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By MARGARET HEFFERNAN– Despite high-profile fraudsters like former traders Jerome Kerviel and Nick Leeson, a recent survey by KPMG challenged the stereotype of the fraudster that is young, eager, and just out of his depth. In fact, fraudsters are most likely to be in senior management positions and to have been employed by their firm […]
Continue reading …South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
29/08/2012 Comments Off on South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
South Africa could do more for the nation’s miners, says the International Labour Organization’s mining industry specialist. ILO News – South Africa has taken significant steps since the end of apartheid to address working conditions in the mining industry, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, said International Labour Organization mining specialist […]
Continue reading …IBM Gets Kenexa In Another Move Into Human Resources Software Services
28/08/2012 Comments Off on IBM Gets Kenexa In Another Move Into Human Resources Software Services
Technology giant IBM is purchasing human resources technology provider Kenexa in a deal valued at $1.3 billion. The deal, announced 27 Aug. 2012, is the latest in string of acquisitions and mergers in the human resources technology realm. These mergers have major implications for thousands of corporations, their employees and job-seekers. Kenexa, based in Wayne, Pa., […]
Continue reading …Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
27/08/2012 Comments Off on Health Care Reform After The Supreme Court Ruling – A Consumer’s Guide
By Mary Agnes Carey, KHN Staff Writer– The Supreme Court Thursday, 28 June 2012, upheld the 2010 federal health care reform law, dismissing the challenge by states to the law’s requirement that individuals get insurance. The justices, however, did give states the right to opt out of a critical provision requiring them to expand Medicaid […]
Continue reading …California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
29/06/2012 Comments Off on California Races To Enroll Uninsured After Health Care Law Affirmed
By RUSS MITCHELL, KHN Staff Writer– With the health care law upheld by the Supreme Court, the state that boasts the largest number of uninsured is bent on losing that distinction. Peter Lee, charged with creating California’s online state insurance market, says his goal is to make shopping for health insurance as easy “as buying […]
Continue reading …Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
29/06/2012 Comments Off on Hospitals Celebrate Supreme Court Health Care Reform Law Decision
By JAY HANCOCK, KHN Staff Writer– Everybody agreed hospitals would be the biggest business losers if the Supreme Court overthrew the health care reform act. But the ruling that preserves most of the law — along with the promise of billions in extra hospital revenue — raises new problems for the industry. Hospital bosses applauded and […]
Continue reading …Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
28/06/2012 Comments Off on Supreme Court Health Care Law Ruling Puts Pressure On States To Act
By PHIL GALEWITZ and MARILYN WERBER SERAFINI, KHN Staff Writers– The Supreme Court has given states a way out of expanding their Medicaid programs under the health law, and top Republican officials in several states were quick to say they want to take that step. But governors will be under strong pressure to take the […]
Continue reading …Long-Term Unemployment — Lost Income, Lost Friends, Loss of Self-respect
22/06/2012 Comments Off on Long-Term Unemployment — Lost Income, Lost Friends, Loss of Self-respect
By RICH MORIN and RAKESH KOCHHAR, Pew Research Center– Long-term unemployment takes a much deeper toll than short-term unemployment on a person’s finances, emotional well-being and career prospects, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that explores the attitudes and experiences of workers who have lost jobs during the Great Recession. Of those who have experienced […]
Continue reading …Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
09/05/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – The Pitfalls Of Freelancing
The Pitfalls Of Freelancing Thinking of taking up the freelance life? Read this first. Click image to view full size
Continue reading …Passion For Work vs Obsession–Are You Working Your Way To Burnout?
23/04/2012 Comments Off on Passion For Work vs Obsession–Are You Working Your Way To Burnout?
By SCOTT BARRY KAUFMAN– Every business wants workers who passionately love their work. And for good reason: workers who are inspired are more productive, and passion can provide the energy necessary to fuel engagement, amidst obstacles and setbacks. But while passion seems clearly desirable, recent psychological research suggests that not all forms are adaptive. In […]
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