canmybossdothat.com - 3/5/2009
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For Workers Facing Job Loss Health Benefits and the Stimulus COBRA Subsidy Your rights to keep benefits when you lose a job [read more] Unemployment Insurance Find out the rules on collecting unemployment benefits [read more] Can they fire me? Find out what protections workers have [read more] ...
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Labor: Wow, What a Week!
Firedoglake —
... Can My Boss Do That? Unless you have a union, the answer is probably "Yes." Today Interfaith Worker Justice launched a new website, www.CanMyBossDoThat.com to help newly unemployed workers understand their rights and protections and advocate for themselves. It offers state-specific information geared to help real life situations such as that of Joe Buczek, a worker in Miami, who was told he could collect his last paycheck in groceries. ...
The Media Consortium: Weekly Audit: How Predators are Profiting from the Economic Collapse Economy NewsLadder
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... for The Washington Monthly, the accelerating job losses may not be surprising at this point, but they are painful nevertheless. The only good news for the labor market over the last week was the roll-out of CanMyBossDoThat.com, a site dedicated to informing workers on their legal rights on everything from COBRA health insurance benefits to getting employers to actually deliver final paychecks workers have already earned. The site, which is funded and managed by Interfaith Worker Justice, comes at an important moment, according to ...
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