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Lawsuits, Lost Expertise And Bad Morale: The Steep Risks Of Ignoring Older Employees

Allwork

Age discrimination occurs when a manager or boss treats an applicant or employee less favorably due to their age, which applies to younger people with less experience as well as older people who are close to retirement age. They worry that their company may have no strategy or practice for any sort of planned retirement — because most don’t.

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How to Forgive

Success

In 2003 I took a low-stress job at a church to build a music program for young people. The pastor trusted me to build an amazing program, and I fully expected to stay in this blissful situation until I retired. I was on disability for four years because of systemic lupus with organ failure. I was so happy to get this job.

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

Success

Starting a business wasn’t even on our minds when we first met in the summer of 2003. They dip into retirement savings, run up credit card debt or ramp up slowly while juggling day jobs. Small businesses have been fighting an uphill battle for decades just to access commerce.

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

Allwork

And then there was another initiative in Vienna that started back in 2003. And the reason why Thomas, the founder started it is because he understood that the moment you retire, you become irrelevant for the working society. They were called shared spaces, collaborative workspaces. And that’s really fascinating.

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Lessons from a Failed Forecast

Small Business Labs

Workforce Week's (tiered subscription) Fast Forward: 25 Trends That Will Change the Way You do Business appears to have been written in 2003.    I'm most intrigued with their 2003 jobs forecast for 2010.  workers per unit of output than they did in 2003.    This is great. 

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

With their technology skills and great social networking abilities, GenY ( born roughly between 1980-2003) previously have found employers willing to meet their expectations. My Dad lost his job and all his retirement benefits when I was in college, and worked in a gas station for the next 10 years.

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Not all accountants are created equal (how do you choose an.

The Small Business Blog

The Republic of Ireland looks like it has already started to make moves towards defining the term accountant with the establishment of the Irish Auditing and Accountancy Supervisory Authority in 2003. I have retired to writing so it’s no longer any problem to me for telling the truth. I can’t see it happening in the UK though!

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