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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 …From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland
27/09/2012 Comments Off on From Public Sector Worker In Portugal To Cleaner In Switzerland
ILO News– We meet Ana B. – a 50-year-old Portuguese woman – at a café in a Swiss city. Ana has been living in Switzerland for about six months. She moved here to work as a cleaner and caretaker. But Ana is no ordinary cleaner. She is a secretary at a government agency in the […]
Continue reading …Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of Repression
20/09/2012 Comments Off on Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of Repression
ILO News- The Fijian government stopped the International Labour Organization (ILO) from carrying out a mission to verify complaints of lack of freedom of association made by local trade unions, the ILO said in a statement issued on 19 September 2012. The government had initially agreed to the ILO mission, but then called it off […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Tyson Foods Neb. Beef Facility After Mechanic Crushed
07/09/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Tyson Foods Neb. Beef Facility After Mechanic Crushed
A mechanic working at Tyson Foods Inc. Dakota City, Neb., beef slaughterhouse died after a piece of equipment, secured only a chain, fell and on him. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Tyson Foods Inc. for seven safety violations after an inspection at the company’s Dakota City beef processing facility, where a mechanic was […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
07/09/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
An explosion and fire at a liquid natural gas processing plant that seriously burned a worker could cost Plains Gas Solutions a $110,000 fine under a proposed settlement Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. OSHA cited Plains Gas Solutions in Eunice, La., on 27 August 2012 for one willful and seven serious violations involving OSHA’s […]
Continue reading …EEOC: Fry’s Fined $2.3 Million For Sexual Harassment, Sexting Manager
06/09/2012 Comments Off on EEOC: Fry’s Fined $2.3 Million For Sexual Harassment, Sexting Manager
Ignoring sexual harassment and then retaliating against employees who report it can be very expensive. Just look at the example of retailer Fry’s Electronics. In one of the largest fines in suit of this type, Fry’s Electronics has greed to pay $2.3 million to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment […]
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 – How To Train Your Employees To Use Social Media
04/04/2012 Comments Off on Infographic – How To Train Your Employees To Use Social Media
Every organization needs a good social media plan to succeed. You could hire an outside firm and pay big bucks. Or you might take a look at the homegrown talent. Your best social media team may be your current workforce. Here’s a helpful infographic to help guide your way to training your employees to handle your […]
Continue reading …Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
17/02/2012 Comments Off on Maine Librarians Bridge Digital Job Divide
By KISTINE CAROLAN, New America Foundation— Patrick Therrien holds a Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership and a Graduate Certification in Human Resources Management. During three months of unemployment, Therrien looked online to learn the latest tips on how to build his resume, write cover letters, and give a strong interview. Despite his tech-savvy, he felt […]
Continue reading …OSHA Fines Jennie-O Turkey After Worker’s Arm Amputated
15/02/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Fines Jennie-O Turkey After Worker’s Arm Amputated
After losing an arm below the shoulder when a turkey-gutting machine accidentally turned on, a worker at Jennie-O plant in Barron, Wis., had to walk down a flight of 25 stairs and 200 feet across the production floor before reaching a co-worker for assistance. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited […]
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