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Capital One Spark: Double miles, double rewards
Capital One continues to tempt consumers and small business owners alike with its rewards cards.
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank – New Agreement Approved
The Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Enterprise Agreement has now been approved by Fair Work Australia and will come into effect on Monday 14 May 2012.
Congratulations to all FSU members who provided input and feedback throughout the negotiations for the first Agreement with union involvement at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.
You will soon be receiving your back pay in accordance with the terms of the Agreement but there are many more improvements to the Agreement that you should be aware of including:
The FSU will be sending updates and visiting over the coming months to talk to you in more detail about these changes, what they mean for you and how you can best make use of your new rights in the Agreement.
In the meantime enjoy your back pay!
If you have not yet joined the union then you can do so online.
2002-04 Honda CR-V and 2003 Honda Pilot SUVs recalled due to headlight issues
Honda plans to recall 2002-2004 Honda CR-V and 2003 Honda Pilot SUVs next month. According the company, about 554,000 of the Honda sport-utility vehicles have wiring faults that may fail to to turn on the front low beam headlights.
While there have been no reports of injuries due to the Honda SUVs’ wiring flaws, the lack of proper illumination increases the risk of a collision, said the company.
This safety recall has yet to be acknowledged by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, Honda says it will mail notifications in late April to CR-V and Pilot owners customers affected by this safety recall. They will be instructed to bring their recalled Honda SUVs to local dealerships where the necessary corrective repair work will be performed, free of charge.
Verizon researchers claim 97 percent of data breaches could have been prevented
Credit card numbers, email addresses, and passwords were just some of the 174 million compromised records the Verizon RISK Team studied for their annual review of the nation’s data security. Cybercriminals rarely have to rely on an “inside man,” since 98 percent of the security incidents Verizon studied generated from external sources. Instead, Verizon’s security experts claim, lax policies and confusion about technology leave many systems vulnerable to attack.
Verizon’s security experts said that 97 percent of the data breaches they studied in 2011 could have been prevented through simple measures, such as:
- Installing firewalls on remote access systems. Inexpensive systems can detect intrusion attempts, shutting off access to anyone except trusted personnel.
- Changing default security credentials on routers and point-of-sale systems. An open router with a “LINKSYS” or “Wireless” ID doesn’t just mean “free Wi-Fi.” It signals thieves that a business owner hasn’t taken the time to customize their security settings.
ANZ: Working Public Holidays
With a range of public holidays coming up it is timely to remind members of their rights when it comes to working on a public holiday.
Clause 4.4.4 of the ANZ Collective Employment Agreement states that many businesses within ANZ are required to operate on public holidays. ANZ are required to inform you during the recruitment process if you are applying to work in such a part of the business. If you do work in those areas which operate on public holidays ANZ has the right to require you to work some public holidays.
This clause should also be read in conjunction with the Fair Work Act which entitles you to be away from work on a public holiday and you may refuse where the request is not reasonable or if the refusal to work is reasonable.
Do you want to sell sugar water or do you want to change the world?
“Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or come with me and change the world?” – Steve Jobs
I sometimes wish that instead of working on Internet and software projects, I worked on cleantech or biotech projects. That way, when I came home at night, I’d know that I had literally spent my day trying to cure cancer or prevent global warming. But information technology is what I know, and it’s probably too late for me to learn a new field from scratch.
That doesn’t mean information technology can’t improve people’s lives. Google’s search engine helps people find information, which, for example, makes cancer and cleantech researchers more productive. Skype (Dixon is an investor) allows companies to collaborate remotely, and connects people with friends and family around the world. In the area of in
Qualifications for a Fast Cash Loan
Many people wonder what are the qualifications for a fast cash loan? You see the advertisements on the television commercials telling you about the lenders but you do not usually see anything regarding the qualifications needed to receive the funds.
These are the easiest loans to get and they have the least regulations and qualifications of any type of loan. You can visit the websites of individual lenders and find out their qualifications. Here are the more basic questions answered before you apply for loan.
No matter what state you reside in you must be at least eighteen years of age to qualify for a loan of this type. People can sometimes borrow money from banks and other lending institutions when they are under the age of eighteen with the permission of their parent or guardian. Full post…