A report conducted by ForbesWoman shows which cities are the best paying cities for women.
In recent years it seems that Hollywood has finally started to recognize not just the amazing talent of some of today’s top Black actors, but also their bank-ability at the box office. Black male leads have started to command big bucks in the entertainment industry, and it looks as if they will only become more […]
(AlterNet) — There are lots of thieves in this country, as in any country. But no thieves anywhere are more blatant than the U.S. employers who steal millions of dollars from their own employees — often right out in the open, unchallenged. It’s called “wage theft,” and it happens everywhere. The cheating bosses don’t take […]
(New York Times) — Most people are familiar with the pay gap between women and men, but here’s a gap you may not have been aware of. According to a recent post on the blog BoingBoing, lesbian women are paid more than heterosexual women. According to the research the site pointed to, lesbians make about 6 percent […]
(Washington Informer) — Montgomery County’s top administrator banks a higher salary than the vice president of the United States. Ditto for Fairfax County’s executive. And the District’s police chief is paid more than the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and speaker of the House. Dozens of local officials earn better wages than the […]
(Wall Street Journal) — President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a two-year salary freeze for all federal civilian employees, signaling an apparent willingness to reach toward Republicans ahead of negotiations on deficit-cutting that are likely to dominate Washington next year. The freeze, which would require congressional approval, would affect about two million workers in 2011 […]
(CNNMoney.com) — Congrats! You landed an interview for a great new job. If raises at your current job have been meager or non-existent over the past few years, you might be tempted to tell the prospective employer that your salary was a little bit more money than it actually was. In fact, 23% of job […]
(New York Times) — Good salespeople can make very good livings. In some cases they can make as much or more than the owner of the business they work for. I was told a story of one such company — and a problem that it created. A successful company had four salespeople who sold contract […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayor Daley likes to talk about cutting the city payroll to the bone, eliminating waste and inefficiency. But you’d never know it by looking at the management flow chart at Chicago’s Department of Aviation. It includes a dizzying array of 49 boxes, each with a title and lucrative salary. Nearly 60 […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, hours away from getting a $558 million budget passed, has proposed a $450 bonus for city workers. The compromise is now being debated by the Atlanta City Council. While Atlanta City Council is putting the final touches on the budget, union workers had swarmed City Hall this […]
(WSJ) — New York City plans to pay some teachers bonuses of up to 30% of their salaries for helping students in struggling schools make progress, an extraordinary test of merit pay in about a dozen schools. The pilot program, which the city’s Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers agreed to, will be […]
The NBA and economics collide in TAP's list of the top 5 earners in contest for 'the title.'