Germany's lower house, with support from "conservative" Chancellor Angela Merkel, has approved the nation's first-ever minimum wage. The baseline pay rate will be 8.50 Euros an hour, roughly $11.56 today, 59 percent higher than the United States' federal minimum wage.
Selected Air Force members, men and women, will be able to take three years off from the military to start families, a mirror of a recent pilot program by the Navy. It's a pretty novel idea. Almost as novel as paid parental leave, but not quite.
Workers at Closing Goodyear Tire Plant Take Their Bosses Hostage
There are a couple of ways to react when you learn that the factory where you work is closing, and you and your 1,172 colleagues will soon be jobless. One is to beef up that LinkedIn profile. Another is to rage against the machine.
Comment of the Day: Pity the Poor Working Teen
Today we looked at some science stuff that told us that working too much is bad for teens' health. That's what they've been trying to tell you! And what this one commenter would also like to tell you.
French Retirement Age Law Signed
It's official: French people looking for pensions can't retire until they're 62 years old.
Survey: Working at Goldman Sachs Is Still the Best Bank Job Ever
There's a new survey out ranking the best financial firms to work for and (surprise!) Goldman Sachs is number one. It's no contest, especially when Goldman offers fun, camaraderie, and big ass bonuses. The past is history at Goldman Sachs.
All of Your Coworkers Are Going to Quit When the Recession Is Over
According to a new Deloitte "Ethics & Workplace Survey", 1/3 of working Americans say they're totally going to look for a new job once this recession is over. Because they don't trust their current employers anymore. More work for you!
Talentless Workers Getting Left Behind
The Way We Live Now: "It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money."
Welcome to the Working World
[A very recent Temple grad heads straight for the career center today; image via AP]
Won't You Please Let Tom Cruise Be In Your Movie?
Tom Cruise would like Hollywood to know that he's still pretty employable—the white Will Smith! After successful turns in Tropic Thunder (funny!) and Valkyrie (not a total bomb!), Maverick is back.
Isobella Jade's Ass Soldiers Through The Recession
Elite media types and financiers aren't the only ones suffering during this economic downturn, you know. Models are suffering too! And who better to shine a light on the travails of modeling these days than Isobella Jade, the short, self-made woman who rose from homelessness to microniche prominence by writing her…
Realize Your Dreams (If You're Not Ugly): Become a Hills Blogger
From the Department of ZOMG: Do you hate your stupid job and all the things you have to do at it? Do you secretly dream of writing things about The Hills (just like me!), like what the fashions are like and what the people are like to the other people on the show? Well you might be in luck. MTV, which airs the…
Martin Bashir—Like Many—Will Work Through The Cancer
Martin Bashir, the current Nightline broadcaster, just announced that he has a "potentially life-threatening" brain tumor. Bashir, who made his name with big, probing, salacious TV interviews of Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, said that he plans to "get on with his life" and continue working. In that, he is…
