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...result, the medical system is overused by people who fall into the price gap between their personal cost and society’s total cost.Furthermore, since in our current health insurance system, coverage is provided through employers, it cannot be moved as people change jobs. This creates labor market rigidity and personal unhappiness, as people feel locked into their job in order to keep their insurance. And outside of organized company plans, obtaining insurance for the long-term is difficult and expensive because of self-selection of the insured population. Healthy young students generally avoid paying for insurance they will...
...letter written to Donald R. Knauss, president of Coca-Cola North America, the university’s Executive Vice President and CFO Timothy P. Slottow cited Coke’s cooperation with independent investigations by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) as vital to Michigan’s decision...
Following a vocal student campaign against Coke’s labor practices in Colombia and India, Michigan’s Dispute Review Board (DRB) suspended the use of Coke products on Dec. 29, writing that it would not extend any expired contracts. However, the DRB letter said Michigan would resume business with Coke if the company sufficiently met the university’s demands for an independent, third-party investigation into the allegations...
Researchers working with Mobius created a labor market where employers had to predict the maze-solving ability of prospective applicants...
...whatever they want. Though de Villepin had stood by the move as an effective means for battling a 23% unemployment rate for people age 25 and under - a level climbing to 40% for unskilled workers in that category - students and unions called it discriminatory by denying young people labor protection others enjoy. By Tuesday night, parliament was scheduled to debate a hastily crafted replacement proposal to help the country's young people find work. Instead of giving businesses more flexibility to fire youths during their first two years of employment, the new measures would provide the country's youngsters with...