This was originally posted on PoodleRose on August 26, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. At the Teen Choice Awards, actor Ashton Kutcher recently said: I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work. I’ve never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have…
This was originally posted on PoodleRose on July 16, 2013. Comments have not been migrated. The Washington, D.C. City Council recently increased the city’s minimum wage in retail stores to $12.50 an hour. But, like many laws, this one has exceptions that benefit those with political connections. For example, the law, which was written by…
This was originally posted on Live Oaks on February 5, 2009. Comments have not been migrated. Last week Obama signed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The act is intended to end pay discrepancies between men and women and circumvent a Supreme Court ruling that workers had 180 days to file a discrimination claim. Under…