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Apple May Call On India For More Technical Support
15/02/2012 Comments Off on Apple May Call On India For More Technical Support
Apple may soon be calling on India for more technical support. According to published reports in India, Apple may be considering increasing its outsourcing business with India’s major information technology firms. India’s Economic Times reports that Apple CIO Niall O’Connor visited Bangalore in January, meeting with top executives at the leading information technology outsourcing firms […]
Continue reading …See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
07/02/2012 Comments Off on See The Big Picture–Five Overlooked Rules Of Management
By PENELOPE TRUNK– All managers have one, shared goal: Get a promotion. But many times, the job of a manger is so multifaceted and detail-laden that the manager loses site of that big picture. Here are five jobs of a manager that are often lost in the muddle of managing smaller, day-to-day issues. 1. Manage […]
Continue reading …Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim
05/02/2012 Comments Off on Pepsi Pays $3 Million to Settle EEOC Discrimination Claim
By ROBERT SCALLY and R. DAVID WENDEL– Pepsi Beverages will pay $3.13 million and provide job offers and training to settle charges of racial discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Minneapolis office. More than 300 African Americans were affected by a criminal background check policy that disproportionately excluded black applicants from permanent employment […]
Continue reading …Recruiter Radar – Three Ways To Show Up
02/02/2012 Comments Off on Recruiter Radar – Three Ways To Show Up
By PENELOPE TRUNK — Wouldn’t it be nice if recruiters called you regularly to see if you’re interested in interviewing for one of their jobs? Here are some steps you can take to make that fantasy come true: 1. Get a high profile in your industry. Speak at conferences. You might not get paid in cash, […]
Continue reading …Humor At Work 5 Tips For Managing With Mirth
02/02/2012 Comments Off on Humor At Work 5 Tips For Managing With Mirth
A workplace that is fun is often a productive workplace. Here are 5 tips for using appropriate humor in the workplace. “Sometimes, a little levity goes a long way toward building rapport among colleagues and diffusing workplace tension,” says Max Messmer, chairman of the staffing firm Accountemps, and author of Managing Your Career For Dummies. […]
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Apparently most chief financial officers think of themselves as fun-loving people who enjoy a good laugh at the office, a new survey finds. Jovial CFOs. Who knew? Nearly eight in 10, 79%, of CFOs interviewed said an employee’s sense of humor is important for fitting into the company’s corporate culture, according to a survey sponsored […]
Continue reading …Employee Engagement Measured In 12 Questions
30/01/2012 Comments Off on Employee Engagement Measured In 12 Questions
In the early 1990s the Gallup Organization, which conducts the often-quoted Gallup Polls, developed set of questions designed to identify and measure the elements of employee engagement that most closely affected the bottom line–things like increased sales, high productivity and creating customer loyalty. What emerged from Gallup’s decades of research, which eventually involved millions of […]
Continue reading …Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show How
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show How
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 12 educational videos about potential hazards in the construction industry. The educational videos are easy to understand, short segments and geared to employers and workers. Each year, nearly 800 construction workers die on the job; one in every five workplace fatalities occurs within the construction industry. The […]
Continue reading …Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
By Chris Hamby, iWatch News,Center for Public Integrity — At an Ohio chemical plant, an explosion launched pieces of metal that struck and killed a worker. At a Pennsylvania steel mill, equipment crushed a worker to death. At an Oklahoma oil refinery, a flash fire fatally burned a worker. Each death occurred at a plant deemed a […]
Continue reading …Use Surveys to Assess Trust Between Senior Management And Employees
30/11/2011 Comments Off on Use Surveys to Assess Trust Between Senior Management And Employees
By Howard Deutsch Achieving high levels of trust between senior management and employees is essential for the sustainable success of any organization. The best leaders earn the respect and trust of the people they lead. Lack of trust between senior management and employees negatively impacts employee satisfaction, engagement and performance. It also impacts customers, competitiveness […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- 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
- ‘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
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill