THE FIRST SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

Have you ever wondered who the first person was to ever possess a Social Security Number?  You’re not alone and that is why we found him! John David Sweeney, Jr, according to the Social Security Administration, was issued the first official Social Security Number (SSN) on December 1, 1936. Batches of SSN records containing 1,000…

TEMP JOBS EXPECTED TO BE ON THE UPSWING IN 2012

In the fall of 2011, the US economy had corporations acting like a significant other who isn’t ready to commit. Instead of marrying themselves to permanent employees, companies are hedging their economic bets by creating temporary jobs and hiring more project-based workers. On a year-over-year basis, 7.8 percent more temporary workers were employed in September…

U.S. SEEKS TO FINE UNITED $584,375 OVER DRUG TESTING

Federal officials want to fine United Airlines $584,375, saying the company failed to perform required drug and alcohol testing on 13 employees who were transferred to safety-sensitive jobs. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that United also failed to use a proper method for random selection of flight-crew members for testing. The FAA said it…