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Balancing Work And Family: Study Shows Changing Roles Of Parents
By KIM PARKER and WENDY WANG, Pew Research Center— The way parents spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half century. Dads do more housework and child care; moms have more paid work outside the home. Neither has overtaken the other in their “traditional” realms, but their roles are converging, according to a […]
From Kenya Slum Dweller To Company Director Creating Jobs
26/02/2013 Comments Off on From Kenya Slum Dweller To Company Director Creating Jobs
Lorna Rutto, Director, Eco-Post Recycling, Kenya ILO photo ILO News– Lorna Rutto was born in one of the most stunning parts of Kenya – the Rift Valley region of Nakuru, home to wildlife, pink flamingos and dormant volcanoes. But amidst this natural beauty are the sprawling slums of Kaptembwa where she grew up, on the […]
Continue reading …Death Of Temporary Worker: Bosses ‘Not Thinking Of Him As A Human Being’
04/02/2013 Comments Off on Death Of Temporary Worker: Bosses ‘Not Thinking Of Him As A Human Being’
By JIM MORRISE and CHIP MITCHELL, The Center For Public Integrity— By the time Carlos Centeno arrived at the Loyola University Hospital Burn Center in Chicago, more than 98 minutes had elapsed since his head, torso, arms and legs had been scalded by a 185-degree solution of water and citric acid inside a factory on this city’s southwestern […]
Continue reading …Young And Older Workers, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
12/10/2012 Comments Off on Young And Older Workers, Two Sides Of The Same Coin
ILO News– Developed economies are facing two interconnected challenges: youth unemployment is growing and people are living longer. At first glance, the answer might seem very simple: lower the retirement age so that young people replace older workers while the latter move into a well-deserved rest. But that would be missing a very important point. […]
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 …The Working Mom Survival Guide – 11 Steps To Better Work-Life Balance
26/09/2012 Comments Off on The Working Mom Survival Guide – 11 Steps To Better Work-Life Balance
By SANDRA GORDON– In an ideal world, you’ve got a satisfying career with plenty of time and energy to play with your baby, help with homework, relax with your spouse, get to the gym and catch up with your friends. “Working moms handle work and childcare, life trips to the doctor.” src=”https://www.wideworldofwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/medical_07_22-300×200.jpg” alt=”Working moms handle […]
Continue reading …How The Economic Stimulus Recharged Electric Car Biz And Created Jobs
03/02/2012 Comments Off on How The Economic Stimulus Recharged Electric Car Biz And Created Jobs
By MICHAEL GRABELL/ProPublica–A common criticism of President Obama’s $800 billion economic stimulus package has been that it failed to produce anything – that while the New Deal built bridges and dams, all the stimulus did was fill some potholes and create temporary jobs. Don’t tell that to Annette Herrera. She was 50 when the auto […]
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 …Sri Lanka Creates New Human Resources Policy
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Sri Lanka Creates New Human Resources Policy
Still healing following the 2009 defeat of the secessionist Tamil Tigers rebels after three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka’s leadership is trying to unite the nation with public works projects, notably roads, and new policies that offer the promise of increased economic development. Almost as if orchestrated, three signs of Sri Lanka’s potential turnaround appeared […]
Continue reading …Record Low Number of People Moving Reflects Lack of Jobs
17/11/2011 Comments Off on Record Low Number of People Moving Reflects Lack of Jobs
Bad times mean staying put. The percentage of people who changed residences between 2010 and 2011 ─ 11.6% ─ was the lowest recorded rate since 1948. when the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting statistics on the movement of people in the United States. The rate, which was 20.2% in 1985, declined to a then-record low of […]
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
