News tagged with temporary
Temporary employment reduces productivity of technology and energy companies
Two of the most important productive sectors in the Spanish economy, the energy and high technology intensity manufacturing sectors, experience a fall in productivity if they hire they employees on temporary ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Children's agitation after surgery may be preventable
Temporary combativeness after surgery—a complication affecting up to half of anesthetized children—may be preventable with drugs that decrease epinephrine production, according to a Medical College ...
Oct 08, 2010 |
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Full-time work no longer considered the norm in Australia
Casual, part-time and contract work is gradually overtaking permanent full time employment as the standard type of job for the majority of working Australians, according to a major report by the Workplace Research Centre ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Spaniards choose stable jobs over ones related to their training
"If you study, you are more likely to get a stable job, even if it doesn't have anything to do with your training". This is the thinking of workers living in Spain, according to a research study by the Pompeu ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Temps feed job insecurity among regular workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- The presence of temporary workers can cause ill effects in the permanent workers with whom they work, according to ILR School research.
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May 25, 2010 |
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Firms pay more to high-skill foreign IT pros than to US colleagues: study
Contrary to public assertions, IT professionals in the U.S. who are not citizens actually earned more than their American colleagues from 2000-2005 and therefore did not depress the salaries of American citizens, according ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 13, 2010 |
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MIT economist finds temporary jobs may actually reduce workers' income and employment prospects
While the U.S. economy struggles, one form of employment is on the rise: Temporary jobs. In December, the country lost 85,000 jobs overall, but added 47,000 temp positions, according to the Bureau of Labor ...
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Jan 22, 2010 |
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Temp workers not stuck in jobs and earn more than regular employees
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rather than being trapped in dead-end jobs, many people hired by temporary help agencies actually earn higher hourly wages and are better educated than permanent employees, and move quickly between temporary ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant, preventing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Temp work strains employee mental health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Workers hired for temporary, contract, casual or fixed-term positions are at risk for increased mental health problems, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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