collectively, the Fast & Furious franchise). The lawsuit underlying this appeal involves a “spin-off” of the Fast & Furious franchise, a project ultimately released as Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal Pictures 2019) (Hobbs & Shaw), on which Moritz allegedly worked as a producer pursuant to an oral agreement with Universal. Moritz named Universal, as well as appellant Jimmy Horowitz, president of Universal City Studios LLC (collectively, appellants) as defendants in the suit. Appellants moved to compel arbitration of the suit based on arbitration agreements in written producer contracts regarding Moritz’s work for Universal on the Fast & Furious franchise. The court concluded that these arbitration agreements did not apply to the Hobbs & Shaw dispute, and denied appellants’ motion.

Appellants contend the court erred by deciding whether the Hobbs & Shaw dispute was arbitrable under the arbitration agreements contained in the Fast & Furious contracts, as those agreements are valid and binding on all parties and delegate the question of arbitrability to an arbitrator. We disagree, and therefore affirm.

This case law update was brought to you by Wagefraud.com, Employment Law Attorneys. The following is not one of our cases, but it is of some significance, and we thought we should share it with our readers.

Source: https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B299083.PDF
Labor Reforms in the Post-Pandemic Period
By: John Clements Consultants
Tags: Crisis Management, Amcham, Labor, Covid 19, Employment

Labor Reforms in the Post-Pandemic Period

“Habang maikli ang kumot… matutong mamaluktot”. These were the exact words of Congresswoman Stella Luz Quimbo, from the 2nd District of Marikina, when she began her talk during the AmCham webinar entitled Labor Reforms in the Post Pandemic Period last August 26, 2020. This Filipino saying basically translates to “if the blanket is short, learn to bend”. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no kumot or blanket to begin with — referring to one of the major effects of the pandemic in our country, where Filipino workers have very little protection from job loss. Thus, passing House Bill 7028, where Representative Stella Quimbo proposes the institutionalization of a National Unemployment Insurance Program, would be a big help as it provides cash assistance to displaced workers.

Here is a sobering fact: the Philippine unemployment rate has reached a high of 17.7%, equivalent to 7.254 million. This is the highest rate recorded since the 1950’s. From January to April alone, we already had an increase in unemployment by 4.864 million. Not to mention the possible additional 13 million workers at risk for job loss (with jobs but not at work, as the companies are the ones absorbing the cost), and 29 million workers in the non-essential sector. Rep. Quimbo noted that as of July 8, the SSS-approved Php 84.4 million worth of unemployment benefits to aid those affected by COVID-19 is only enough to cover about Php 7,700.00 minimum wage workers for 2 months. The current plight of our Filipino workers should nudge Congress to immediately act on the unemployment insurance program, as it seeks to protect individuals in times of job loss and provide financial and training support for job searches.

Below is the Stand-Alone Unemployment Insurance Programs of Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam:
Placement in Noida-Best Placement
By: Forever Placement Services
Tags: Services, Placement, India, Employment, Recruitment

Forever Placement is one of the experienced and reputed employment Agencies in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. As an efficient company, we provide wide range of employment services to the clients and candidates, which include Manpower Recruitment, Career Consultant and HR Services. We have maintained a well-organized database in India, to meet the manpower requirements from Power Industries, Automobiles Industries, FMCG, Engineering industries and others, anywhere across the country. Because of our vast experience in the industry we are able to match the right candidate with the most suitable job. We offer our manpower services in Noida, Delhi and Gurgaon on timely basis and make sure that we are able to meet the expectation of the client and candidates both.

