WAHVE of the Future: Why Senior Workers Are Better

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on September 27, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, Seniors, Special Sections, West Side Spirit

Like many successful companies, WAHVE (Work at Home Vintage Employees) was a business created to solve a specific problem. Founder and CEO Sharon Emek had been mulling over the conundrum her industry, insurance, had been facing for years: the imminent loss of a huge segment of the workforce through retirement. Fifty percent of workers in
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Just Say No to NYC’s Paid Sick Day Mandate

Written by Marissa Maier on September 20, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Opinion Our Town, Opinion West Side Spirit, Our Town, West Side Spirit

By Eva Matischak The NYC Council is proposing yet another mandate to add onto the backs of our city’s small businesses, which are struggling to stay afloat. With NYC already having some of the highest costs of doing business in the country, they want to force small businesses to provide five paid sick days and
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How to Get a New Career in Emergency Management

Written by NY Press on August 9, 2012. Posted in Continuing Education, Lifestyle, Special Sections

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By Laura Shin One year after Hurricane Irene paved a destructive trail through the Caribbean and up the Eastern Seaboard, the storm is no longer a top headline or major concern for millions of Americans. For individuals in the field of emergency management, however, there is still work to be done and countless lessons to
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