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Then-Toronto Mayor Rob Ford answers questions about the three new staffers he has hired at a news conference at city hall in Toronto in this May 31, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Michelle Siu, File)
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In a speech this week, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen insisted his agency has turned the corner on problems with employee behavior in recent years. (Associated Press)
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A Canadian doctor's alleged letter excusing an employee from one day of work has gone viral for calling the practice of writing sick notes a waste of time and money. (Imgur)
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is offering relocation packages to Indiana-based employees who no longer feel comfortable living in the state since the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into law. (Wikipedia)
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President Obama will travel to Kentucky to discuss the changing economy and then fly to Utah, where he'll hold an event Friday on the economy as the government releases March unemployment statistics. (Associated Press)
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Sen., Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks to employees during a visit to Dyn, an internet performance company Friday, March 20, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Illustration on Gov. Walker's actions against public-sector unions in Wisconsin by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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National Edition Opinion cover for March 17, 2015 - The dark secrets of federal pensions (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Rasmea Odeh raises her fist as she leaves federal court in Detroit Thursday, March 12, 2015. A judge sentenced the Chicago activist to 18 months in federal prison Thursday for failing to disclose her convictions for bombings in Israel when she applied to be a U.S. citizen. Odeh, 67, also was stripped of her citizenship and eventually will be deported. But she will remain free while she appeals the case. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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President Obama's November 2014 amnesty policy, which has been put on hold by a federal court, would apply to as many as 4 million illegal immigrants. They would be granted three years of tentative legal status and be given work permits and Social Security numbers. (Associated Press)
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The inspector general said its latest concerns involve Fannie Mae's "haphazard" decision to fill a critical auditor position with an employee who lacked proper qualifications. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks before signing a bill into law, a measure that prohibits requiring a worker to pay union dues in Brown Deer, Wis., on Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the National League of Cities annual Congressional City Conference in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2015. Targeting stagnant wages in an otherwise improving economy, the president is calling on employers, educational institutions and local governments to ramp up training and hiring of high-technology in an effort to drive up higher-income employment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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L. Ray Roberts, left stands with his daughters Helena Roberts, 11, center, and her sister Cassie Boyle, 8, right, all from Pittsburgh, on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, as the court hears arguments in King v. Burwell, a major test of President Barack Obama's health overhaul which, if successful, could halt health care premium subsidies in all the states where the federal government runs the insurance marketplaces. The sisters are holding pictures of their grandmother Hannah Brown, who died when she was 58 years old. Their grandmother lost her job and healthcare and died a year and half later because of lack of access to treatment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Nov. 12, 2014, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, on a laptop screen, is seen in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on a challenge to President Obama's health care overhaul that could affect consumers in more than 30 states. (AP Photo)
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Workers, some who have been laid off or can't find jobs in the oil industry, wait for assignments at the Command Center temporary staffing agency in Williston, North Dakota. (Associated Press)
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Samantha Elauf, right, with her mother Majda Elauf stand outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. The Supreme Court is indicating it will side with a Muslim woman who didn't get hired by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a black headscarf that conflicted with the company's dress code to her job interview. Liberal and conservative justices aggressively questioned the company's lawyer during arguments at the high court Wednesday in a case that deals with when an employer must take steps to accommodate the religious beliefs of a job applicant or worker. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
