This is a scary statistic:
Question: How many people go to work every week without being classified as a full-time worker?
Answer: Nearly one-third of the work force, about 42.6 million people, according to a 2006 report from the U.S. General Accountability Office. About 21.5 million of these workers either specialized in temp assignments, were independent contractors or were self-employed.
I suspect the self-employed are a minority of that statistic. It's scary because these people typically have no benefits.
Thank our federal officials for allowing far too many good jobs to go overseas and helping to decimate the quality of the jobs remaining here.
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With layoffs increasing, so are wrongful termination lawsuits, which are difficult to win in the best of cases.
One of the biggest regrets I have in my life was EVER allowing myself to sign an arbitration agreement, which the union and its lawyers did NOT explain waived all my rights to sue. I couldn't have witnesses, I couldn't bring in evidence, nothing. It was nothing but a kangaroo court process.
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