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WHERE NOT 2 HIDE UR PASSWORDS

The Most Common Hiding Places for Workplace Passwords

by Kevin PurdyLifehacker

When I was an IT admin, I had the pleasure of dealing often with people who would submit urgent service requests and then leave for the day, leaving their office empty and computer locked by the time I could get there to help. Fortunately, I was often able to fix their problem while they weren't there. Why? Their password was somewhere on their desk in one of these easy-to-find locations.
Under the Keyboard. This is a pretty common one, and one of the first places to look if you need to find someone's password (or one of the first places to avoid if you need to jot down an often-used but difficult to remember password.) The worst offenders leave them on a post-it on their keyboard tray, or under the spot where their keyboard lives. Others attach the post-it to the underside of the keyboard, thinking it's better hidden there. In both cases, it's a sure bet that anything under the keyboard will have a password on it.
Under the Phone. A surprising number of people still keep their passwords tacked to the underside of their desk phone or its receiver. The people who usually put their passwords here think they're being smart and stealthy, but in reality taping a yellow post-it note to the underside of your phone just screams "passwords here!"
Under the Mouse Pad. This is another common hiding place for people who don't want to put their passwords under their keyboard. They'll usually slide a couple of sheets of paper under the mousepad with their usernames and passwords on it and refer to them when they forget, or update them when their password expires.

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Ohio Issue 2 - The truth and the lies

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Ohio Issue 2 is a ballot initiative resulting from public employee labor unions protesting the passage of Senate Bill 5 which would restructure Ohio labor laws.

Opponents claim that SB 5 would make it illegal for police and fire officers to negotiate safe staffing levels, training and safe working conditions.

Staffing levels are not mandatory bargaining issues under theFair Labor Standards Act or the State Employment Relations Board. Using Youngstown Police and Fire Department contracts as examples, staffing falls under Management Rights. Article 5 Section 1 (F) of the Police contract and Article 4 Section 1 (F) of the Fire contract specify as a Management Right, "Determine the adequacy of the work force."

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As for safe working conditions, all employees have the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Continuing training for police (Ohio Revised Code 109.803) and firefighters (ORC 4765.55) is required under Ohio law.

Public Employees also have additional protection under the Ohio Civil Service Commission, protections that are not found in the private sector.

Senate Bill 5 also has provisions for the public employer to pay 85% of health insurance premiums, leaving the employee to pay just 15%. Youngstown Police and Fire pay 10%, as per their respective contracts.

Senate Bill 5 also allows up to 8 weeks of paid vacation, in addition to other forms of leave such as accumulated compensation time off and sick leave.

Pensions are paid under SB 5 at 90%, with a 10% employee contribution. Compare this with a private sector 401k or IRA which is funded 100% by the employee.

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services found that had SB 5 been implemented in fiscal year 2010 it would have saved Ohio governments over $1.3 billion dollars.

The Ohio Business Roundtable released a report dated September 14, 2011 in which it found that when wages and benefits are tallied, Ohio public sector workers earn 31.2% more than private sector employees. When retirement benefits and job security are factored in, the disparity jumps to more than 43% over the private sector.

Firefighters in Youngstown earn $25.9753 to $34.1490 an hour top base wage, Police earn $26.15 to $39.7648 (Brass contract). These figures do not include Chiefs.

General laborers (public sector, AFSCME contract, Youngstown) earn $18.33 base rate and a clerk earns $23.01. Maintenance men earn $24.65 base rate per hour.

None of these figures include benefits such as shift differential, on-call pay, insurance, workers compensation insurance, retirement, etc.

How do you compare during this recession?

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