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Hogan's 'Tax' on State Workers

2015
Although Gov. Larry Hogan campaigned on no new taxes and, in fact, wants to roll back some of the taxes he thinks were unfairly instituted, his budget proposal actually levies a specific (and punitive) tax, through a contorted fiscal slight of hand, on state employees.
Gibson, Stephanie B., Pfeifer, Heather
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State Workers’ Compensation Laws

Safety and Human Resource Law for the Safety Professional, 2019
Thomas D. Schneid, Shelby L. Schneid
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Discipline and Empower: The State Governance of Migrant Domestic Workers

American Sociological Review, 2021
How do states manage their populations? Some scholars see the state as primarily governing through punishment, but how might the state engage in other forms of disciplining subjects?
R. Parreñas
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Public Service, Private Delivery: Service Workers and the Negotiation of Blurred Boundaries in a Neoliberal State

Work, Employment and Society, 2021
Neoliberal restructuring blurs the state/market boundary in introducing the position of ‘private state workers’: employees of for-profit providers who deliver publicly funded, state-prescribed services.
A. Maron
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Automated Methods for Activity Recognition of Construction Workers and Equipment: State-of-the-Art Review

, 2020
Equipment and workers are two important resources in the construction industry. Performance monitoring of these resources would help project managers improve the productivity rates of const...
B. Sherafat, C. Ahn, Reza Akhavian, A. Behzadan, M. Golparvar-Fard, Hyunsoo Kim, Yong-Cheol Lee, Abbas Rashidi, E. R. Azar   +8 more
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Temporary workers in Washington State

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 2009
AbstractBackgroundEvidence regarding the unequal burden of occupational injuries between workers employed by temporary agencies and those in standard employment arrangements is unclear. Studies range from no significant differences in risk to substantial increased risk for temporary workers.
Caroline K, Smith, Barbara A, Silverstein, David K, Bonauto, Darrin, Adams, Z Joyce, Fan   +4 more
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Depressive States in Workers Using Computers

Environmental Research, 1993
There have been few reports investigating the depressive states in workers using computers. We describe the depressive states observed in workers using computers and discuss the sources of their occupational stresses. The first subject is a 34-year-old male manager of a manufacturing company who had customarily worked until 9 PM.
Y, Mino, T, Tsuda, A, Babazono, H, Aoyama, S, Inoue, H, Sato, H, Ohara   +6 more
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State of Evaluation: Community Health Workers

Public Health Nursing, 2003
Abstract  Disparity groups, especially racial and ethnic minority groups, are at greater risk for poor health yet experience numerous obstacles in accessing health care. Community health workers (CHWs) are indigenous, trusted, and respected members of the underserved community.
Mary Ann, Nemcek, Rosemary, Sabatier
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State violence towards sex workers

BMJ, 2008
Stigma affects health in many ways, and this is exemplified in sex workers, who are seen as suitable targets for violence. Studies on transgender sex workers show they are routinely subjected to violence, public humiliation, and, not infrequently, murder.
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