Do You Get a Fair Pay?

Check your salary: compare your earnings against what other people get for the same job in the same state with our free, independent Salary Calculator. In return, to keep our Calculator updated, share your Pay and Job Info and fill out our anonymous Salary Survey.

American Opportunity Tax Credit

There's still time left to take advantage of the American Opportunity Tax Credit that can help you offset the cost of college. The full $2,500 credit may be available to a taxpayer who pays $4,000 or more in qualifying expenses for an eligible student. Find out more at American Opportunity Tax Credit.

Flight Attendants Pay http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Steven-Slater/145469768806134?ref=ts

Is being a flight attendant your dream job, or did it lost its glamour definitely, since Jet Blue attendant Steven Slater was so fed-up with demanding, rude passengers that he pulled the lever that activates the emergency-evacuation chute and slid down, making a dramatic exit not only from the plane but, one imagines, also from his airline career. What did he leave behind? What is the pay of flight attendants? Click the previous link to find out per state, company or metro.

Unpaid Internship Regulations

After a rash of negative publicity about unpaid internships, the U.S. Department of Labor has released guidelines to determine whether an intern should be paid or not. Click on the next link for Unpaid Internship Regulations.

Most Minimum Wage Workers

Texas, at 8.5 percent, had the most hourly-paid workers earning a minimum wage or less among the U.S. states in 2009. West Virginia and Alabama followed at 7.8 and 7.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Check in the next links the Minimum Wages of Texas and West Virginia.

Cover Letter Tips

Don't be mistaken, please don't single out your resume as your unique ticket to job interviews. It's your cover letter that may matter even more. Your cover letter is THE marketing tool to make clear to an employer why you stand out in the crowd. Check out our Cover Letter Tips and get yourself that job interview.

Working Moms Overqualified and Underpaid

US working women do more housework than their male spouses. Working moms find it difficult to combine and family. And they have less career opportunities than working dads, says global trade union ITUC in a report published on March 8, International Women's Day.

World's Richest People

For the first time since 1994 a non-American tops Forbes magazine's list of the World's Billionaires. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim unseated Bill Gates for the first place. Check out their salary at World Richest People.

Support the Employee Free Choice Act

Do you want unions to organize workplaces by obtaining signed cards from a majority of employees instead of going through a secret-ballot election? If you do, then ask your Senator to support the Employee Free Choice Act. You can find a ready to send letter in the next link on the website of AFL-CIO. You're not alone. Check out this video: Artists4WorkersChoice.

Minimum Wage Up for Nevada and Illinois

The minimum wages of Nevada and Illinois are up on July 1st. The Illinois minimum wage is now $8.25. In Nevada, employees who receive health insurance from their employers will get at least $7.25 per hour, while those who do not receive health insurance will earn $8.25 per hour.

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Tipped Workers: Your overtime pay can never be less than your minimum wage!

Do you have Sick Leave?

Millions of private sector workers do not have this benefit. Coming down with flu means either go to work sick and risking infecting co-workers or stay home and lose pay. Do you know your sick leave rights? Find out in the next link: Sick Leave.

Are your Financials Recession Proof?

Do you always know how much money you have left at the end of the month? Or is your spending out of control? Find out how recession proof your financials are. Take our Crisis Test.

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