Top Manpower services in Delhi,Noida, and Gurgaon NCR

Forever Placement is top manpower service in Delhi Noida NCR wasestablished, under the headship of Mr Manish Rana. He has always motivated the team and helped us achieve a great success in the market. We are backed by a team of experienced and well qualified professionals who conduct screenings to determine the inherent qualities of a candidate. After analyzing the requirement of the candidates and clients we match the candidates with the right vacancies. We always follow all the business ethics and transparent business practices to maintain good relationship with the clients and candidates. Therefore, we have earned a lot of credibility and goodwill in the market. We aim to set standards by delivering excellence in all spheres of our operations.
System change for youth-led entrepreneurship
Tags: Solutions, United, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Employment

Our commitment to the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth (facilitated by the United Nations)

With its network of local and global partners, Development Alternatives creates economic opportunities through microenterprise development for youth and women in underserved regions of India. It aims to create a culture of entrepreneurship through the interconnected objectives of:

Reducing socio-economic, intergenerational and gender barriers faced by aspiring entrepreneurs

Nurturing constructive communities that facilitate desirable norms that ensure quality jobs and social well-being for its members

Building networks of collaboration between workers in the informal sector, solution providers and policy makers to build a robust support system for entrepreneurship

Mainstreaming enabling mechanisms for entrepreneurship-led job creation

Partners: “la Caixa” Foundation, HSBC, The Bytes Project, systems play (University of Cape Town, Medha, Janasthu, Transforming Rural India Foundation
Health Officer Kondagaon Chhattisgarh Recruitment 2021–57 posts | FirstJobNews.Com
By: First Job News
Tags: Today Jobs News, Jobs, Employment, Employment News

Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon Job 2021: — CMHO Kondagaon Job 2021 has been published by Chief Medical and Health Officer Office Kondagaon Chhattisgarh for the recruitment of Para Medical Staff / etc. posts on firstjobnews.com.

Those candidates who want to apply for Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon Job 2021, who fulfill the educational qualification and other qualifications prescribed for Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon Job 2021, can submit application to the department on CMHO Kondagaon by the last date. You can see other information regarding CMHO Kondagaon Jobs in the format below.

Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon Job 2021

Asked Questions for this job news

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Q1. How many posts are being recruited by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

57 posts are being recruited by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon).

Q2. Which posts are being recruited by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon) is recruiting for the posts of Para Medical Staff etc.

Q3. What educational qualification should be in the recruitment done by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

For the recruitment done by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon), the candidates should have passed 8th / 12th / Diploma / ANM / BSC Nursing / GNM / Medical Degree / Post Graduate Medical Degree etc.

Q4. What will be the selection process for recruitment done by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

Applicants will be selected on the basis of performance in written test / interview / other recruitment processes by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon).

Q5. What will be the job location in the recruitment done by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

Chhattisgarh

Q6. What is the last date to apply for the recruitment done by Chhattisgarh Chief Medical & Health Officer Kondagaon (CMHO Kondagaon)?

30–05–2021

All the candidates who want to apply for CMHO Kondagaon Recruitment 2020, are requested to thoroughly check the official notification before applying for the Health Officer Kondagaon Chhattisgarh Recruitment 2021–57 posts, only then the Department of Chief Medical and Apply for the recruitment of Health Officer Office Kondagaon Chhattisgarh.

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Disrupting Youth Unemployment throughout Africa
Tags: Talent, Ghana, Youth, Africa, Employment

The Africa Internship Academy (AIA), founded by Emmanuel Leslie Addae, and Daniel Amoako Antwi is a youth employment accelerator based in Accra, Ghana. AIA provides work readiness and entrepreneurship programs for young students and connects program participants to employers as well as industry mentors. AIA’s innovative model is currently operating in Ghana with plans to expand through Africa in an effort to create a Pan-African network of connections between young talent and employers.

According to research from the African Center for Economic Transformation, “jobless growth is Ghana’s biggest youth challenge.” Young people under 35 make up around a third of Ghana’s population and represent the fastest growing demographic group in Ghana and throughout the African continent and youth under 15 years of age represent almost 41% of the African population. Economic growth has not translated into enough jobs for this growing population and many youth find work in vulnerable and informal employment.

