Labor Department Proposes Historic $87.4 Million ...       October 30, 2009
News: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says the energy company has not done enough to improve safety since a 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery killed 15 people and injured 170.
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Observance of Wiccan New Year Ends in Religious ...       October 23, 2009
News: In a complaint filed in federal court in Connecticut, Gina Uberti alleges she was unfairly terminated for practicing Wicca, known as the largest of neopagan religions.
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McCain Delays Vote on Labor Board Nominee       October 21, 2009
News: The Arizona senator asserts that Craig Becker, currently the associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union, would try to circumvent labor law through NLRB rulings.
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Congress Takes Aim at Age Bias, Arbitration in ...       October 8, 2009
News: The Senate Judiciary Committee is examining two court rulings--one from the 2008-09 term that shifted the burden of proof in age discrimination cases from the employer to the employee and another from early in the decade that strengthened ...
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Big Managers Raise Salaries to Make Up for Low ...       September 29, 2009
News: The Heidrick & Struggles report is based on conversations with investment and sales and marketing executives, as well as interviews with corporate executives and human resources officials at money management firms.
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Democrats, Republicans Seek to Add Biometrics to ...       July 22, 2009
News: Proposal includes the requirement that the system 'must authenticate the employee's identity by using a specific and unique biometric identifier,' such as a fingerprint; giving workers PIN numbers or security codes would not suffice.
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Staffing Firm Pleads Guilty to False Statements       July 20, 2009
News: Stephanie Blackmon, owner-president of Patriot Services, admitted to providing false information to the Small Business Administration so that Patriot could qualify for certification under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. According ...
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Exec Comp Proposals May Mark Huge HR Change at ...       June 16, 2009
News: The challenge for HR and compensation professionals will be to figure out how to define risk and structure compensation in a way that makes sense, experts say.
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Six Indicted for Allegedly Defrauding Staffing ...       June 15, 2009
News: The defendants formed several client companies located at the same address in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and claimed they had large contracts with government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, US Bureau of Prisons and ...
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