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April 29 - May 5, 2007
Vol. 8  Issue 19

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Workforce News of the Week:

Does Discrimination Depress Women's Pay? A House hearing on equal pay last week became a forum for a debate on factors affecting the pay gap. A new study by a women's advocacy organization shows that college-educated women earn less than their male counterparts soon after graduation—and 10 years later, too
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Wal-Mart Focuses on Clinics, Technology to Cut Health Costs: Wal-Mart plans to expand its number of in-store health care clinics to 2,000 from fewer than 100 in the next five to seven years. The retailer also has a partnership with a university and an insurer to study whether care can be improved through the use of technology.
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House Passes Bill to Ban Genetic Discrimination in the Workplace: The broad support mustered in the House mirrors the margins garnered in Senate votes on the issue in previous years. It wins approval by a whopping 420-3 vote.
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Korn/Ferry Names New CEO
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Happy Hairdressers in U.K. Laud Training
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Flexible Employers Uncertain About Rewards
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Employees to Managers: Shut Up and Listen
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Asia-Pacific Region Contends With Growth and Worker Shortages
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Immigration issues
Partnering for Better Immigrant Hiring Practices

Chicago-based Staffing Management is the first staffing company to be part of a pilot program aimed at improving workforce compliance with immigration laws. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials hope other staffing companies will follow suit.

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Also:
Basic Pilot Adds Pics; HR Groups Unite on Policy >>>
DHS Tries to Woo Firms Into Electronic Verification System >>>
Complying With ICE's Basic Pilot Program Rules >>>
A Brief History of the I-9 Form >>>

Heath & safety
Feature: Companies Call for EAPs to Assist Domestic Violence Victims

Lost-productivity costs as a result of domestic violence add up to $727.8 million annually, and 7.9 million paid workdays are lost a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An employer coalition is seeking to work with employee assistance programs to ensure that they know how to spot the signs of abuse.

Read more about the call to assist domestic violence victims. >>>

Also:
Women's Networking Comes From the Top at Lehman >>>
Domestic Violence: No Longer a Private Problem >>>
Sample Domestic Violence Prevention Policy >>>
Guidelines for Domestic Violence Training >>>
Workplace Violence Prevention and Response Policy >>>

Dear Workforce
Feature: How Do We Reduce the Chance Our Employees Will Unionize?

What are companies doing to reduce the likelihood of employees wanting to join unions?
—Looking Over Our Shoulder, education, Columbus, Ohio

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Also:
How Do We Develop Future Leaders? >>>
How Do We Make Ourselves an Employer of Choice? >>>
What Is the Distinction Between Coaching and Mentoring? >>>
How Do We Build a Culture of Customer Service? >>>
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Discussion
Rewarding Generations

Posted in the Benefits & Compensation Forum:
A reader writes: "Recently I have been studying how to reward
different generations (Gen Y, Gen X, boomers). Each generation has different values, needs and wants shaped by the environment they lived in. Can anyone think of some creative ways to reward keeping in mind these generational differences? What does Gen Y want? What does Gen X want?"

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New blog: Workforce Washington
Welcome to Workforce Washington

I am Mark Schoeff Jr., WM's Washington correspondent, and I am entering the blogosphere with trepidation.

One reason for my hesitancy is that I'm not certain I'll consistently have great insight on the political milieu in Washington and how it relates to laws and regulations affecting people management. It's a big enough challenge just keeping up with what's happening here—let alone trying to make sense of it. And when I do have something to say, it may be off base because the playing field shifted and I didn't know it.

I'll make the standard disclaimer here that I make when I speak at political conferences in Indiana: I don't know what's going on in Washington; I just hope that people who do return my calls.

With that caveat out of the way, I look forward to opining on occasion from my perch in the nation's capital. If you would like to respond to something I said—or tell me why I got something wrong—please contact me at mschoeff@workforce.com.

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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 Fourth Annual World Health Care Congress; SAPPHIRE '07; 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.

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