EMPLOYMENT
Legislative notebook: Care provider union debate sets Senate record
By Don Davis Minnesota senators set a modern-day record for debating a single bill Tuesday night and Wednesday morning before voting to give childcare providers and personal care attendants the right ...
Posted on 5/15/13 at 7:59 PM
Drug Testing to Get a Job - Part Two
In yesterday's post, I obviously hit a nerve! The only other post of mine that has had that many hits was back on November 1, 2011, when I wrote about adoption. Yesterday I shared a picture from my l...
Posted on 12/30/11 at 7:30 AM
God is recession-proof
Paying for my son and daughters college education seemed completely impossible four years ago, but it was still the desire of my heart. Yet there I was, quitting my part-time job in October 2007 becau...
Posted on 11/15/11 at 9:30 AM
Most long-term jobless are baby boomers
You may have read recent reports about the growing ranks of the long-term unemployment, even though overall jobless numbers are improving. Nearly half (46 percent) of the long-term unemployed in the c...
Posted on 6/8/10 at 8:16 AM
Mommy, CEO
My first two years of college were spent at a small women's two-year school called Cottey College. Cottey is located right in the center of the US (or thereabouts) - Nevada, Missouri. And no, that's n...
Posted on 2/19/10 at 5:44 PM
Ask the expert: Part-time benefits 
Q: Benefits Eligibility: Are we legally required to offer benefits to part-time employees?
August 16, 2010
Hermantown and former police chief reach settlement
August 13, 2010
Eh? Free haircuts for back-to-school 
August 10, 2010
Michigan worker dies after accident on laker 
A worker was fatally injured Sunday aboard the 1,000-foot laker Stewart J. Cort off the Apostle Islands.
By Steve Kuchera , August 10, 2010
Feeling poorer? You’ve earned the right to say so 
By Peter Passi , August 10, 2010
Nurses picket St. Luke’s hospital
By Steve Kuchera , August 04, 2010
Iron Range wage subsidy program extended 
An Iron Range program that reimburses employers for a portion of new employees’ wages has been extended to a year.
August 02, 2010
Superior refinery keeps focus on expansion in wake of Murphy Oil sale announcement 
By Shelley Nelson , August 02, 2010
Lake County official retires before board can take action 
By Mike Creger and Matt Suoja , July 28, 2010
Duluth cop faces more questions of improper conduct 
By Mark Stodghill , July 28, 2010
North Dakota telemarketer to open new office in Duluth, bringing 200 jobs 
A North Dakota telemarketing firm plans to open a new branch in downtown Duluth next month that will employ about 200 people.
By Candace Renalls , July 24, 2010
Northland’s jobless rate jumps in June 
By Candace Renalls , July 22, 2010
Ask the Expert: How can our company ensure safe and secure password practices? 
July 12, 2010
Two Harbors' Louisiana-Pacific plant keeps humming after 25 years 
By Matt Suoja , July 12, 2010
Duluth nurses plan protest over staffing levels
The union representing nurses at SMDC Health System and St. Luke’s hospital announced Wednesday that more than 1,300 Duluth nurses will gather Monday for an informational picket to focus attention on what they believe to be inadequate staffing levels.By Candace Renalls , July 08, 2010
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