k Pink Line Rerouted to Connect to Racine Blue Line Station (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Thu, Nov 14 2024 10:00 PM to Fri, Nov 15 2024 4:00 AM) Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Polk, then to Racine Blue Line for connecting Blue Line train service to/from downtown. Full Article
k Trains Rerouted Downtown (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Wed, Nov 13 2024 10:00 PM to Thu, Nov 14 2024 3:45 AM) Orange Ln trns will operate counterclockwise on the Outer Loop. Board/exit Orange Ln trns on the Brown Line platform at all Loop stations. Full Article
k Pink Line Rerouted to Connect to Racine Blue Line Station (Planned Work w/Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Wed, Nov 13 2024 10:00 PM to Thu, Nov 14 2024 4:00 AM) Pink Line trains will operate between 54th/Cermak and Polk, then to Racine Blue Line for connecting Blue Line train service to/from downtown. Full Article
k #125 Temporary Northbound Reroute near Wacker/Franklin (Minor Delays / Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Tue, Nov 12 2024 9:53 AM to TBD) Northbound 125 buses are temporarily rerouted via Wacker, LaSalle, and Illinois near Wacker/Franklin. Full Article
k #37 Sedgwick Temporary Northbound Reroute near Wacker/Franklin (Minor Delays / Reroute) By www.transitchicago.com Published On :: (Tue, Nov 12 2024 9:47 AM to TBD) Northbound #37 Sedgwick buses are temporarily rerouted via Wacker, LaSalle, Grand and Orleans due to street blockage near Wacker/Franklin. Full Article
k Elevator at Pulaski Temporarily Out-of-Service (Elevator Status) By Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 04:52:02 GMT (Wed, Nov 13 2024 4:51 AM to TBD) The Harlem-bound platform elevator at Pulaski (Green Line) is temporarily out-of-service. Full Article
k Elevator at King Drive Temporarily Out-of-Service (Elevator Status) By Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:46:00 GMT (Mon, Nov 4 2024 11:45 AM to TBD) The exit -only elevator from the Cottage Grove-bound platform at King Drive (Green Line) is temporarily out-of-service due to a mechanical issue. Full Article
k Fertility at work: Employers can make all the difference By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:17 +0000 During National Fertility Awareness Week, Seema Duggal explains the profound affect fertility issues can have on employees. The post Fertility at work: Employers can make all the difference appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Infertility Latest News Family-friendly benefits Reproductive health Leave Opinion
k Disabled workers lose out on £4.3k a year due to pay gap By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:05:38 +0000 According to analysis from the TUC, the disability pay gap is now 17.2%, meaning that non-disabled employees now earn £2.35 an hour more than disabled workers. The post Disabled workers lose out on £4.3k a year due to pay gap appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Reasonable adjustments Zero hours Latest News Disability Pay & benefits
k Asda to slash 475 jobs and curb hybrid working By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 09:04:11 +0000 Asda is cutting 475 jobs at its head offices and ordering staff back to the workplace as it restructures the business. The post Asda to slash 475 jobs and curb hybrid working appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Hybrid working Latest News Job creation and losses Flexible working
k Rape crisis worker dismissed over gender-critical views awarded £69k By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:22:36 +0000 Roz Adams, the counsellor who lost her job at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, awarded £69,000 – nearly double the amount anticipated. The post Rape crisis worker dismissed over gender-critical views awarded £69k appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Case law Belief discrimination Constructive dismissal Latest News Transgender
k In-flight catering under threat as workers threaten strike By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:08:00 +0000 Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said Dnata was attempting to bypass its workers and force through damaging changes to terms and conditions. The post In-flight catering under threat as workers threaten strike appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Latest News Industrial action / strikes Employment contracts Trade unions
k Bolt drivers win worker status at tribunal By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:15:23 +0000 Lawyers believe the compensation owed to 15,000 Bolt drivers could be worth more than £200 million. The post Bolt drivers win worker status at tribunal appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Case law Employment law Zero hours Latest News Gig economy Employment contracts Employment tribunals
k Employment rights reforms fail to address workplace bullying By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:49 +0000 The lack of a distinct statutory definition of workplace bullying, and of bespoke protections addressing it must be rectified, argues Thomas Beale. The post Employment rights reforms fail to address workplace bullying appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Sexual harassment Bullying and harassment Employment law Latest News Economics government & business
k Hybrid working is the ‘new normal’, according to ONS By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:28:12 +0000 More than a quarter of workers in the UK were hybrid working this autumn, according to the Office for National... The post Hybrid working is the ‘new normal’, according to ONS appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Hybrid working Latest News Flexible working
k Post Office jobs at risk under restructure plans By www.personneltoday.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:04:53 +0000 More than 1,000 jobs could be at risk as the Post Office considers closing branches and restructuring its head office roles. The post Post Office jobs at risk under restructure plans appeared first on Personnel Today. Full Article Latest News Public sector Job creation and losses Redundancy
