Unemployment and Mortality

Study Sees Link Between Unemployment, Mortality Rates | workforce.com

Unemployment and reduced spending on health care have a direct effect on the country’s mortality rate, according to a new study. Unemployed workers lose jobs, lose health insurance, get stressed and adopt unhealthy behaviors.<!—->

This short article teases and provides little details of the study findings.  If I can find a link to, or the actual study I will post that.  Obviously, unemployment increases mortality but without a look at the study we don’t know how much of an increase we’re talking about.

Remote Working – ResumeBear Blog Post

I found this fascinating quote today from a post highlighting a survey done by Microsoft:

A growing interest in remote working has been spurred in part by rising energy costs, environmental concerns and the recent economic crisis. Remote working is widely understood to provide companies with access to a larger talent pool, improve productivity, and lower overhead for items such as workstation space, common office space, insurance, utilities, maintenance and parking. However, today’s survey results suggest business leaders need to do more to encourage adoption to realize these benefits.ResumeBear Blog, Mar 2009

You should read the whole article.

OKC is on the list of best midsize cities for remote workers.