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April 22 - 28, 2007
Vol. 8  Issue 17

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Workforce News of the Week:

HSA Embezzling Case Is a Heads-Up for Employers: In what is likely the first prosecution of health savings account fraud, the case exemplifies the caution benefits administrators must exercise when hiring third-party administrators to manage health care assets.
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Senator Introduces Workplace Violence Prevention Plan: The Survivors' Empowerment and Economic Security Act would allow 30 days of leave for victims of domestic violence in the workplace so that they can appear in court, seek legal assistance and secure their homes and families.
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Maryland Abandons 'Fair Share' Health Care Fight: The state will not seek Supreme Court review of an appeals court decision earlier this year that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act pre-empted the Maryland law.
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Hewitt Names Head of HRO
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Companies Unprepared for CFO Exodus
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Companies Lackadaisical About Leadership
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CEOs Want to Keep Employees Working While They Train
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Research Shows 'Phenomenal' Learning Critical to Performance
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Ceridian Hedged In by Investors?
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Contingent staffing
Feature: Who Owns the Temps?

While human resources remains the dominant player in contingent workforce plans at most companies, procurement officers are becoming much more involved—and in some cases control the process—thanks to increasing pressure for corporate cost control and savings.

Read more about trends in contingent staffing. >>>

Also:
Connecting With Other Companies That Use Contingent Staff >>>
Rethinking Temp-to-Perm >>>
A Focus on Long-Term Careers in the Contingent World >>>
A Tight Talent Supply Drives Up Staffing Costs >>>

Happy returns
Feature: Winning Women Back—Bringing Professional Women Back Into the Workforce

Understanding why educated women leave the workforce—and changing the nature of work to get them back—is crucial for meeting companies' leadership needs and showing the next generation of female business school grads that there are ample opportunities for them.

Read more about bringing professional women back into the workforce. >>>

Also:
Women's Networking Comes From the Top at Lehman >>>
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Debunking the Myth of Why Women Leave the Workforce >>>
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A Broad's Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Women >>>
CHARTS: Why Do Workers Exit the Fast Lane?; The Toll of Extreme Jobs >>>

Special report: Large-market outsourcing
Feature: Changing the Expectations of HR

For some workforce managers, HR outsourcing brings the opportunity to become more involved in the business. For others, it could mean they will be charged with overseeing relationships with HRO providers. But one thing is certain: The corporate culture should guide companies as they prepare these individuals for their new role.

Read more about large-market outsourcing. >>>

Also:
5 Tips for Keeping Your Job in a Post-HRO World >>>
Buyers Seek Metrics on Service Quality >>>
Getting Creative With Pricing >>>
Providers Redefine HRO Model >>>

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Discussion
Spotting Trouble

Posted in the Recruiting & Staffing Forum:
A reader writes: "The tragedy in Virginia is haunting me but also causing me to wonder if there were any steps that could have been taken predict or prevent [such an incident]. … I believe there are tests for screening for a killer personality. Who has responsibility for screening for these traits? And if the traits are not there but extreme circumstances could cause them to come about, it would seem that intervention should be done in order to avert drastic actions."

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Workforce poll: Scary moments
Ever Felt Threatened at Work?

Have you ever felt threatened or been threatened at work in your role as an HR professional or workforce management executive?

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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.

Read about the NY HR Week Conference & Expo; Workforce Management Talent Management Conference, featuring the 17th annual Optimas Awards; HCI 2007 National Human Capital Summit; CUE 07 (Lawson conference and user exchange); Vurv Revolution 2007; the 2007 Strategic E-HR Conference: Maximizing the Value of HR Through Technology; Work-Life 2007 Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by WorldatWork and the Alliance for Work-Life Progress; Pensions & Investments' 15th Annual East Coast Defined Contribution Conference; the Conference Board 2007 Employee Health Care Conference; and the 2007 Deploy Solutions User Conference.

Commentary
Teaching Deductive Thinkers Is Elementary, My Dear HR Manager

Human thinking comes from one of two molds: "inductive" thinking or "deductive" thinking. But most folks are deductive thinkers. These people start off with a conclusion they believe in, and then sort out the evidence to support that conclusion.

Read more about teaching deductive thinkers. >>>

Facebook Faux Pas >>>

An Unfair Play Against Bias >>>

3 Steps for Immunizing Your Company From Overtime Suits >>>

Legal Gender Bending >>>

 

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