Little Rock We represent lots of part-time workers and sometimes even fulltime work schedules feel part-timey with a 35-hour regular workweek or less. Where 30 years ago, there was a straightforward definition of part-time as 20-hours or less, over the last decade we have to constantly fight employers to prevent defining the workweek at less …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Mercury, Lead, Mountains of Old TVs, and Indian Recyclers
New Orleans Some unfunny things are happening on the way to recycling companies when it comes to old televisions, computer monitors, and other electronic gear. Recent reports and studies by environmental groups and the government indicate that in some cases it is getting there and then has nowhere to go, especially given the declining market …
Bartering and the Sharing Economy Give Hope in Spain
New Orleans The real estate bubble in Spain cratered the economy ushering in an austerity economy with unemployment rates of more than 25% of the population and a staggering 55% for younger workers. We might ask how people are surviving, and the answer from banker Julio Gisbert who has written a book called, Living Without …