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Help Employees Relax, With Meditation, Yoga & Deepak Chopra’s Dream Weaver
03/02/2013 Comments Off on Help Employees Relax, With Meditation, Yoga & Deepak Chopra’s Dream Weaver
Companies are trying a variety of innovative approaches to help their employees reduce stress levels and relax. Many companies have instituted in-office Yoga or massage. Some even have naps rooms. At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, AOL Digital Media head Arianna Huffington even spoke about having nap rooms installed at her […]
Continue reading …HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs
02/02/2013 Comments Off on HR Advocates To DOL: Flexibility Key To Successful Wellness Programs
WorldatWork, a nonprofit human resource association, said it has submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor responding to the request for comments on Wellness Programs governed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “The majority of WorldatWork members are committed to providing valuable health benefits to their employees, however the […]
Continue reading …In Praise of the United States—And The Question Of Education
01/02/2013 Comments Off on In Praise of the United States—And The Question Of Education
Peter Cappelli, professor of management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School, writing filed this overview of global employment and education from last week’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland, in his column at heronline.com. One of the answers to unemployment is entrepreneurship that can actually create new jobs. For those […]
Continue reading …Hiring On Hold At Many Small Businesses, Cutting More Than Hiring
01/02/2013 Comments Off on Hiring On Hold At Many Small Businesses, Cutting More Than Hiring
Small business isn’t hiring: That’s one reason the U.S. employment situation isn’t improving. Nobody wants to hire new employees if they don’t have to. Small business owners lack the confidence the current state of the economy to take on new employees. Many businesses are also operating with fewer employees, having been forced to do so in […]
Continue reading …Bridging The Job Skills Gap: Inforgrapic
01/02/2013 Comments Off on Bridging The Job Skills Gap: Inforgrapic
Job Skills Gap Infographic Despite America’s high unemployment rate, there are more than 3.7 million open job positions and 34% of American companies report difficulty filling critical positions. Is the jobs skills gap real? Experts argue if there is really a significant overall mismatch of jobs and skills to job seekers. The facts also point out that overall […]
Continue reading …Poll Results Say Most Employees Would Fire Their Boss
31/01/2013 Comments Off on Poll Results Say Most Employees Would Fire Their Boss
A recent Monster.com poll reveals more than three quarters of employees would vote their bosses out of their job. “The poll results should be a wakeup call for all bosses,” says Noelle Nelson, a career and workplace expert and author of “Make More Money by Making Your Employees Happy.” Of the 2,411 responses, only 24% […]
Continue reading …World Economic Forum: Business Leaders Call For Social Goals In Corporate Decisions
31/01/2013 Comments Off on World Economic Forum: Business Leaders Call For Social Goals In Corporate Decisions
Business must include humanitarian social goals in its mission and incentives, or face eventual collapse in the next century. This was the conclusion of a panel of business and civil society leaders that took place Jan. 26, 2013, at the 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. “Businesses have more power and money […]
Continue reading …The Global Economy in 2013: “Fragile and Timid Recovery”
29/01/2013 Comments Off on The Global Economy in 2013: “Fragile and Timid Recovery”
The global economy faces fewer headwinds in 2013 compared with last year and will likely grow a modest 3.5%, participants at the 43rd World Economic Annual Meeting were told in Davos, Switzerland. But Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), described the recovery as “fragile and timid” because the Eurozone is prone to political […]
Continue reading …Discrimination: High Court To Hear Case On Standards Of Proof In Retaliation Claims
24/01/2013 Comments Off on Discrimination: High Court To Hear Case On Standards Of Proof In Retaliation Claims
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case focusing on the standards of proof plaintiffs must establish to successfully pursue retaliation and other employment discrimination lawsuits. According to the petition for writ of certiorari, which was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar, M.D., the […]
Continue reading …HMO-Like Plans Make Comeback In Online Health Care Insurance Markets
23/01/2013 Comments Off on HMO-Like Plans Make Comeback In Online Health Care Insurance Markets
By JULIE APPLEBY KHN Staff Writer— It’s back to the future for insurers, which plan to sharply limit the choice of doctors and hospitals in some policies marketed to consumers under the health care law, starting next fall. Such plans, similar to the HMOs of old, fell into disfavor with consumers in the 1980s and 1990s, […]
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