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NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
16/10/2012 Comments Off on NLRB Decides 341 Cases In Fiscal 2012, Including Some Of Its Oldest
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued decisions in 341 cases during fiscal 2012, 1 Oct. 2011 through 30 Sept. 2012, tackling many of its oldest cases. The NLRB cut the median age of pending cases in half, resolving nine of the 10 oldest cases it faced at the start 2012, . The age of pending cases dropped […]
Continue reading …Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week – 14 – 20 October 2012
14/10/2012 Comments Off on Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week – 14 – 20 October 2012
Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week, 14 – 20 October 2012. Workplace bullying is a systematic campaign of interpersonal destruction that jeopardizes your health, your career, the job you once loved. Workplace bullying is a non-physical, non-homicidal form of violence. Because it is abusive it causes both emotional and stress-related physical harm. This event is organized […]
Continue reading …Looming HR Technology War Will Touch Thousands Of Organizations, Millions Of Employees
12/10/2012 Comments Off on Looming HR Technology War Will Touch Thousands Of Organizations, Millions Of Employees
Friday, 12 October 2012, was turning point in the world of HR technology. The event was the highly anticipated initial public offering of a human resources technology firm called Workday became the biggest technology stock debut since Facebook. Workday, a Pleasanton, Calif., based-maker of Web-based human-resources software, saw it’s stock rocket up 78% in its […]
Continue reading …US Public More Positive About The Economy, Views Of Job News Improve
12/10/2012 Comments Off on US Public More Positive About The Economy, Views Of Job News Improve
From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press— Americans are hearing less negative news about the nation’s economy than they were just a month ago. Perceptions of news about other economic sectors – notably, the job situation – have improved as well. Most Americans continue to hear a mix of good and […]
Continue reading …Infographic: Do Employers “Like” Social Media?
11/10/2012 Comments Off on Infographic: Do Employers “Like” Social Media?
Social media has gone to work to stay and many companies are still trying to figure out what to do about it. Some forward-looking industries are embracing social media. Others are at least starting to put policies in place to make sure the use of social media by employees remains appropriate. A smaller group hopes […]
Continue reading …Two Reports Show Influence Of Social Media & The Internet On The Workplace
11/10/2012 Comments Off on Two Reports Show Influence Of Social Media & The Internet On The Workplace
Two new reports show the growing influence of social media and the Internet on the workplace. In the U.S., 75% of employees access social media at least once a day from their personal mobile devices while at work. More than half of U.S. companies do not block access to the Internet. These are some of […]
Continue reading …Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
11/10/2012 Comments Off on Robert Half 2013 Salary Guides Highlight Salary Trends, Jobs In Demand
If you land a new technology-related job in 2012 in the United States, you can expect a salary boost of 5.3%, according to the 2013 Salary Guides from the staffing firm Robert Half International. U.S. starting salaries for technology positions in 2013 will have the largest increases among all fields — an average of 5.3%, according […]
Continue reading …Open Enrollment: Do Your Homework Before Choosing Health Care Benefits
10/10/2012 Comments Off on Open Enrollment: Do Your Homework Before Choosing Health Care Benefits
Employees in the U.S. soon will be asked to make decisions about their 2013 health care benefits during what most companies call open enrollment season. According to Aon Hewitt, Aon’s global human resources division, the benefits offered to employees next year may be affected by a number of factors, including rising health care costs, the […]
Continue reading …How To Detect & Prevent Workplace Bullying, A Chronic Corporate Disease
08/10/2012 Comments Off on How To Detect & Prevent Workplace Bullying, A Chronic Corporate Disease
By RAKESH MALHOTRA— Stories of workplace bullying are commonplace throughout the United States. Some real-life examples: Mavis: “When I started there, I was told that someone had been acting in the position and had expected to get the job. This person continually undermined me and turned other staff against me. I endured 12 months of […]
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 …- 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