September 23 - 29, 2007
Vol. 8 Issue 39
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Workforce News of the Week:
UAW Strikes GM Plants: This is the first unionwide strike against General Motors since 1970 and the first work stoppage by the union since a 54-day walkout in 1998 at a parts-making facility in Flint, Michigan, that cost GM $3 billion.
DNA Technology May Curb Bogus Disability Claims: Two related medical
technologies promise to end fraudulent disability and workers’ compensation
claims. All that’s needed from employees is a little DNA.
Market Chaos Testing Pension Managers: Plan sponsors are watching
as the credit crunch undermines not only equity prices, but also the alternative
assets that many plans have piled into, like private equity and hedge funds.
Senate Unanimously Approves Mental Health Bill
Paid Sick Leave Mandate Raises Employer Ire
Bush’s Attorney General Nominee Ruled in Cash-Balance Plan Case
Private Employers Poaching From Public Firms
HR Too Slow to React, Hinders Growth
More Firms Hanging ‘Help Wanted’ Signs
Cornerstone Snags $32 Million From Investors
Shock waves
In the wake of the subprime
mortgage market’s collapse, employers in various industries experience the
fallout in the form of 401(k) loan upticks, relocation wrinkles and increasing
employee stress. Layoffs, lawsuits and the specter of a recession are also
part of an increasingly gloomy picture.
Read more about the fallout from the subprime mortgage
crisis. >>>
Training and development
The business services business needs to bolster
its customer service scores, and so is mandating in-person training classes
for all employees. They are meant to underscore the importance of personal
interaction when serving store clients. |
Recruiting
Dear Workforce: How Do We Teach Our Recruiters
to Be More Aggressive When Sourcing Candidates?
There are two approaches to
try: 1) establishing service level agreements or 2) helping hiring managers
understand how scarce some skills are and redesign traditional jobs.
Click here to read more about aggressive recruiting.
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Also:
Dear Workforce: How Do We Get Smarter About
Our Recruiting Habits? >>>
Dear Workforce: How Do I Lure Top Loan Officers to My Mortgage
Company, Especially Since We Have No Recruiting Budget? >>>
Dear Workforce: How Could Our Recruiting
Company Avoid Losing Top-Notch Recruiters to Competitors?>>>
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Conventions & conferences
Best in Shows 2007: Notes From Key Workforce Management
Conferences and Conventions
Ever wanted to attend an important conference or convention but just couldn't make it? The staff of Workforce Management will bring you reports from key workforce management conventions and conferences throughout the year in this exclusive Web feature. We'll report on the buzz at each show as well as highlights from selected seminars, presentations and speeches. We hope that Best in Shows will be the next best thing to actually being there.
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Discussion
The Best HR Initiatives You've Suggested
Posted in the General Forum:
A reader writes: “I am hoping you can share some of your best initiatives
ideas with me. What impressed your employer and was it carried out at your
company and/or firm?”
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Blogs: Workforce Washington
Immigration Aftermath—Rifle-Shot Efforts and Unstated
H-1B Motive
Now that comprehensive
immigration reform has likely died for the rest of this congressional session—through
December 2008—we’re seeing various components of an overhaul finding their
way into other legislation.
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Global Work Watch
Here Come the Malaysians
Look out for leapfrogging Malaysian HR professionals.
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The Business of Management
‘Whoopee’ for Wal-Mart Health Care
Some days, there are just too many interesting topics to touch on a single
one.
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The Last Word
Who's on the Bench?
The Atlanta Falcons
put all their faith in one guy. You and your managers would do well to learn
from this and not do the same thing.
Read more about why you shouldn’t put all you faith
in one employee. >>>
Also:
Stupidus Maximus Award: And the Nominees Are ...
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HR ‘Hate’ Endures
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Office Training
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