Archive for December 2011
West Virginia prepares drug-free workplace legislation
drugs in the workplace. The Drug-Free Workplace Act would allow all private employers, at their option, to implement drug-free workplace programs which include random drug tests without the requirement that random testing be limited to safety sensitive jobs. The statewide chamber will again join several other groups in asking for an intermediary court of appeals. The…
Read MoreBlack Friday: All-time high for background checks
all-time one-day high for background check requests from gun buyers last Friday. There were 129,166 requests to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)–a third more than the previous record of 97,848 on Black Friday 2008, FBI spokesman Stephen Fischer said. On Black Friday last year, there were 87,061 requests. This shows a huge…
Read MoreSmall businesses create 55,000 jobs in November
according to Reuters. However, they also claim that employees worked fewer hours and earned less money – which highlights the fact that the job market remains weak. Intuit, a payrolls processing company, said the increase in small business employment compared to October’s upwardly revised 60,000 count, previously reported as a 30,000 gain. The survey is based…
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