News tagged with bar workers

Bar workers who smoke also benefit from smoking ban

The health of bar workers, who actively smoke cigarettes, significantly improves after the introduction of a smoking ban, reveals research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2




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Employers feel no love for unscrupulous practice of 'service sweethearting'

A new study led by two Florida State University marketing professors finds that some frontline service employees who are rewarded for hikes in customer loyalty and satisfaction also may engage in "service ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Petitions protest Apple working conditions in China

Petitions denouncing working conditions at Chinese factories making Apple gadgets were delivered to the California firm's new Grand Central Station store on Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US workers are 'giving away the store,' costing firms billions

Nearly 70 percent of the nation's service employees give away free goods and services – from hamburgers to cable TV – costing companies billions of dollars a year, according to a groundbreaking study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

Professor documents cancer battle in online videos

(AP) -- At first, David Oliver ignored the bump on his neck that he noticed while shaving. The medical school professor assumed it was calcified scar tissue from a previous surgery.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

South Africa recalls 1.35 million condoms

(AP) -- Some condoms burst. Others leaked like sieves. South Africa's leading anti-AIDS group said Tuesday that allegedly faulty condoms are among more than 1.35 million handed out at the African National ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'We care about every worker': Apple CEO

Apple chief executive Tim Cook has responded to media reports alleging harsh working conditions in China for manufacturing employees of the popular gadget-maker.

Technology / Business

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (10) | comments 14

Smoke-free-air laws should include bars

Exempting bars from a statewide smoking ban in Indiana would significantly reduce the health benefits of a smoke-free-air law. Including bars not only protects the health of employees, say Indiana University tobacco control ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German bosses call to ban cigarette breaks at work

Two major German employers' lobby groups called on Friday for workers to be banned from smoking cigarettes during work hours, saying it harmed productivity and cost firms money.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Belarus imposes tough new Internet curbs

Ex-Soviet Belarus unveiled tough new Internet restrictions on Friday that limit public access to opposition websites and impose fines on providers for failing to monitor their clients.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Supersoldier ants created in the lab by reactivating ancestral genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are over 1100 species of Pheidole genus ants, and most individual ants belong to either the worker or soldier caste. In only eight of the Pheidole species, some individuals can belong ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report


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