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Comment on: Topic 'Recruiting Scientists News': rved to highlight what a fantastic resource we have here in Wales. Welsh coal can provide affordable and reliable energy for years to come, helping to prevent over reliance upon imported fuels. With carbon capture and storage promising to become a reality in the near future, Welsh coal could be crucial to keeping the nation’s lights on. The Welsh mining industry also provides highly-skilled and well-paid employment to thousands of people. We at Celtic Energy alone employ 290 people, with countless jobs then provided through contractors and in local shops where our employees spend their wages. At a time when the economy is under severe pressure, mining has the capacity to grow, helping to deliver prosperity to communities across South Wales. The UK needs a mix of energy sources. Gas and renewable energy also have roles to play. But with energy supply looking like one of the major issues of the 21st century, what is clear is that Welsh coal can and must have a vital role to play in powering our homes and the economy. RICHARD WALTERS Managing director, Celtic Energy, Caerphilly Energy dangers SIR – With 80% of Russian gas exports to the EU crossing Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s decision to reduce gas exported to Ukraine highlights the dangers of relying on imported energy. Russia has declining cash reserves and its economy is heavily reliant on its trade in gas, yet the risk of shortages because of Mr Putin’s geopolitical games is something we can all do without. Other countries manage to insure themselves against external shocks to their energy needs; while the UK’s market- driven approach has proven entirely inadequate. The New Labour Government has taken a decade to recognise the need to increase storage capacity – France can store 122 days of gas, Germany 99 and the UK only 15 days. Westminster and the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland should work with the Irish Government to make these islands entirely self-sufficient, via renewable non-market- driven energy resources. JONATHAN T CLARK Plaid Cymru, Monmouth Constituency, Westminster Parliamentary Candidate Nuclear puzzle SIR – On the issue of nuclear waste storage, two of your readers (Letters, Dec 23) seek to assure us that everything is OK and perfectly tickety-boo, as all the highly-toxic nuclear waste we have produced up until now is “safely stored in specialised containers in deep caverns”. Phew, no need to worry then. That must however mean that the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management isn’t correct in stating that the only geological disposal facility in the world is in the US and that it only takes US defence-related waste? It’s also not correct then that most of the UK’s nuclear waste is distributed among numerous surface storage tanks, with most of it stashed at the Sellafield site? Perhaps they’ve got the problem sorted in France, as one of the letters confidently predicts? Maybe non! They still haven’t found a permanent home for their growing pile of highly radioactive waste either. The waste sits in heavily guarded storage at nuclear company Areva’s La Hague reprocessing plant in Normandy. So how much would a high-level geological disposal facility in the UK cost? Estimates are currently around £12bn for one facility but a discussion paper produced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change indicates a second cannot be ruled out. That’s on top of the £73bn that the National Audit Office estimates it would cost to decommission the UK’s existing ageing nuclear power stations, never mind building a new load. Perhaps we should start a whip-round! BLEDDYN LAKE Bathford, Bath Cultural chance SIR – Following the success (several years ago) of Scotland’s second city (Glasgow) being the European Capital of Culture, and last year’s success of Liverpool doing the same thing for England, isn’t it time that Wales followed suit? There is so much going on in the www.swansea2020.com campaign, that I think it is the ideal time for our second city to show its hand and apply for the honour. I did hear a rumour that Cardiff had already applied, but isn’t it the case that a country’s capital city is exempt? PETER JONES Battersea, London Woolies memories SIR – I am putting together a manuscript, hopefully for publication, regarding Woolworths stores. This is planned to be a social history of this famous name, which unfortunately is no longer with us. Everybody has a story to tell regarding Woolies and I would like to invite recollections from former staff members and shoppers alike from any UK store for inclusion in the book. Photographs taken of the inside and outside of the shops, especially in former years, would be most useful, especially during the 1960s and beyond when each department had its own counter and cash till. So if you were a Saturday girl or regular member of staff or a shopper who can recall their days in Woolworths, then please send or e-mail your memories and/or photographs (which will be carefully handled and returned). DEREK PHILLIPS Whitcross, Barwick, Somerset, BA22 9TQ or email: derekphillips507@googlemail.com Morally insane SIR – Stuart Walters in his letter (Dec 31) said that the Welsh were sensitive about jokes made about them and they should shrug them off. He did not explain for what purpose or why the English, and no-one else, make denigrating jokes about the Welsh. Some of his list of what was wrong with the Welsh “nationalist” (which he could not describe as Quislings, traitors, fifth columnist etc) were: “Never lived out or worked outside the country, obsessed with cultural and national identity, no sense of