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Chinese Ad for Under-30s Triggers Outcry From Older Job-Seekers
By Bernard Orr March 25, 2024 BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) – A job advert from a Chinese grocery store seeking cashiers aged 18 to 30 has triggered a flood of anguished social media posts from older people scrambling to find work in a sluggish economy. Some said the ad highlighted the plight of a huge middle-aged section…
Read MoreAn 18-Point Playbook to Combat Age Discrimination at Work
These strategies can help leaders move beyond stereotypes and embrace the power of diversity in a multigenerational workforce. BY FEATURED 03-27-2024 The growing intergenerational divide could be a source of conflict in the workplace, but what if we could shift it to an opportunity for growth? Younger workers may feel an economic pinch while older generations grapple with…
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A Millennial Sued Over Nats’ ‘Young Professionals’ Discount. It Vanished.
By Rachel Weiner March 28, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. EDT Nick Snyder, born in 1983, is what demographers would call “an elder millennial.” But when he turned 40 last year, he no longer qualified for a “millennial” discount at D.C.’s Nationals Park. Now, on Opening Day of the 2024 season, Snyder is suing the Washington baseball team in…
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Tampa Sex Trafficking Suspects Accused of Beating, Branding Victims: ‘Strip Them of Human Morals’
By Gloria Gomez Published April 3, 2024 5:39pm EDT To watch video report click here. TAMPA, Fla. – A Tampa couple accused of running a human sex trafficking operation in Florida and other states was back in court on Wednesday. Marquette James and Alyson Marquette are accused of beating and drugging women they forced into sex work. Department of Homeland…
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Detroit Trains Hospitality Workers to Combat Human Trafficking Ahead of NFL Draft
By Andres Gutierrez Updated on: April 3, 2024 / 9:54 PM EDT / CBS Detroit To watch video report click here. (CBS DETROIT) – In just 22 days, hundreds of thousands of visitors will flood downtown Detroit for the 2024 NFL draft, and law enforcement says among them will be victims of human trafficking and those who enable…
Read MorePort Arthur Man Facing Human Trafficking Charge, 16 Facing Solicitation Charges Following DPS Operation in Beaumont
Trafficking of persons is a second degree felony and solicitation of prostitution became a state jail felony in Texas for those paying for sex in September 2021. By Scott Eslinger Published: March 29, 2024 To watch video report click here. BEAUMONT, Texas — A 39-year-old Port Arthur man is facing a human trafficking charge and 16…
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Planned Parenthood Will Offer Low-Cost Vasectomies in Phoenix
After demand overwhelmed the Tucson clinic, a Phoenix clinic will now offer the procedure BY: GLORIA REBECCA GOMEZ – APRIL 2, 2024 Planned Parenthood Arizona is now offering vasectomy services in Phoenix, in what company leaders say is a natural extension of its commitment to reproductive health care — and a critical safeguard in a post-Roe world. Last…
Read MoreUSCIS Revises Policy Manual to Align with New Fee Rule
Release Date:04/01/2024 We are revising our guidance (PDF, 364.37 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule published in the Federal Register on Jan. 31, 2024, and effective on April 1, 2024. Revisions to the policy manual apply to all applications and petitions postmarked on…
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Heat Protections for California Workers Are in Limbo After Newsom Abandons Rules
By Angela Hart and Samantha Young APRIL 3, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other dangerously hot workplaces — upending a regulatory process that had been years in the making. The administration’s eleventh-hour move, which it attributed to the…
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