Financial advisor and columnist Brandon Renfro I’m 69 and began to collect Social Security when I hit my full retirement age in April 2021, but I’m still working fulltime and making a good income. My salary is 2.5 times what I was making four years ago. Social Security has annually adjusted my monthly check every […]
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Employees in Germany working from home less frequently, survey shows
New data reveals there was a decline last year in the frequency of working from home in Germany, but that remote and hybrid work practices have become firmly entrenched in sectors of Europe’s biggest economy more than four years on from the pandemic. The Federal Statistical Office said on Wednesday that 23.5% of all employed […]
Exclusive-China’s ByteDance working with Broadcom to develop advanced AI chip, sources say
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ByteDance is working with U.S. chip designer Broadcom on developing an advanced AI processor, two sources familiar with the matter said, a move that would help TikTok’s owner secure sufficient supply of high-end chips amid U.S.-Sino tensions. The 5 nanometre chip – a customised product known as an […]
CT behavioral health worker barred from working with Medicaid sentenced for health care fraud
A Waterbury behavioral health provider who was previously convicted of Medicaid-related crimes and was barred from working with the program has now been convicted of health care fraud involving Medicaid and ordered to pay $25,000 in restitution, records show. Elijah Caldwell, 43, appeared in court in Hartford on Thursday and was sentenced to three years […]
Teen looking for a summer job? Here’s how to get working papers in NJ
With teens finishing high school for the year and entering summer break across New Jersey, many will have an easier time getting working papers – the documents needed before they can get a job – thanks to an online system that rolled out last year. That system, which officially began last year, replaced the prior process, […]
NC ‘repairman’ is back at work after being banned from working in the state
SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Carrying his tool bag, with the same bald head and beard from when we last saw him, John Jackson walked into a Salisbury home last month to collect cash and repair a fridge. “Well, our refrigerator was not working properly,” recalled Charles Willeford. “The eggs were freezing; the vegetables […]
Bosses told hybrid working is good for business and keeps staff happy
Sceptical office managers should stick with hybrid working, according to researchers writing in the journal Nature, who found evidence in China that working from home makes employees less likely to quit and can save a business millions of dollars. The team said hybrid work models “improved job satisfaction and reduced quit rates by one-third,” with […]
Group working to restore Shea House at Staunton’s largest African-American cemetery, Fairview
STAUNTON — It’s about a two-mile hike from the house on Lambert Street to what was then Booker T. Washington High School on West Johnson. Claudia Strother Gaines remembers it seemed like a long walk as a teenager, especially in the winter with the cold, biting wind fighting her with every step. Every now and […]
Maine school districts are working to keep their students engaged over summer break
Jun. 17—Every day at Reiche Elementary School’s summer program starts with a community gathering. Students, teachers and administrators sing a song or dance together. Summer program class sizes are small, and school days are abbreviated. Teachers have less on their plates. “One thing we’ve really worked on doing is having a kind of joyous, camp-like […]
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Business owner has truck, thousands of dollars in equipment stolen while he was working
A Fairborn business owner had his truck and trailer stolen and now he’s faced with a tough decision: start over or call it quits. News Center 7′s Malik Patterson spoke with the business owner about the theft. Hear why it could cause him to shut his business completely tonight on News Center 7 at 11:00. […]
A third of Sarasota-Manatee working families can’t make ends meet
Thousands of area households have fallen into economic hardship following the end of federal pandemic relief programs – largely due to soaring childcare and housing costs, a recent study found. Among the hardest hit are families with young children, according to the updated ALICE Report released this week by United Way Suncoast and its research […]