humour, suspicious villagers distrustful of outsiders, babbling an incomprehensible language” – which shows how some English monoglots have been neutered from understanding the language that they use. It is ironic that some clowns say that we should be proud of being “British”, when the Welsh are kept legally deprived and inferior in their own country in order to make the English the master race in Wales. History has shown that those who have laws for others which they would not have for themselves are judged by history to be morally insane. RT JONES Penygroes, Gwynedd Disability muddle SIR – The Government’s proposal to make people on disability benefit work for it is ludicrous. Much like their proposal to pay individuals and companies up to £50,000 to employ one person on disability is unworkable. Being on disability allowance myself, I recently applied for help to get back into work at my local Jobcentre (Neath) and was told that I would have to wait five weeks to see a (disability to work) adviser, as they only employed one adviser part time. NIGEL BILLS Swansea Global warning SIR – A regular reader of these letters pages might be led to believe that the recent cold spell casts doubt on the science of climate change. It does not. According to the Met Office, the global temperature for 2000 to 2008 now stands almost 0.20°C warmer than the average for the decade 1990-1999. As carbon dioxide levels have risen, so have global temperatures. The variations that occur from year to year are significantly influenced by the cooling (La Niña) and warming (El Niño) events in the tropical Pacific. Last year was, as predicted by the Met Office, cooler as a result of a strong La Niña, while 1998 was particularly warm as a result of a strong El Niño. The fact that 1998 is the warmest year on record does not mean that the world is cooling. Ten of the warmest years on record have, in fact, occurred since 1997. The trend is, as predicted by climate scientists, definitely upwards. Scientists have recently reported temperature rises of up to 50°C in the Arctic, with ice melting much faster than anticipated. The real concern today is that we are under-estimating the threat posed by climate change and failing to implement polices to address it. GORDON JAMES Friends of the Earth Cymru, Cardiff Costly windmills SIR – The Duke of Beaufort pockets more than £250,000 from Swansea ratepayers. All above board and legal and for a bridge that does bring some benefit to the city. But let us get this into perspective. This sum is chicken feed compared with what the Duke will get from us, via our electricity bills, if he is allowed to desecrate Mynydd y Gwair with his virtually useless windmills. ALUN JOHN RICHARDS Swansea…; Added by Melissa Furtwengler to Wanted Scientists, Energy experts, Engineers at 10:16am on January 12, 2009

Comment on: Topic 'Commission only recruiters?': is simply a garden variety labor organization whose purpose is to support organized trades. Two, the researcher is not a doctoral-level researcher and as such, his analysis of the data is open to significant discussion (he compiled data from multiple sources and made no mention as the local data collection procedures nor analytical tests conducted - this is a sign that the researcher "wanted" the results). Three, and most telling, is that this "study" appears to zero in on the state of Illinois. In fact, on the very last page comes this... Along with expressions of concern from the office of Illinois Governor Blagojevich, Lisa Madigan, the Illinois’ Attorney General, has announced that due to our research on this topic she intends to create a special task force to tackle the growing problem of employer misclassification in the state of Illinois. No wonder Illinois was so interested in this issue: Governor "Pay me the bleeping Money you bleeping bleep" Blagojevich was at the helm. No, the Texas trade website does not "[demonstrate] how Free Markets Need Fair Markets to continue to survive"; it demonstrates what organized labor will do to protect a bloated work structure. You use as "facts" in your subsequent argument items pulled from Pinkham's missive as if they were brought down from Mt. Sinai when in fact the analysis were paid for by organized labor! Search the Internet on his name - it's been primarily labor organizations that have picked up his message. Over the years your arguments have consistently called for more regulation - perhaps because you believe rich business owners and corporations are screwing the working class - the GED deserves to earn what the MBA earns, right? Unfortunately, the more regulation the government imposes on an historically free-market system, the more it will create ultra-classism where the workers are one class and the government the other. It's also called socialism and there is no freedom in socialism, only the freedom one is told they have. Socialism may be nice to some because they can have a house of their own but its the house they're told to buy. If Jason wants to hire someone and pay them 50-55% commission, good for him - just don't confuse the issue at hand by comparing construction workers to recruiters which is what your comments have done. People do not deserve to earn the same as others who are smarter, more creative, or work harder; regulations won't make dumb people smart, dolts creative, or slackers into Type As but they will make smart people question why they are using their brains during 14 hour work days to support others. A fair share is fine but not 50%; life isn't a splits network. One more thing...heaven help us when government tells us how to recruit - Good God, the current administration is a lesson in showing us recruiting best practices! By the way, nice of you to offer expert