employment related posts

Stonger Protections for Employees
California's Assembly voted to require the state's employers to inform their workers in writing if e-mail and other internet activity is monitored at work.

Turning Slackers Into Workaholics: Researchers use a gene treatment to turn off monkeys' dopamine receptors -- yielding harder-working, more focused monkeys. Despite obvious applications in the corporate world, the scientists say they're just trying to understand mental illness.

Why don't you pretend I'm working? [stolen from mefi] Outsource Your Own Job! -- Says a programmer on Slashdot.org who outsourced his job: "About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 out of the $67,000 I get. He's happy to have the work. I'm happy that I have to work only 90 minutes a day just supervising the code. My employer thinks I'm telecommuting. Now I'm considering getting a second job and doing the same thing."

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