San Francisco Approves Full Paid Leave For New Parents

GET.com Consumer News & Opinions View this email in your browser 8 April 2016 San Francisco Approves Full Paid Leave For New Parents On Tuesday, San Francisco became the first city in the United States to make it mandatory for businesses to provide paid parental leave to employees. California already offers new parents 55% of their paycheck for up to 6 weeks via a state payroll tax. San Francisco's new measure would rack that... Read in browser Foreign Workers Flock To The U.S. - Exhaust U.S. Visa Quota For Skilled Laborers In Less Than A Week For the 4th consecutive year in a row, the demand for U.S. specialty work visas, known as H-1B visas, has outstripped supply in less than 1 week. This year, it took only 5 days for the flood of petitions to exceed the 85,000 allotment. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency... Read in browser U.S. Apartment Rents Slide As Demand Wanes A flurry of new statistics reveals that the pace of apartment rent increases slowed to 4.1 percent in the 1st quarter of 2016, compared to an average 5 percent growth a year earlier. The average rent for a U.S. apartment stands at $1,248 per month. One set of statistics was released this month by... Read in browser Miami Travel Guide: The Magic City On A Budget Miami is a curious mix of big city and beach resort. Venetian Pool, Coral Castle, peacocks, NASCAR, tennis and miles of beach immediately conjure Magic City. A study in architecture from Spanish-Mediterranean to art deco, Miami is a surf-and-sun playground for those possessing a taste for the good... Read in browser Global Fallout Of Panama Papers Continues The global fallout from the release of the Panama Papers continued today with protests in Paris, censorship in China and the resignations of the Prime Minister of Iceland and the CEO of a major Austrian bank. The first American names were finally uncovered in the Panama Papers today. Somewhat... Read in browser   Recent Articles: Multinational Corporations Angered By U.S. Government Clampdown On Tax Avoidance Student Loan Delinquencies Reach Alarming Proportions Homebuyers Rejoice, Retirees Lament, The Fed's Not Touching Rates 3 Safe Savings Options In Today's Economy Why Major Banks Only Lend Money To Wealthy Clients Copyright © 2016 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list