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NRLB Sets Terms To Dismisses Wal-mart Picketing Complaint Against Union
31/01/2013 Comments Off on NRLB Sets Terms To Dismisses Wal-mart Picketing Complaint Against Union
A union seeking better conditions for Wal-mart workers worker won a a partial legal victory today, Jan. 31, 2013, as the National Labor Relations Board ruled to dismiss an unfair labor practice complaint filed by against the world’s employer against the union. The case involved picketing and protests at Wal-mart stores. The NRLB agreed to dismiss an unfair labor practice filed […]
Continue reading …Walmart Added To Lawsuit Alleging Wage Theft At California Warehouse
15/01/2013 Comments Off on Walmart Added To Lawsuit Alleging Wage Theft At California Warehouse
By JIM MORRIS, Center for Public Integrity—A federal judge ruled Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, that Walmart can be added to a lawsuit alleging widespread wage theft at a Southern California warehouse. Lawyers for contract workers at the Schneider Logistics warehouse in Mira Loma, Calif. – whose sole customer is Walmart – had moved to add the retailer to […]
Continue reading …Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Leaves Legacy Of Worker Protections, Unfinished Business
11/01/2013 Comments Off on Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Leaves Legacy Of Worker Protections, Unfinished Business
By CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity— With her resignation this week, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis leaves behind a department advocates say has adopted a renewed focus on enforcing worker safety laws but been unable to push through a number of long-sought regulations. The first Hispanic woman to hold the top post at a Cabinet-level agency, […]
Continue reading …Leading Human Resources Trade Magazine Workforce Management Sold
07/01/2013 Comments Off on Leading Human Resources Trade Magazine Workforce Management Sold
Human resources trade publication and website Workforce Management has been by sold Crain Communications to Chicago-based MediaTec Publishing Inc. for an undisclosed sum. An integrated media company covering the human capital, management and workforce development industries, MediaTec publishes Certification, Chief Learning Officer, Talent Management and Diversity Executive magazines. MediaTec also operates the online industry resource HumanCapitalMedia.com. Workforce Management and […]
Continue reading …HR Blog Welcome To The Occupation Going One Step Beyond
05/01/2013 Comments Off on HR Blog Welcome To The Occupation Going One Step Beyond
From Paul Smith— A month ago, Welcome To The Occupation had its 3-year anniversary. For those three years, I have put a great deal of effort into effecting change in the Human Resources field. Unfortunately I have recently realized that changes in my professional life have limited my ability to continue to deliver my message. […]
Continue reading …Pennsylvania Outsourcing State Data Centers
05/12/2012 Comments Off on Pennsylvania Outsourcing State Data Centers
By NOELLE KNELL, Government Technology— Pennsylvania is outsourcing management of the state’s data centers. On 30 November 2012, Pennsylvania issued a request for proposal seeking a single contractor to manage state data centers. According to the RFP, the state has been consolidating its data center facilities from six down to two during the past several […]
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 …Federal Investigators Find Childcare Workers Routinely Cheated Out Of Wages
13/10/2012 Comments Off on Federal Investigators Find Childcare Workers Routinely Cheated Out Of Wages
Cheating daycare workers out of wages owed to them is so common, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division is conducting ongoing multistate investigations of wage law violations at childcare facilities. Childcare is a rapidly expanding industry that employs many low-wage, vulnerable workers. These workers who, due to a lack of knowledge of […]
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 …Is HR Right For You? 10 Traits Of Human Resources Professionals
05/10/2012 Comments Off on Is HR Right For You? 10 Traits Of Human Resources Professionals
From Paul Smith’s Welcome to the Occupation blog- Is HR right for you? This was the title and subject of a small article in the Metro newspaper. (Click here for the online article.) Despite my skepticism, the article offered some realistic, albeit general, advice that I concurred. “Solid analytic and math skills“, “strong sense of ethics […]
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