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California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-Mart

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California Warehouse Worker Lawsuit Targets Wal-Mart

By JIM MORRIS and ADITHYA SAMBAMURTHY, Center for Public Integrity, MIRA LOMA, Calif.– Lawyers alleging wage theft from mostly immigrant Latino contract workers at a Southern California warehouse complex took steps to add Wal-Mart as a defendant in an ongoing federal lawsuit. The move is expected to draw the nation’s largest retailer into a case in which it had, […]

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Freedom From Workplace Bullies Week – 14 – 20 October 2012

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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 […]

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US Public More Positive About The Economy, Views Of Job News Improve

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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 […]

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Survey: 53% Of Workers Worldwide Say Changing Jobs Is Key To Career Growth

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Survey: 53% Of Workers Worldwide Say Changing Jobs Is Key To Career Growth

There’s a lot restless workers worldwide. More than half (53%) of the respondents of the Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) survey believe that to develop their skills and advance their careers, it is more important to change employers, rather than remain with their existing employer, according to international staffing firm Kelly Services. The KGWI examines issues of […]

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Infographic: Do Employers “Like” Social Media?

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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 […]

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Two Reports Show Influence Of Social Media & The Internet On The Workplace

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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 […]

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ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training

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ManpowerGroup Urges Employers Work With Educators To Advance Job Training

International staffing firm ManpowerGroup is advocating that U.S. companies develop the skills of their local populations by collaborating with regional educators The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released 5 October 2012, reported the overall September jobless rate declined to 7.8 % from August’s 8.1% rate. The U.S. private sector added 114,000 new jobs last month, […]

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How To Detect & Prevent Workplace Bullying, A Chronic Corporate Disease

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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 […]

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GOP Leaders Want Obama Administration To Require That Health Systems Communicate

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GOP Leaders Want Obama Administration To Require That Health Systems Communicate

By FRED SCHULTE, Center for Public Integrity— Four Republican House leaders want federal officials to suspend payments to hospitals and doctors who switch from paper to electronic health records, arguing the program may be wasting billions of tax dollars and doing little to improve the quality of medical care. In an 4 Oct. 2012 letter to Health […]

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A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates

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A 10-Year Decline In Wages For Most College Graduates

By Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute— As the new State of Working America report shows, the last 10 years have been a lost decade for income, wealth and wage growth for most Americans. Perhaps a surprising part of this picture is that the trend of stagnant or falling wages for most workers includes the wages […]

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