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May 20 - 26, 2007 |
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Workforce News of the Week:
HR Group Skeptical of Immigration Deal: As far as the Society for
Human Resource Management is concerned, the success or failure of the proposed
reform hinges on a key issue: accuracy in status verification.
Stock Surge Fuels New Monster Rumors: Speculation of a takeover
intensified Tuesday, May 15, when it became public that Monster was pulling
out of a Goldman Sachs conference.
UPS, Teamsters Considering Joint Pension Plan
CFO Churn Hits a Three-Year Low
Chrysler Sale to Cerberus Could Mean Tough Negotiations for UAW
Smoke Breaks: U.K. Employers Ambivalent
Employees Who Browse Online Fear Getting Fired
Hiring Quandary: Restaurants Looking for Big Tips
Australian Firms Eye Overseas Workers
England Wants to Hold Employers Accountable for Checking Immigrants
Special report Corporations are struggling to deal with a prolonged U.S. housing slump that has left relocation programs stuck with high-priced homes purchased from employees who have been moved to new locations. Dealing with the weak U.S. housing market has become the top priority for most corporate relocation officers.
Read more about relocations in the declining housing
market. >>>
Retrained & ready Employers facing talent shortages may want to take note how recruiting displaced workers from old-line industries like the U.S. auto business—and collaborating with firms in similar straits—can help them close workforce gaps.
Read more about retraining workers for health care
jobs. >>>
Tool Business and Professional Women/USA, an advocacy organization for working women, adapted this audit from a Department of Labor document to help employers gauge whether they are paying male and female employees equally. The organization notes that discrepancies can lead to costly lawsuits.
Click here to read more about pay equity audits.
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Bringing Professional Women Back Into the Workforce
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Book Excerpt: Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping
Talented Women on the Road to Success >>> Does Discrimination Depress Women's Pay? >>>
Discussion
Posted in the General Forum:
Blog Just what does it take for a CEO to get fired for cause? Home Box Office chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht provided the answer. Read more of the Business of Management blog. >>>
Conventions & conferences
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.
Commentary Work-site raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been steadily increasing nationwide. Employers must learn what the immigration laws expect of them in order to avoid being the next target.
Read more about hoo avoid becoming the target
of an immigration raid. >>>
Becoming the ‘Eye of the Tiger'
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Finding and Keeping the Best: 3 Ways to Ensure
That Employees Stay >>>
How Great Leadership Traits Can Squelch Employee
Commitment >>> |
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Feature: Employee Mobility—Popped by the Housing Bubble
