While 2016 is slated to be the year of new jobs, better jobs and upgrading careers, employees should remember that job references play a crucial role in this quest for career betterment. Many of us are aware that a former employer is only supposed to offer limited information about previous employees. While the track record
Read more →An explosion at the Dow Chemical Co. in North Andover, Mass., is the second since 2013. An explosion at a Dow Chemical Co. plant in North Andover, Mass., has triggered a call from the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety & Health (MassCOSH) for “a complete review of how chemicals are handled at the plant.” The
Read more →Contractors Griffin Campbell and Sean Benshop have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six people and injured more than a dozen others. The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) on Jan. 8 announced that Griffin Campbell was sentenced to 15–30 years in prison and Sean Benshop was sentenced
Read more →“The addition of an additional pre-qualified vaccine producer is expected to double global supply to 6 million doses for 2016, with the potential for further increased production in the future,” WHO announced Jan. 8. “This additional capacity will contribute to reversing a vicious cycle of low demand, low production, high price, and inequitable distribution to
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