“Practices that are often shown to improve employee morale and performance and common in the private or non-profit sector have been determined to be inappropriate in the public sector,” Pfeiffer said. “NPS made a choice.”
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“They don’t work, they become exorbitantly expensive, they hurt public schools and they lead to discrimination. The real question is: Why would you promote this bill?” Rubin said.
Rutgers: Bike Lanes Reduce Traffic Speeds
“We are giving you more evidence that bike lanes save lives,” said Hannah Younes, a lead author of the study and a postdoctoral research associate at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center in the Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Black Chicago drivers more likely to be stopped by police than to get traffic camera tickets, study finds
“(Bias is) not just a police issue,” Smart said, “But it’s especially acute among police because of the powers that police are given.”
H-1B visa program is wretched. Now is no time to expand it.
H-1B workers have few employment rights, in a system that they’ve described as “indentured servitude,” and some employers engage in rampant wage theft from H-1B workers.
Primary results suggest absence of ‘party line’ made a difference
“It’s early as the votes are still being counted but it certainly looks like not having a county line shakes things up, especially in the less high-profile races where the county line matters the most,” said Julia Sass Rubin
I’m a Nondriver—and There’s a Good Chance You Are, Too
Research by Rutgers Professor Dr. Kelcie Ralph found that young adults who grew up in a family without a car completed less education, had lower incomes, and faced more unemployment than their peers who were raised in families with consistent car access–even when controlling for family wealth, residential location, family composition and race.
NJ primary election night results 2024 | NJ Decides
With more mail-in ballots left to count, it’s still too early to tell what impact the suspension of the party line may have had on Democratic candidates.
Machine-backed Democrats have big NJ primary wins, even without the ‘line’
“Most political actors and donors are waiting to see how this issue plays out over the next few years before doing anything that may upset the county party organizations,” Sass Rubin said.
Barclays cutting 70 North Jersey jobs as more layoffs hit financial sector
Barclays bank is laying off 70 employees in Whippany, the latest job cuts in New Jersey’s financial services sector. According to a company spokesperson, the 70 roles in Whippany in Morris County have been “made redundant.” “We regularly review our operations to...
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