k Of Memestocks and Milk Bags By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 03:18:24 +0000 We answer your questions about memestocks, milk in bags, the size of cereal boxes, and products exclusive to the rich, but not for long? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 1: The Stock Market & Penelope The Cow By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 23:11:00 +0000 The first class of Planet Money Summer School starts off with a field trip. With the help of a cow, two economists, and three cute animals, we learn what a stock is and how stocks are priced, and we begin to see the psychological forces that make prices move up and down on the stock market. Keep an eye out throughout for our big theme for the course this summer: risk and reward. | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Mobile Home Parked By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Aug 2021 22:46:22 +0000 We find out what happens when big investors spend billions of dollars buying mobile home parks and make them less affordable for the people who live there. Then we learn how the government helps them do it, with super low-cost loans that were meant to support affordable housing. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 3: Smooth Spending & The 401K By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 22:58:45 +0000 Even if you don't own stocks, there are a lot of reasons to care about investing. We meet some of the folks left out of the stock market who deploy sophisticated economic thinking, even creating their own alternate financial systems. Our professors help us understand how consumption smoothing and life-cycle hypothesis apply to personal finance. And we meet the creator of the 401(k). | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 4: Bonds & Becky With The Good Yield By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:44:53 +0000 A few years back, Cardiff asked for an unusual Christmas present: a junk bond... Parallel to the stock market, the bond market offers different levels of risk and reward. In this class, what is a bond, how do they differ from stocks, and how do they help companies grow? | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Two Indicators: Will Remote Work Kill The Office? By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 23:10:23 +0000 It's Stacey vs Greg in a face off on the future of the office. Each takes a side, armed with studies, historical examples, theories on efficiency and happiness and from their closet studios, they bring their indicators for the future of the office. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here. And our daily podcast The Indicator hosted by Stacey here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Bubbles, Bikes, & Biases By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Aug 2021 23:50:06 +0000 Investing during a bubble can leave you bust. But how to tell the difference between a bubble before it bursts and an investing rocket ship taking off? We'll run through a historical example and look inside our own thinking to find the mental biases that can contribute or exacerbate bad bubble thinking. | Watch this Tik Tok to learn more and subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Two Indicators: Women And Work By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 00:35:11 +0000 Women start a lot of businesses, but when it comes time for them to grow, many hit a wall, or the women founders end up losing control. Why? We bring you two indicators on women and work from our daily podcast The Indicator. Also, Amanda and Stacey go on a picnic to prove a point. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k When Luddites Attack (Classic) By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 23:12:29 +0000 A couple centuries ago, a group of English clothworkers set out to destroy the machines that had been taking their jobs. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Bonus: Janet Jackson's 'Control' By www.npr.org Published On :: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:44:33 +0000 On the 35th anniversary of Janet Jackson's first No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, our friends at It's Been A Minute look back at Control, her career-defining album that changed the trajectory of pop music in the late '80s and '90s.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Nice work week, if you can get it By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 00:32:00 +0000 The 40 hour work week has been the standard for 80 years. What will it take to lower that? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k A trunk full of truffles (Update) By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 20 Nov 2021 04:58:11 +0000 Truffles are one of the most expensive and sought after ingredients in the world. Today, we look back at our NYC adventure with a truffle smuggler and how the market has changed since we last talked to him. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k You asked for real raises, free shipping, and a special delivery By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 01:13:35 +0000 It's listener question time. We've got answers about "free" shipping, full employment, when a raise isn't a raise, Taylor Swift, crypto seizures and our very own Micro-Face comic. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k A locked door, a secret meeting and the birth of the Fed (Classic) By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:35:14 +0000 The story of the back-room dealings that created America's central bank. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k 'Soul Train' and the business of Black joy By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:35:28 +0000 When Soul Train first launched in 1970, Black audiences weren't understood as a viable target market. Don Cornelius changed that forever with his weekly TV dance show. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SPAM strikes back By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 00:29:06 +0000 Hormel Foods makes SPAM, and for generations, the company also created jobs for families in Austin, Minnesota. Today, the story of a labor strike that threatened to tear one small town apart. (This episode was made in collaboration with The Experiment podcast.) | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Fashion Fair's makeover By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 23:28:40 +0000 Fashion Fair was the first big national brand to make makeup for Black women, but it slowly faded into obscurity. Now that it's relaunched, can it compete in an industry it helped create? | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k The Bond King By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 22:07:57 +0000 Investing legend Bill Gross revolutionized the bond market, built an empire, and lost it all. Our very own Mary Childs talks about her new book, The Bond King. