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Sick Leave

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Name: Sick Leave

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian

AFPFacebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.Nathalie Blanchard, 29, took long-term sick leave ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Manulife Financial Corp, Facebook Inc, Sick Leave, Health Benefits, Quebec

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

Manulife Financial Corp

Woman loses sick pay over Facebook photos

A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is taking her insurer to court over a decision to cut her benefits based, according to her, on photos she posted on Facebook.Nathalie Blanchard, 29, was diagnosed with severe depression in February 2008.But her benefits ... [Canada.com - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Manulife Financial Corp, Sick Leave

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Facebook Inc

Nathalie Blanchard: Depressed Woman Loses Benefits Over Facebook Photos

A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on Facebook. More on Facebook ... [The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Sick Leave, Quebec

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Study: U.S. lagging behind other nations on adopting policies that support workers and families

A major new study by researchers at Harvard and McGill Universities - the largest ever to look at working conditions worldwide - finds the United States far behind other economically successful nations in terms of adopting policies that support workers ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nationalism, United States, Adoption, Sick Leave

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

India's middle class boosts demand for domestic work

NEW DELHI: Each morning about 800,000 Delhi women leave their own small homes to dust, clean, cook and wash in bigger ones.Some work for wealthy families who have always had household help. But more and more are getting jobs among the rapidly expanding ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]

Entities: New Delhi (India), India, caste system, Workers' Union

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

George Miller

H1N1 flu could lead to bill requiring paid sick leave

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.Legislation introduced by Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., would require employers to provide employees with up to five days of paid ... [Biz Journals - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sick Leave, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Karen Kerrigan, Sam Graves, George Miller

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Big fall in teacher sick leave saves State €25m

The number of uncertified sick days taken by teachers has dropped by as much as 38pc since changes were introduced to the substitution scheme.It has led to savings of around 25m for the which, since last January, has restricted the funding available to ... [Irish Independent - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sick Leave, Brigid McManus, Michael Brennan

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

American Rights at Work Launches "Not My Chamber" Campaign

The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses say that the Chamber doesn't represent them on climate and other issues. American ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/20/2009]

Entities: American Rights At Work, Climate, Sick Leave, AFL-CIO

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

How Depressing! Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits Over Vacation Photos

Who would have guessed? Insurance companies can now deny mental health coverage thanks to Facebook photos! According to an article from CBC News, "A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's ... [ReputationDefender Blog - 11/20/2009]

Entities: CBC News, Sick Leave, Quebec

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Dimdim: Avoiding 'SOS' - sick office syndrome

Guest post by DD Ganguly, CEO, Dimdim A few years back, I used to work for a global company with more than 13,200 people. My office alone had more than 1,000 people, so when winter rolled around, it'd be hard not to encounter someone who had a cold ... [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 11/20/2009]

Entities: DimDim Inc, Sick Leave, Influenza A H1N1 Virus

First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 Documents

Labor Vs. Chamber: Swine Flu Sick Days

It's the next round in the ongoing battle between organized labor and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: paid sick leave in light of the swine flu epidemic.Labor has long supported mandatory paid sick leave. Now, in light of the H1N1 flu epidemic, labor and ... [Atlantic Monthly - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Sick Leave, Swine Flu, Rosa DeLauro, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Service Employees International Union

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents (in Politics)

A World Of Workers' Rights

A new study released Tuesday, Raising the Global Floor, examines workers' rights across 190 nations worldwide and finds that the U.S. lags behind nearly all other countries. The U.S. does not guarantee paid sick leave or annual leave, paid parental leave, ... [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sick Leave, United States, Nationalism, McGill University

Quotes

Who would have guessed? Insurance companies can now deny mental health coverage thanks to Facebook photos! According to an article from CBC News, "A Quebec woman on long-term sick leave is fighting to have her benefits reinstated after her employer's insurance company cut them, she says, because of photos posted on ..."

