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Employers shift disability insurance costs to workers and trim benefits

As many employers try to reduce costs, disability benefits are at the top of the list for cuts and reductions. Is your employer reducing your coverage? Employers are shifting disability insurance costs to workers and trimming or eliminating benefits. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/employers-shift-disability-insurance-costs-to-workers-and-trim-benefits/2011/09/14/gIQAHptqfK_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.397ae3367125  

Bullying: from kindergarten cubby to workplace cubicle – News – The Spectrum – University at Buffalo

Let’s hope that more schools, especially at the grade school level, institute programs such as this anti-bullying campaign from the University of Buffalo. In January 2006, former postal employee Jennifer San Marco walked into the Goleta Mail Processing Plant in California, pulled out a pistol and, shot six postal employees before ending her own life. … Read more

Free to Die

Is human compassion out of fashion with American voters? You decide. Back in 1980, just as America was making its political turn to the right, Milton Friedman lent his voice to the change with the famous TV series “Free to Choose.” In episode after episode, the genial economist identified laissez-faire economics with personal choice and empowerment, an … Read more

A Must Watch Video!

Spending a few minutes watching this video with your teen could save their life. This documentary offers a dramatic and emotional view of the dangers of texting and driving, the lives lost and the struggles of those left behind as they deal with the tragic loss of a loved one.

Medford Oregon Truck Accident

Here’s the bulk of an article that was published in the Medford Mail Tribune on December 30, 2010 with details of the accident. Police have cited a truck driver whose trailer overturned on Biddle Road Dec. 21 with careless driving and making an improper turn. The 59-year-old man who was pinned inside his pickup after … Read more