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k When bricks were rubles By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 23:48:15 +0000 For a brief, strange period after the U.S.S.R. collapsed, "real" money was less valuable than tradeable objects like bricks or towels. We look back at the Russian barter economy and we see the nature of money and value underneath all currency. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Turkey's runaway inflation problem By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 06 Apr 2022 22:08:02 +0000 Turkey is facing really high inflation, over 60 percent. Its president is taking an unorthodox approach to dealing with it. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Peanuts and Cracker Jack (Classic) By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 21:48:47 +0000 Ballpark vendors share their strategies and other secrets to selling the most hot dogs at baseball games. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k TikTok to the top By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:01:27 +0000 Thanks to TikTok, Tai Verdes went from struggling musician to Top 40 hitmaker. But first, he had to crack the algorithm of how to go viral. | Come see Planet Money Live in NYC on May 10th! One night only. Tickets on sale here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k We Buy a Superhero 6: The Comic Book By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 23:34:18 +0000 After many, many delays, the Micro-Face comic book is here! And we answer the burning question: Why did it take so long to make a comic book? | Come see Planet Money Live in NYC on May 10th! One night only. Tickets on sale here. And buy our now-ready Micro-Face comic book.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Risky business By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:49:53 +0000 Two stories on how businesses are using insurance to navigate new kinds of risks. First, how music venues are handling pandemic-related risks. And how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is affecting cyber insurance. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Planet Money book club By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:25:00 +0000 Behind every Planet Money episode is a ton of reading. Today, we share some of our favorite books from along the way. Here are our picks:From Mary, American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation by Sarah L. QuinnFrom Erika, The End of Globalization: Lessons from the Great Depression by Harold JamesFrom Alexi, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth KolbertLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k The day Russia adopted the free market By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 07 May 2022 00:24:27 +0000 In the early 90s, American economist Jeffrey Sachs was a part of a team that tried to transform Russia's economy. It did not go as planned. He tells us what he thinks went so wrong. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k A 12-year-old girl takes on the video game industry (UPDATE) By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 11 May 2022 21:19:58 +0000 When Maddie Messer was 12 years old, she noticed an unfair dynamic in the video games she loved: playing as a man was often free, but she had to pay to play as a woman. So ... she decided to take on the video game industry. | Subscribe to our weekly newsletter here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k The bank war (Classic) By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 22:20:10 +0000 In the 1800s, populist president Andrew Jackson went head-to-head with the most powerful banker in America over who should control the country's money. This clash ended in disastrous results.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k On the case: Recession, formula, and greenbacks By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:25:11 +0000 It was just another day at the office. Then the phone started ringing and the caseload kept growing...on today's show, your favorite Planet Money gumshoes investigate your listener questions. | Fill out our listener survey here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k The Gecko Effect By www.npr.org Published On :: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:10:39 +0000 Years ago advertising was dominated by cars and beer. Today on the show, how a simple slogan and a talking gecko helped the insurance industry become one of the most dominant forces in advertising. Now, we're all living with the consequences. | Fill out our listener survey hereLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k The tale of the Onion King (Update) By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:50:10 +0000 How one man's quest to dominate the onion market changed commodities trading, and potentially how much you pay at the grocery store, forever. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k Little House on the Blockchain By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 23:38:56 +0000 It has great bones, three bedrooms and one and half baths, and it comes with its own machine that mines cryptocurrency. But in a year of reckoning for crypto, how interested are potential buyers? | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 4: Inflation & Drinking Buddies By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 00:37:00 +0000 Inflation can be one of the scariest forces in the economy. As prices rise and your dollar doesn't go as far, you feel poorer, and it's all out of your control. To better understand inflation, we turn to the story of Brazil, where, in the 90s, hyperinflation threatened to derail the whole economy until the country turned to a group of unlikely heroes: four drinking buddies. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. |At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article
k SUMMER SCHOOL 5: Car Parts, Celery & The Labor Market By www.npr.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:38:45 +0000 You can learn a lot about a person from their job. The same can be said of an economy. The market for jobs can us a lot about how the economy is doing, but more importantly, it is where we look to see who the economy is working for, and who is left behind. In today's lesson we'll visit two workplaces each facing a different labor puzzle. At one end, there's the question of when to replace a worker with a robot, and what it is like to be that worker waiting for the robots to come. We'll also visit a farm where raising wages aren't enough to attract the workers needed to do the work. How wages are set, and who gets the raises on this session of Summer School. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney. |At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy Full Article