How Depressing! Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits Over Vacation Photos [ReputationDefender Blog - 11/20/2009]

"Fewer and fewer Americans have sick leave, particularly low-income workers who can least afford to take off without pay" he said

H1N1 vaccine supply improves: Doses available for those most at risk, state says [The Akron Beaco ... [Pharmacy Choice - 11/20/2009]

...Vice President Biden, that will propose initiatives early next year in areas ranging from college affordability to the balance of family and work. "Middle-class life is much more fragile than it ... should be" Biden recently declared

A Middle-Class Manifesto [National Journal - 11/20/2009]

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Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian [Sydney Morning Herald - 4 hours ago]
Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 5 hours ago]
Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance [France24 - Africa - 5 hours ago]
Labor Vs. Chamber: Swine Flu Sick Days [Atlantic Monthly - 8 hours ago]
Woman loses sick pay over Facebook photos [Canada.com - 17 hours ago]
If you're stressed, tell your employer about it [Southland Times - 20 hours ago]
Woman Declared "Not Depressed," Loses... [Maximum PC - 20 hours ago]
Operation Badminton - Aviva PLC fraud investiga... [North Yorkshire Police - 23 hours ago]
Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits for Depression ... [Psych Central - 11/21/2009]
Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Hea... [NetworkWorld - 11/20/2009]
Happiness on Facebook Cuts Canadian Woman's Hea... [PC World - 11/20/2009]
Big fall in teacher sick leave saves State €25m [Irish Independent - 11/20/2009]
India's middle class boosts demand for domestic... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/20/2009]
Flu could crimp business operations [TMC Net - 11/20/2009]
H1N1 vaccine supply improves: Doses available f... [Pharmacy Choice - 11/20/2009]
H1N1 flu could lead to bill requiring paid sick... [Biz Journals - 11/20/2009]
Maid to measure for India's army of domestic wo... [The Age - 11/20/2009]
Nathalie Blanchard: Depressed Woman Loses Benef... [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 11/20/2009]
Study: U.S. lagging behind other nations on ado... [News-Medical.Net - 11/20/2009]
A Middle-Class Manifesto [National Journal - 11/20/2009]
A Middle-Class Manifesto [National Journal - 11/19/2009]
A World Of Workers' Rights [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]
A closer look: The state of black Boston [NECN.com - 11/19/2009]
Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook ph... [Sympatico - 11/19/2009]
Top 20 Stories of 2009 the In-House Bar Couldn'... [Inside Counsel - 11/19/2009]
Depressed woman loses benefits over Facebook ph... [CBC - 11/19/2009]
Presenteeism - as much of a problem as absentee... [Personnel Today - 11/19/2009]
U.S. Far Behind On Workers' Rights [Forbes.com - 11/19/2009]
Air India Pilots to go on strike if demands are... [FreshNews.in - 11/19/2009]
U.S. far behind other nations on family-friendl... [BenefitNews.com - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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Poland: Online Campaigning for the Rights of Em... [Global Voices Online - 11/20/2009] ‘Security. Is IKEA OK?' On Nov. 3, I noticed that a new Twitter account was following me on that microblogging site, and its name intrigued me: @czyIKEAjestOK [is ...
Dimdim: Avoiding 'SOS' - sick office syndrome [Silicon Valley Watcher - conversations and obse ... - 11/20/2009] Guest post by DD Ganguly, CEO, Dimdim A few years back, I used to work for a global company with more than 13,200 people. My office alone had more than 1,000 ...
How Depressing! Woman Loses Sick-Leave Benefits... [ReputationDefender Blog - 11/20/2009] Who would have guessed? Insurance companies can now deny mental health coverage thanks to Facebook photos! According to an article from CBC News, "A Quebec woman ...
American Rights at Work Launches "Not My C... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/20/2009] The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses ...
Facebook costs Canadian Woman her Insurance [The Next Web - 11/20/2009] We’ve all been warned by career advisers about how we use Facebook. They give you advice on who to friend, what to say, and what pictures to post. We’ve also heard ...

Audio/Video

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Opening Statement at H1N1 Paid Sick Leave Hearing [Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers - YouTube Channel - 11/18/2009]
Congressman Ellison on Paid Sick Leave [Rep. Keith Ellison - YouTube Channel - 05/11/2009]

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