Employee News

1:29 PM EST
2/9/2012 Congress considers new foreign guest worker programA congressional committee took on part of the nation’s illegal immigration problem Thursday during a hearing on guest worker programs.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Migration, Labor, Labor Legislation, Employee

10:01 AM EST
12/9/2011 Night shift work may raise risk of type 2 diabetes in womenWorking rotating night shifts does more than leave you sleepy. It may also raise your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health finds.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Conditions, Labor, Employee

6:32 AM EST
11/22/2011 Trafficked workers exploited in ChinaGrowing numbers of Vietnamese labourers are being trafficked to factories and plantations in China where they are exploited, according to the UN Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP).

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Human Rights, Labor, Employee, Social Issue, Slavery

8:11 AM EST
11/15/2011 Retail store employees protest Thanksgiving Day early openingThe planned earlier opening of Black Friday sale by major U.S. department stores is being protested by some employees of retail chains.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Consumer Goods, Retail, Labor, Employee, Lifestyle And Leisure, Consumer Issue

2:37 PM EST
11/14/2011 BBC denies arrested Iranian is correspondentBritish broadcaster BBC on Monday denied that an Iranian arrested for allegedly reporting an explosion in a military base of the Revolutionary Guard on Saturday was its reporter.

Source:AHN Topics:Labor, Employee, Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Politics, Freedom Of The Press

9:06 AM EDT
10/18/2011 Canadian Municipal Federation targets cut in travel time for commutersThe Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) is pushing the Harper government to come up with a new infrastructure plan for cities to reduce travel time for commuters.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Road Transport, Politics, Parliament, Lower House, Labor, Employee

5:51 PM EDT
10/6/2011 Update: Cuppertino quarry office shooting suspect killed in police encounterPolice on Thursday shot dead the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting rampage in Cupertino that killed three people and wounded seven others.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Homicide, Human Interest, Curiosity, Labor, Employee

1:52 PM EDT
10/5/2011 Update: Quarry office shooting suspect identified, holed up in homeThe suspect in the shooting death of two people and wounding of six others at a quarry office in Cupertino, Calif., has been identified and located.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Homicide, Human Interest, Curiosity, Labor, Employee

9:28 AM EDT
10/3/2011 Google workers create beer from ingredients suggested from around the worldGoogle Inc. and Delaware brewery Dogfish Head have created a specialty beer using ingredients suggested by the search engine company’s employees from around the world.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Curiosity, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Labor, Employee

9:01 AM EDT
9/30/2011 Biggest smokers: Miners, construction, food service workersConstruction workers, miners and food service workers top the list of occupations who smoke the most, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Conditions, Labor, Employee, Economy, Business And Finance, Consumer Goods