Stiffing Interns on a Paycheck Could Cost in the ...       May 14, 2009
News: The National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 98.6 percent of the internships offered by organizations that responded to a recent survey are paid. A previous study found that unhappy interns tended to be unpaid interns.
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Job-Bias Claims Soar to Record High in 2008, EEOC ...       March 12, 2009
News: Overall employee claims with the EEOC jumped to 95,402, the most since the agency opened its doors in 1965. Retaliation claims were second in number only to those alleging race discrimination.
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Employers Eyeing Voluntary Benefits in Tough ...       February 23, 2009
Feature: Many employers are transforming company benefits to voluntary status to shift costs to employees. (2/23/2009)
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Christmas Party Taking a Holiday Amid Downturn       November 19, 2008
News: Across the US, companies are canceling annual end-of-the-year holiday bashes to cut costs, or in some cases just to blend in with the rest of a world that is too worried about money to feel like a party. The trend is having a ripple effect ...
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Layoffs at Citigroup Short of Record       November 18, 2008
News: The cutbacks figure to have a severe impact on the New York economy, considering that Citi is the city's second-largest private employer, behind only the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System.
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Weak Economy Signaling a New Dot-Com Bust?       November 13, 2008
News: One calculation pegs layoffs at more than 49,000 employees in the tech sector since late August, as startup firms are being warned to prepare for still bleaker times ahead.
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Recruiter: 50,000 More Layoffs on Wall Street ...       October 6, 2008
... according to Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That is roughly the same number of cuts announced in the prior three years combined.
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Quick Takes -- September 16, 2008       September 15, 2008
Quick Takes: A Digest of Workforce Management News and Events. (9/15/2008)
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Relief for Pain at the Pump       August 12, 2008
Feature: Recognizing that many employees are stressed out and distracted by the high price of gas, about half of US employers have instituted programs and benefits to help ease the anxiety. Helping out workers can go a long way toward keeping ...
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