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A trader works inside a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Sept. 15, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The Best Era for Working Women Was 20 Years Ago

by Bryce Covert | Sep 5, 2017 | Business, Opinion

The working woman was everywhere in 1980s and 1990s pop culture: The tough single gal Murphy Brown ran the news on TV every week. Dolly Parton in “9 to 5,” Melanie Griffith in “Working Girl,” and the ominously coldhearted mother in “Mrs. Doubtfire.” We didn’t know it...

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Men Suffer More than Women from Mental Health Problems Caused by Work

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – Men are more likely than women to suffer mental health problems brought on by work and less likely to seek help, the charity Mind has said. Its survey of 15,000 employees found 1,763 of them had poor mental health. A third of men attributed that to...

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Protests in Lebanon Complain of Syrian Labor Competition

Protests in Lebanon Complain of Syrian Labor Competition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 24, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Several protests in different Lebanese areas have taken place against the Syrian competition in the market place. The protests come in the wake of the recent campaign launched by the Lebanese Labor Ministry to organize foreign employment in the country. Not...