Financial windfall may not blow away all your troubles.

Who would continue working if they came into some lottery money? 

Apparently, more than 77 per cent of those surveyed by Accountemps said they would continue working even after a financial windfall.

Out of the total sample, 36 per cent said they would continue working in the same position even after inheriting money or winning the lottery.

In a survey, done on more than 450 workers in the United States, and their answers to the question, “If you were to suddenly strike it rich, which of the following best captures your attitude about work?” were tallied under four categories.

Those who would quit working if they inherited money comprised only 23 per cent of all those surveyed. Those who would like to stay at their current job counted 36 per cent of the sample. Combined with the 41 per cent who said they would move to a better job, a majority of those surveyed would continue working despite the change in their financial status.

Accountemps is one of the world’s largest services in the business of providing temporary staff for accounting, bookkeeping and finance firms. It also conducts independent research in related topics.

More at: http://accountemps.rhi.mediaroom.com/2015-01-15-Three-In-Four-Employees-Would-Keep-Working-If-They-Received-A-Financial-Windfall

Several Canadian government departments under scrutiny for hiring unpaid interns

Shocking numbers posted in an article on Beacon News by NDP MP Laurin Liu, revealed that only 22 out of the 961 students who interned with a government department were subsequently offered a job.

House of Commons MPs were exempt from answering questions about students brought on under the Post-Secondary Co-operative Education and Internship Program.

According to Liu, the department that hosted most unpaid internships was Veterans Affairs, having employed 146 interns since 2008. The amount of time each student put into this program was somewhere from a few weeks to several months with more than 30 hours of work every week.

The numbers prompted MP Liu to propose bill C-636 to limit the use of non-educational internships in departments affiliated with the federal government.

After last year’s government crack down on unpaid internships forcing big guns such as Rogers Media and the Walrus to close down their programs, this proposal will emphasize the benefits of the internship for the employee not the employer.

It goes further to offer all workplace standard safety and provisions to interns just as they are given to full-time paid employees.

Comments from Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz encouraging unemployed youth to take up free work and “beef up” their resumes while living in their parents’ basement, highlight a disturbing attitude towards the struggles faced by unemployed youth.

The proposed legislation is currently under consideration by Labour Minister Kellie Leitch.

Read the original article here: 

http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2015/01/canadian-government-hired-hundreds-unpaid-interns/