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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Nearly half of the respondents in the Mom Corps survey (45 percent) said they would even be willing to relinquish some of their salaries for more flexibility. (Other surveys put that figure as high as 87 percent.) But despite schedule control's importance, few traditional employees have much say over their work schedules.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

 Often, those benefits are being provided in lieu of higher salaries.  Many are rolling out perks such as free gym membership, commuting subsidies, even pet health insurance. Often,   The reason? 

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MAY 30, 2014

  The study also found starting salary pay equity across men and women and that women don't see themselves as being at a disadvantage in the workplace. .  Also, men are more open to women having equal career options and are much more likely to believe in an equitable division of home and child related work.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Key quote: The tenure-track college professor with a stable salary, firmly grounded in the middle or upper-middle class, is becoming rare. Taking .  They make up roughly 50% of all university faculty members, up from just 20% in 1970. The report is none too positive about this shift.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 21, 2012

job posts have detailed descriptions about the nature of the work, skills required, location and approximate salary, but the job seekers—the sellers—generally do not create profiles that describe themselves."  As this happens the job market - which is very inefficient - will work better.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 4, 2016

There are no set salaries, no limits on how to direct one's efforts. There's the variety, projects big and small, high paying, low paying, interesting, mundane, changing faces, fresh ideas, new clients. all this can be thrilling and it's deeply satisfying to see a project through to the end and move to the next.

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

  A recent survey by Mom Corps as reported by Business News Daily found that nearly half of the repondents would give up an average of nearly 10 percent of their salary for a more flexible work schedule. Today it seems it's all about flexibility. Companies want flexibility too.

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

" The article goes on to argue that temporary jobs are bad jobs that don't provide adequate salaries or protection from abusive employers.   This view - that all temporary jobs are bad - is common in academia, which is the profession of the author.   And I agree many temp jobs are bad.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

  Salaries for these jobs aren't bad. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article : Demand for the well-staffed home is on the rise, according to agencies and house managers alike. According to the WSJ: A good housekeeper earns $60,000 to $90,000 a year. A lady's maid can make $75,000 a year.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

A professor at South Dakota State University analyzed non-farm wage, salary and sole proprietorship data for 2000 and 2008 by county for South Dakota.    He found the number of non-farm business sole proprietors grew during this period. 

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Key quote on shared security accounts from a Fast Company article on this topic : One can think of the Shared Security Account as analogous to Social Security, but encompassing all of the employment benefits traditionally provided by a full-time salaried job.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 8, 2013

.  Key quote on being self-employed: Four and a half years of self-employment have taught me that there's more financial security in creating my own livelihood than in relying on someone else to pay my salary. The quotes above are very representative of what we've heard.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 5, 2012

everything from government jobs to employment in factories and even supermarkets is now on a two-tier track, with older workers’ guaranteed pensions and higher salaries not shared by newer hires. In the U.S.,

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 27, 2012

According to the New York Times , high-end nannies in New York City are garnering salary and benefit packages that take their total compensation to well over $200,000 per year.  A related Huffington Post article points out that high-end nannies in Europe are also hansomely rewarded.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 3, 2010

Compare the capabilities and vested interest of salaried employees versus contracted professionals. Cheaper, too, because with flatter organizations, less management is involved. I would add that a fourth benefit is an improvement in the quality of work produced.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 23, 2016

The maker of household products such as Huggies and Kleenex paid its employees above-market salaries and avoided layoffs. That’s Key quote: For generations, having a job at Kimberly-Clark meant having a job for life.  That’s over. Turnover employees leaving annually, voluntarily or not, the company said.

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