A Days Pay

Author : Ethan Laughman
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820358401
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Day’s Pay written by Ethan Laughman and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work, and the coffee-fueled day-to-day grind, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series. More than seventy volumes, which include approximately eight hundred stories, have won the Flannery O'Connor Award. This stunning trove of always engaging, often groundbreaking short fiction is the common source for this anthology on work—and for planned anthologies on such topics as family, gender and sexuality, animals, and more. Sometimes work is rewarding, and sometimes it’s just demanding. From the cubicle to the courtroom, from the stage to the station. These fifteen stories reflect upon the time we dedicate to the jobs we do, from the moment we begin our commute to the second we return home, and every hardworking hour in between.

Author : Ruth A. Allen
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Texas Lumber Workers written by Ruth A. Allen and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1961 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1950 a million Texans—more than a tenth of the entire population of the state—lived in a region where one family in every two earned less than $2,000 a year. Composing that region are the thirty-two counties of northeastern Texas in which the lumber industry is concentrated. In eleven of these counties, 70 percent of family incomes were less than $2,000. Until 1930 the Texas lumber industry furnished employment for more workers than any other manufacturing in the state. Though displaced in that year by oil refining, it still ranks near the top in the number of workers it hires. The aim of this study is to show how these people whose economic life has been dominated by a single industry have fared for eighty years in comparison with their fellow Texans and with lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest and the Lakes states. Texas lumber workers have always been in many ways a peculiar people, conditioned by their historical roots, by isolation from the mainstream of national life, and by the deeply rural nature of their environment. A typical group portrait would show two of each three persons to be adult white males. One of three would be African American. It would not show any women. Here and there a face would bear the marks of alien birth. Most of the figures, however, would be natives not only of America but of East Texas. In family background, in work experience, and in social and economic environment these people have been uniquely homogeneous. In the early 1950s the Congressional Committee on the Economic Report of the President designated the area as one of “deep poverty” and pinpointed it as one which had failed notably to reach the level of living achieved by the state and the nation. Its economic status has been lower than that of any other group in Texas except household servants, and its education level has been well below that of the state and nation and increasingly below the level of acceptance in any jobs other than those requiring a minimum of training and competence. The immediate past has shown not only no improvement but a positive deterioration. Drawing upon personal investigation and state and federal reports, the author has put the contemporary situation in a historical setting. Her delineation is principally in terms of figures that weave a social fabric from which definite patterns emerge—insecure wages, illiteracy and inefficient production, unsuccessful attempts to achieve effective organization. Though the book is directed primarily toward those who should feel concern at its revelations, it also suggests a wealth of untapped sources for the ethnographer and the folklorist.

Author : United States. Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act (Federal Wage-hour Law) ... written by United States. Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Divisions and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0399181822
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Christie Henderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118502000
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pay Less Tax In a Day For Canadians For Dummies written by Christie Henderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick and easy way to lower your tax bill The In a Day For Dummies series offers examinations of specific subjects and provide a focused and portable resource. This e-book, Pay Less Tax In a Day For Canadians For Dummies, helps you get your tax returns in the best possible shape and save money in the process. The e-book also links to online content at Dummies.com that extends the topic with step-by-step tutorials and other bonus content on setting up a record-keeping system, maximizing pension income, claiming credits for textbooks, and knowing where to turn for tax help. Chapters cover: Knowing the basics of Canadian tax rules Strategies for reducing your taxes Tax credits available to spouses and children Planning for special tax circumstances

Author : Christie Henderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118501969
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pay Less Tax on Your Investments In a Day For Canadians For Dummies written by Christie Henderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick and easy way to lower the taxes you pay on your investments The In a Day For Dummies series offers examinations of specific subjects and provide a focused and portable resource. This e-book, Pay Less Tax on Your Investments In a Day For Canadians For Dummies, helps you get your tax returns in the best possible shape and cut the taxes you pay on your investment income. The e-book also links to online content at Dummies.com that extends the topic with step-by-step tutorials and other bonus content on dealing with the US taxes, using insurance products as investments, making and keeping interest deductible, and knowing where to turn for tax help. Chapters cover: Becoming a tax-savvy investor The ins and outs of capital gains and losses Information on TFSAs, RRSPs, and RRIFs Keeping properties profitable

Author : Christie Henderson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118605624
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pay Less Tax on Your Income In a Day For Canadians For Dummies written by Christie Henderson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quick and easy way to lower the taxes you pay on your income The In a Day For Dummies series offers examinations of specific subjects and provide a focused and portable resource. This e-book, Pay Less Tax on Your Income In a Day For Canadians For Dummies, helps you get your tax returns in the best possible shape and cut the taxes you pay on your income. The e-book also links to online content at Dummies.com that extends the topic with step-by-step tutorials and other bonus content on planning for a loss of employment, claiming moving expenses, taking advantage of special employment situations, and knowing where to turn for tax help. Chapters cover: Determining whether you're self-employed or an employee and the fine line between the two Deducting employee expenses Self-employment essentials Understanding capital cost allowance

Author : Great Britain. War Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1006 pages
Book Rating : 4.6J/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manual of Military Law written by Great Britain. War Office and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
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Download or read book The Railroad Trainman written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : New South Wales. Department of Labour and Industry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1718 pages
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Download or read book Industrial Gazette written by New South Wales. Department of Labour and Industry and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: