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Kauai Prosecuting Attorney’s Aloha Or Else Policy Costs Hawaiian County $120,000
06/10/2012 Comments Off on Kauai Prosecuting Attorney’s Aloha Or Else Policy Costs Hawaiian County $120,000
Kauai County Hawaii’s top law enforcement officer may have broken more laws than she has enforced. Kauai County Prosecuting Attorney Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho broke federal law, according to the EEOC. According to published reports, Iseri-Carvalho and has also entangled the county in other lawsuits. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a $120,000 settlement was reached […]
Continue reading …SHRM Report: HR Professionals Expect A Little Hiring, Less Firing In October 2012
06/10/2012 Comments Off on SHRM Report: HR Professionals Expect A Little Hiring, Less Firing In October 2012
Another glimmer of positive news on the jobs front came this week from the Society for Human Resource Management’s monthly survey of HR professionals’ hiring plans. About three in 10 manufacturing and service-sector companies plan to hire in October 2012 according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The SHRM LINE […]
Continue reading …Is HR Right For You? 10 Traits Of Human Resources Professionals
05/10/2012 Comments Off on Is HR Right For You? 10 Traits Of Human Resources Professionals
From Paul Smith’s Welcome to the Occupation blog- Is HR right for you? This was the title and subject of a small article in the Metro newspaper. (Click here for the online article.) Despite my skepticism, the article offered some realistic, albeit general, advice that I concurred. “Solid analytic and math skills“, “strong sense of ethics […]
Continue reading …ECOMP- E-nnovating Federal Workers’ Compensation Claims and Benefits
03/10/2012 Comments Off on ECOMP- E-nnovating Federal Workers’ Compensation Claims and Benefits
By GARY STEINBERG, U.S. DOL– When a worker is injured on the job, the last thing they need is a towering headache of paperwork. Employers also want to resolve claims efficiently and get their injured employees back to work. Making this process more efficient has been a top business goal for operations across the country. […]
Continue reading …SHRM-Achieve Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Soon Be Required Most Jobs
03/10/2012 Comments Off on SHRM-Achieve Survey: Higher Education Levels Will Soon Be Required Most Jobs
The future workforce will need higher levels of education than today’s workers, a new survey of human resources professionals found. A new survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Achieve shows that technical and educational requirements are rising across job categories. “Today’s tough job market means that many individuals are currently in […]
Continue reading …In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
03/10/2012 Comments Off on In Michigan National Unions And Chamber Of Commerce Slug It Out
By Paul Abowd, Center For Public Integrity— After two bruising years for organized labor in the Midwest, the movement has managed to land two pro-union measures on the November ballot in Michigan. Michigan locals and their national leaders now face an ad campaign by the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and its friends, urging voters to resist […]
Continue reading …Conducting A Staff Survey – Six Ways Reduce Risks And Increase Rewards
29/08/2012 Comments Off on Conducting A Staff Survey – Six Ways Reduce Risks And Increase Rewards
By MARGARET HEFFERNAN — “Despite the economy, morale is really high,” a CEO recently told me. I said: “That’s great. How can you tell?” The CEO replied: “People just seem buoyant, smiling. There’s a lot of energy around the place.” On the face of it, nothing is wrong with this conversation. Morale is high, people […]
Continue reading …Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success
16/05/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success
Infographic – How Happy Employees Can Fuel Success In a down economy, not very many employers think, or continue to think, about keeping their employees happy. And in tight economic times happy doesn’t always need to include pay increases. As the inforgraphic below explains, studies show that happy and engaged workers and members of organizations […]
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By KIM PARKER, Senior Researcher, Pew Research Center– Women now make up almost half of the U.S. labor force, up from 38% in 1970. This nearly 40-year trend has been fueled by a broad public consensus about the changing role of women in society. A solid majority of Americans (75%) reject the idea that women […]
Continue reading …Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
09/04/2012 Comments Off on Lip Service? Poll Shows Concern Over Older Workers Retiring, Business Losing Skills
Employers are apparently waking up to the fact that millions of older workers will begin retiring soon, and they’ve done relatively little about it — other than layoff older workers. A joint poll released 09 April 2012 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that “U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits aimed […]
Continue reading …- Amazon’s unilateral mailbox installation nets workers a second election at Bessemer facility
- No injunction pending appeal for Mass General Brigham employees denied COVID vaccine exemption requests
- Sixth Circuit designated to rule on consolidated challenges to OSHA’s vaccinate or test mandate
- California AG announces first-of-its-kind stipulated judgment requiring Amazon’s compliance with COVID-19-related ‘right-to-know’ law
- Stay on OSHA’s ETS affirmed; agency ordered to ‘take no steps to implement or enforce’ vaccine mandate
- Manager who referred to mask as ‘KKK hood’ lawfully terminated for ‘cause’
- Biden Administration says there’s no need for emergency relief over vaccinate or test ETS
- Businesses, five states obtain temporary stay of Biden Administration’s private employer vaccine mandate
- Employee who didn’t opt out of post-hire arbitration agreement must arbitrate bias claims
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to grant injunction on Maine health care worker COVID vaccine mandate
- EEOC shares its own religious accommodation form as sample for vaccine requirement exemption requests
- Waste removal driver unable to revive Title VII and FLSA claims on appeal
- Transgender police officer who alleged she was involuntarily outed advances claims
- After appeal revived claim, white jail employee who complained of racial slur gets trial
- Mandatory vaccination rule for healthcare workers is facially neutral, does not single out religious objectors
- Hotel association challenges New York City’s new pandemic severance law
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- Sprouts Farmers Market to Pay $280,0000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suits
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- UK Poised to Expand Workplace PPE Obligations
- DOL Sues Over Firing for E-Mail Allegedly Sharing Coronavirus Concerns
- Using Technology to Prepare Workforce for Post-Pandemic Times
- Ask HR: How Can Restaurant Owners Attract and Keep Good Workers?
- DOL Proposes Rule to Remove Barriers to ESG Funds in Retirement Plans
- Cal/OSHA Modifies Quarantine Rules for Asymptomatic, Unvaccinated Workers
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Class certification granted for American Airlines pilots on USERRA, breach-of-contract claims
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
