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...least, that's one finding of a new study by human-resources consultant Watson Wyatt and a nonprofit outfit called the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). Bent on slashing costs left and right these days, a growing number of big companies are nonetheless investing serious money in bribing, er, encouraging employees to get healthier. Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) now offer wellness programs, up from fewer than half (43%) in 2007. And the percentage of companies paying people to ditch bad habits (especially eating junk food and not exercising enough) has gone from 53% in 2008 to 61% this...
Polonsky also points out what he deems faulty, nonanalogous logic sometimes used by advocates for shorter shifts, who liken residents' work regulations to those for commercial pilots, who are similarly prohibited from flying more than a maximum number of hours in a stretch. "If you think of what is really proposed [by the IOM], it is like having a pilot switching over in midflight or asking him to switch over as he's about to land," he says. "'Well, your time is up, it's time for someone else to take over...
...nonprofit, Harvard also benefits from tax-deductible donations and a significant amount of federal grant money. Last year, Harvard received $651 million in donations. If donations to Harvard were not tax-deductible, this number would be a small fraction of this total. According to Harvard’s Office of Government, Community, and Public Affairs, Harvard received $535 million in federal grants in fiscal year 2008 that accounted for 82 percent of Harvard’s research revenue. Under the federal stimulus package, federal grants to Harvard are expected to increase considerably. Non-federally funded research is made possible through...
...were often drawn from the ranks of laid-off workers from state-owned enterprises and given little training in law enforcement, Zhou says. While Chinese police have also been accused of abusing suspects - the government recently ordered police to undergo a five-month retraining program because of an alarming number of high-profile deaths of prisoners in the nation's jails - the violence attributed to the chengguan is seen as more galling because of the pedestrian nature of their responsibilities. Yet they themselves face threats too. "Street vendors are also using violence to fight against chengguan," He says. "Some have...
...While MGM Mirage has been hit by a regulatory bombshell, other Macau casino operators are suffering financial fallout in a market turned cold by recession and an unexpected shift in Chinese policy. Last year, Chinese authorities without explanation began restricting the number of citizens who were allowed to enter Macau. Gaming revenues fell to $3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, a decline of almost 13% compared with the same period a year earlier; the number of visitors to the city dropped by nearly 10% in the first quarter. The declines are hitting hoteliers and casinos hard. Melco Crown...