Africa is home to the majority of the world’s population growth and many see this population growth as an opportunity to harness a demographic dividend in the context of global aging in countries such as Japan and the United Kingdom. Employment opportunities and skills training are vitally important for social and economic wellbeing of African countries, and AIA is pioneering innovative models to connect youth to employers and address current skills gaps in Ghana and throughout Africa.

Employer Contracting: AIA works to build partnerships with employers to establish placement pipelines from cohorts of talented young people receiving training from AIA.

Job Matching: AIA employs innovative technology and assessment methodology to match students with contextualized work opportunities based on their experience and skillset through their talent searching platform called TalentsinAfrica.

Work-Readiness Bridging: AIA provides a holistic curriculum for young talent including training in time management skills, problem solving skills, design thinking, communication and budgeting. Among other programs, AIA provides training in Agribusiness to equip with practical skills in agriculture to support the growth of competitive agro-processing enterprises.

Linking and Referring Candidates: AIA offers a range of employment opportunities for youth involved in AIA programming including arranging interviews with employer partners across the continent.

Mentorship Programmes: AIA links youth to mentors in a wide range of fields who serve to support the personal and professional development of AIA Fellows and Interns.

Fellows Management: AIA eases young people’s transitions into the world of work and tracks Fellows’ placements and retention rates.
The Perfect Fit Is Probably Being Overlooked: Hiring Exceptional Talent by Applying an Equity Lens
By: Minda Heyman
Tags: Talent Acquisition, Hiring, Baltimore, Nonprofit, Employment

Image of five fellows from the 6th cohort of Baltimore Corps Fellows during orientation

Finding a Unicorn: Hiring Exceptional Talent by Applying an Equity Lens

Picture it: Baltimore 2020, your organization is ready to hire your next star employee. It could be a new role, or fulfilling a long-standing position, either way, you’re excited for the opportunity to grow and strengthen your team. The problem is you are already overwhelmed by your workload, and unsure about how you are going to find the time to conduct an equitable, and inclusive, search that draws a strong, diverse candidate pool. You want to hire the right person. Let’s not forget that you need to hire quickly because the work does not stop and your team is already stretched. Sound familiar?

That’s a long time to work short-staffed. Most hiring managers have limited time and resources when it comes to recruiting and hiring our next great staff member. We may care deeply about creating an equitable hiring process, but what does that look like and with what time?

Image of one of our partners, Innovation Works, during 2019 Fellowship Orientation

At Baltimore Corps, we’re no strangers to this challenge, that is why we created Place for Purpose. Place for Purpose is a mission-driven placement service, where we are leverage our experience recruiting and placing talent to support your organization in finding the best person for your position.

“Our ambition is to really be the front door to a meaningful life and career here in Baltimore, so that anyone who wants to connect can connect, and can make the city a better place.” — Fagan Harris, CEO of Baltimore Corps

Place for Purpose is an affordable service that capitalizes on our deep network of talented professionals to support your hiring needs. Organizations of all sizes working within the social impact sector should be able to find the right talent, and we are here to make that a reality.

Ready to learn more about Place for Purpose?
Microsoft launches “digital skills” initiative
Tags: Covid 19, Employment, Microsoft, Digital Skills

Microsoft has announced it is launching a global skills initiative aimed at “bringing more digital skills” to 25 million people worldwide by the end of 2020. As part of this, it will release a learning app in Microsoft Teams to help organizations better train & retrain their employees.

The Microsoft Teams learning app will allow organizations to integrate content from LinkedIn Learning, Microsoft Learn, Content by their own teams & outsiders all in one place.

The global skills initiative will bring together every part of Microsoft, combining existing & new resources from LinkedIn, GitHub, & Microsoft. It will be grounded in three areas of activity:

(1) The use of data to identify in-demand jobs & the skills needed to fill them

(2) Free access to learning paths & Content to help people develop the skills these positions require

(3) Low-cost certifications & free job-seeking tools to help people who develop these skills pursue new jobs

For more, click here.

Originally published at https://www.whatsnewonthenet.com on July 1, 2020.