The International Association of Virtual Assistants (IAVA) was founded to alert businesses to the potential of using VAs, and also to give home workers a forum to share acheivements and problems.

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Judy Gearhart, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum, said workers need a system to allow them to report safety concerns without the fear of losing their jobs.

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Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimated in a study for the American Action Forum that more than 40 million workers would lose their employer coverage due to these perverse incentives.

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Over the last couple of weeks questionnaires have been circulated through the schools, youth workers, leisure centre, Plas Madoc Youth Forum and other agencies to reach a wide range of people.

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Members of the Unionist Forum have held discussions with residents and community workers in east Belfast.

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This particular forum highlighted the unique flexibility needs of low wage workers to manage their work and life.

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The Regional Housing Strategy, which has been produced by the Regional Housing Forum (RHF), looks at rising house prices, the shortage of homes for key workers and homelessness.

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