opinion from R4 - for a price. You just blew up your own argument... KarenM / Hirecentrix.com said:My apologies to all for what may appear of tremendous passion on this topic. It is true, this subject is one that is extremely dear to me, and one that invokes what some may think as probably excessive - considering our financial times, I ask, is it possible that many are not aware of how much damage the problem costs our economy, which sadly is why we underestimate the problem? So, I ask that you will please humor me a little bit, and visit the following link http://twurl.nl/w1ay60 - it is a Study on the Economic costs of Employee Misclassification in the Construction Industry (but it relates to All industries, as Misclassification has migrated to Big business, White Collar workers today, especially in IT and yes, even Recruiting / employment industries) The website demonstrates how Free Markets Need Fair Markets to continue to survive. Unfortunately Misclassification of Employees Harms businesses in so many ways, but it also harms fair trade and the economy, competition, the federal reserve, and of course The employee who takes most of the brunt Many of us know Fellow recruiters who have lost jobs, and many of these individuals do not have Unemployment Benefits - it may not be much, but it would have been enough to save their homes, and feed their kids. These are benefits that they legally should have been entitled to.. For those who don't want to go to the link let me please demonstrate what Misclassification does to our economy and Our trade.. Misclassification allows unfair contractors to sabotage a competitive bidding process; • Misclassification allows unfair contractors to decrease payroll costs as much as 15-30%; • Misclassification allows unfair contractors to reduce their unemployment insurance tax; • Misclassification allows unfair contractors to reduce their workers compensation premiums; • Misclassification allows unfair contractors to reduce social security contributions; • Misclassification allows unfair contractors to reduce their administrative payroll costs; • Misclassification forces higher overall workers compensation premiums onto fair contractors Misclassification negatively impacts society in several ways. • The conditions for a fair and competitive marketplace are sabotaged. Firms that misclassify can reduce payroll costs by as much as 30%. Honest employers suffer a distinct competitive disadvantage. Misclassification allows employers who violate state statutes to be rewarded. • “Gaming the system” – (1) Sub-Subs and Labor Brokers (2) Exploitation of the ‘undocumented’ (3) H2B-Visa scams • Workers who are misclassified also suffer. If a worker needs to apply for unemployment insurance benefits, they may be denied those benefits, since there may be no record of them having worked. Again, the violating employer is rewarded because the laid-off employee is not charged to their unemployment insurance account. Other protections and labor rights are also voided. • States lose substantial revenues (UI taxes, income taxes, WC tax) Lost state revenues due to misclassification for all industries (2001-2003): Massachusetts • State Income Taxes: $91 to $152 Million • Unemployment Insurance Taxes: $13 to $35 Million • Workers Compensation Premiums not paid: $91 Million Troubling Associated Costs • Workers who are misclassified do not receive pension or health insurance benefits • The lack of health insurance coverage exacts a large toll on the uninsured – the costs borne by the uninsured include a greater probability of avoidable deaths, reduced preventive care, and a smaller likelihood of early detection of medical problems. • 33 percent of emergency room visits were for health reasons that did not require emergency room care and could have been avoided. Tremendous Societal Costs • The health system also bears an economic cost as well. It is reported that $34.5 billion in uncompensated care was received by the uninsured in 2001. • Taxpayers also bear economic costs of the uninsured and underinsured. Federal, state, and local governments support care of the uninsured through public clinics, and payments to certain care facilities that care for the poor and uninsured. • The Commonwealth Fund reported that these intergovernmental (taxpayer) expenditures were approximately $30.6 billion annually. • Safety concerns - Misclassification leads to underreporting of injuries (especially re: ‘undocumented’) Injuries: Human and Economic Burdens • Direct costs (reported): lost earnings and health care expenses related to occupational injury and disease. • Indirect costs borne by employers: additional hiring and training costs, disruption of work, damaged equipment, and the effects of workplace injuries on the productivity of co-workers who feel heightened risk. • Indirect costs borne by the injured workers and their families: loss of other income, depletion of savings, reduced standard of living; increased expenditures for professional therapy and caregiver services in the home; home modifications and equipment related to disability; and deferral or loss of education for family members. • Additional costs may fall on the community in the form of increased need for social service programs. Partnering with Academics • We conclude that misclassification is an increasing problem and the operation of fair, competitive markets are compromised when the bidding process is undermined by the practice of misclassification. • Every state should benefit from better documentation on misclassification along with measures that help to improve compliance with the state and federal laws. …; Added by Steve Levy at 1:29pm on February 22, 2009

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