Archive for July, 2006

Public Servants?

Posted by Lori Dorn on July 24th, 2006

Sometimes I feel like I’m just in the wrong line of work or at the very least, in the wrong sector.
Overtime fattens paychecks of state workers
77 employees topped $200,000 last year, a big jump from 2004
Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, July 24, 2006
Most state employees earn modest salaries of less than $50,000 a year, plus [...]

In Their Own Words

Posted by Lori Dorn on July 18th, 2006

The San Jose Mercury News settled a claim of same sex sexual harassment today. The EEOC filed the claim on behalf of an employee who stated that he withstood lewd comments and inappropriate touching from a mailroom supervisor for a number of years leading him to seek psychiatric treatment. The case was settled [...]