ShareThiswhy are prople so easily brainwashed into believing things by the news media?
it seems to me so many people will believe any thing they read in the news papers or hear on T,V, don’t they realize those people have an agenda, and will report things that is most suitable for their cause?for example and no offense intended, the news media have constantly bombbarded the public with how dangerous a cops or firemans jobs are and what hero’s they are, when the insurancr co,s who keep statistics on all professions and catorize them in the order of claims or deaths per 1000,the most dangerous at 1 such s test pilots etc, farmers are in the 27th group construction workers 25th roofers 18th cops 92nd fireman 96th office workers 98th??? lets all try to use our heads some and not let the news media keep feeding us so much B,S, and raise hell with them when they try, we want true facts,
six month ban review?
02 March 2009
Dubai: The Ministry of Labour is reviewing the six-month work ban, enforced when a person cancels work permit, to facilitate labour movements within the country, an official said.
Abdul Razzaq Qambar, training officer at the ministry’s inspection department, said during a seminar on wages, aimed at raising awareness on workers’ rights, that a review of the six-month ban was on the table.
"The ministry is studying different means to facilitate labour movement within the country and the reviewing of the ban is part of this," said Qambar.
However, no time frame was given.
Jasem Al Banna, head of the legal affairs department at the ministry, said during the seminar that people had the right to progress in their career and they should not be prevented from doing so.
Currently, the ministry enforces a six-month ban on working in the country if the worker who cancels his permit does not have a no-objection certificate from his employer.
The ban does not apply if the person has been working in the company for more than three years. The seminar outlined the six major violations committed by companies hit by the global economic downturn.
During the past four months, the ministry has seen an increase in cases where employees have not been paid in more than a month, cases where salaries have been reduced without workers’ consent.
There have been instances where companies have kept workers in labour accommodations without anything to do
However, no statistics were revealed on the number of these violations.
Qambar said that reduction of salaries, better known as "repackaging" of salaries, is a new trend in the country, which started with the global financial meltdown.
However, Al Banna said: "It is illegal to reduce the salary of a worker unless a new contract with the new amount is issued.
"This can only be done after the worker receives his end of service benefits."
Major violations
Six major violations committed by companies across the country since the global economic downturn:
Increase in cases where workers have not been paid for more than a month.
Reducing workers’ salaries without their consent.
Not giving any tasks to workers and keeping them in labour accommodations while stopping payment of their salaries or reducing them. Reducing daily meals.
Not giving end of service benefits and compensation for workers when cancelling their work permits.
Increase in the number of companies that house workers on construction sites.
Overcrowding labour accommodations to reduce costs.
I need help with some statistics questions!!!?
I need help solving some statistics questions from my college class. Now, I have done my own work on trying to figure out the answers, but I would like to compare my answers to others to figure out if i’m wrong or not. If any one out there is good at statistics, PLEASE PLEASE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS FOR ME. The questions are below. Thanks!
6.12
A contractor must pay a ,000 penalty if construction of an expensive home requires more than 16 weeks. He will receive a bonus of ,000 if the home is complete within 8 weeks. Based on experience with this type of project, the contractor feels there is a 0.2 chance the home will require more than 16 weeks for completion, and there is a 0.3 chance it will be finished within 8 weeks. If the price of the home is 0,000 before any penalty or bonus adjustment, how much can the buyer expect to pay for her new home when it is complete?
6.14
Laura McCarthy, the owner of Riverside Bakery, has been approached by insurance underwriters trying to convince her to purchase flood insurance. According to local meterologist, there is a 0.01 probability that the river will flood next year. Riverside’s profits for the coming year depend on whether Laura buys the flood insurance and whether the river floods. The profits (which take into consideration the ,000 premium for the flood insurance) for the four possible combinations of Laura’s choice and river conditions are:
The River
Does not flood Floods
Insurance No flood Insurance 0,000 -,000,000
Decision
Get flood Insurance 0,000 0,000
a) If Laura decides not to purchase flood insurance, use the approach discrete probability
distribution to determine Riverside’s expected profit next year.
b) If Laura purchases the flood insurance, what will be Riverside’s expected profit next year?
c) Given the results in parts (a) and (b), provide Laura with a recommendation.
6.20
A city law-enforcement official has stated that 20% of the items sold by pawn shops within the city have been stolen. Ralph has just purchased 4 items from one of the city’s pawn shops. Assuming that the official is correct, and for x = the number of Ralph’s purchases that have been stolen, determine the following:
a) P(x = 0)
b) P(2 £ x)
c) P(1 £ x £ 3)
d) P(x £ 2)
6.26
The U.S. Department of Labor has reported that 30% of the 2.1 million mathematical and computer scientists in the United States are women. If 3 individuals are randomly selected from this occupational group, and x = the number of fermales, determine P(x = 0), P(x = 1), P(x = 2), and P(x = 3).
SCLY4 Summary of official statistics on crime and deviance
Summary of the role and construction of official crime statistics, written using Sociology in Focus A2 for AQA by Taylor, Yeo and Pilkington.
REE Construction Statistics 2 Damage
REE Construction Statistics 1 Damage
house real estate forclosures ny please read on?
My question is how low can real estate in brooklyn, ny go down. I mean rent is for two bedroom in nice building is minium like 1400 and even higher and the statistics show that there are not too many vacant rentals in brooklyn this causes the landlord to put a high price on his rentals. Plus every year rent goes up and never down.
Everyone is speaking about crashes in real estate but isnt this more for areas that they have lots of vacants for rentals like florida or miami or las vegas where they built too much and dont have enough people for all that construction now?
Your opinions please?
What is the best way to advertise a web design agency?
I have been in business for more than 10 years now and I need to grow my customer portfolio. I was thinking to do some magazine advertisement in specific nitches like aviation, medicine and construction. Business opportunity magazines might be another good shot. Does anybody have a similar experience, and where do you think I should advertise? How about online…yes but where? Any statistics or case study? Thanx a lot!
How do you choose your pofession when you do well at everything?
That sounds cockier than I meant for it to, but it is still my question. I am one of those lucky people that does well at whatever I put my mind to. And because of this I can’t figure out what I want to do for a career!
I know what I don’t want. I don’t want a cubicle desk. I have to be active, I can’t sit in a closed space for 8 hours a day, i’d go nuts.
I like statistics. I do want leadership responsibility but on my terms. I have experience in journalism, PR, teaching, military and construction. Each of those had things I enjoyed and things I detested. Where does one go to find where they fit?
I’ve already done 6 years in the Army.
I’m currently working on a Masters of Interdsiciplinary Studies with a focus on leadership.
