Bosses are ‘done with the COVID excuse’ and it means calling out sick is getting harder

Employers are growing impatient with the number of workers still calling out sick each month, which remains elevated from pre-COVID times. Ute Grabowsky/Getty Images This year, about 630,000 more Americans per month are calling out sick for a week or more than pre-pandemic.  Even though an elevated number of workers are still getting sick, employers…

This week’s average personal loan rates: November 15, 2022 | Rates stay mostly flat

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Borrowers with poor credit scores have seen rates get better this week….

This week’s student loan refinancing rates: November 15, 2022 | 5-year undergraduate rates at yearly highs

Insider’s experts choose the best products and services to help make smart decisions with your money (here’s how). In some cases, we receive a commission from our our partners, however, our opinions are our own. Terms apply to offers listed on this page. Average interest rates on refinanced student loans are up from two weeks…

Russian missiles struck NATO ally Poland and killed 2 people as Putin’s forces barraged Ukraine, a US defense official told the AP

This photograph taken on October 7, 2022 shows a Russian rocket sticks out a ground near the village of Ukrainka in a part of Southern Ukraine. Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images Two people were reportedly killed after Russian missiles landed in an eastern Polish village on Tuesday, a US intelligence official told the…

NASA helped find a network security hole in spacecraft networks

NASA and University of Michigan researchers have found a security flaw that could pose a threat to spacecraft in the right (or rather, wrong) conditions. The team has discovered that time-triggered Ethernet (TTE), a feature that lets critical systems sit alongside minor ones on the same networking hardware, is vulnerable to a spoofing attack. An…

MultiVersus Season 2 adds Samurai Batman, Big Head mode, shop, more

Free-to-play fighter MultiVersus’ second season of content is almost upon us, and, in preparation for its arrival later today, developer Player First Games has detailed the additions players can expect alongside its new Battle Pass and associated rewards – including progression refinements, a new Big Head mode, and an in-game shop. Much of Season 2’s…

Sterling Background Check Review

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