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Los Angeles Restaurants Pass Employee Healthcare Costs to Customers

***I’m very interested in innovative ways benefits are offered to the average worker. This is a repost of a recent article review I wrote for a class I am currently taking. (Prof. Moyer – I’m not plagiarizing, promise!) ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE: “The 3% Surcharge Catches On: The Lucques Group Introduces Healthcare For Employees” http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2014/09/02/the-3-surcharge-catches-on-the-lucques-group-introduces-healthcare-for-employees — As costs rise across industries, many employers struggle to find ways to increase employee satisfaction by

Why Mental Wellness Is a Thing – with Service Provider Links (NYC)

If you feel you need the additional support of therapy and want to spend time working on your mental health and emotional wellness, do not feel that you are completely without options. (To limit confusion: for the purpose of this entry, I am using mental health, emotional wellness, support, and therapy somewhat interchangeably. ) After paying bills and covering basic needs, it’s really hard to set aside any sum of

HOARD CLEANSE: Finding $92.24 in My House

Learn how I converted a forgotten dress and some old gift cards into $92.24 in CASH… Back in August, I started getting rid of a lot of things in my home. Between the piles of items to donate and sell, I found a couple of things with some value. One of the items I found was a dress I’d misplaced when I was the maid of honor for a wedding in 2009.

[NOTES ON] “The Story of Stuff”

I’m watching the entire Story of Stuff series. Let’s watch it together, or check out my notes on all the videos, here. Thanks – h! The Story of Stuff is a very simple video that everyone must watch. When RF first saw this video a few years back, we were like, “OH SNAP! HOMEGIRL IN THE BLUE BUTTON DOWN IS CORRECT!” Imagine, being able to explain the mode of production, the

Poverty: The New Rustic Vacation for the Boojie (Bourgeoisie)

Image credit: kozyndan “Roughing It”, 2005 Since the Hipsters on Foodstamps article, I’ve been a huge fan of the Pinched series at Salon.com Having been occupied by my normal life through most of this past spring and summer, I had the time to catch up with the reading. The writing, while very well done, and the authors, who all seem like incredibly nice and humble people, seemed to depict a very romanticized notion of economic

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