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Workforce News of the Week:
Amid Wildfires, Flex Is Key to Getting Workers Back on Job: The
wildfires that ravaged San Diego County proved to be an opportunity and
a test for employers competing to retain highly coveted technology workers.
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Plans May Differ, but Politicians Push Health Care Overhaul: Speaking
at a recent health care forum in New York, four senators and one congressman
agreed that a change in the employer-sponsored health care system is needed,
but they differed on the details.
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WellPoint Joins With Zagat for Doctor Ratings: Beginning in January,
1 million of WellPoint’s 35 million members will be able to rate their doctors
using a survey developed by Zagat, the company famous for its restaurant
guides.
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Kronos Acquires Deploy Solutions in Bid to Expand Services: In a
move to establish itself as a dominant force in hourly staffing software,
Kronos announces it is acquiring Deploy, a provider of selection and hiring
software.
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Workers Crave IRAs, Study Says
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Chrysler to Cut Four Models, Up to 10,000 Hourly Jobs
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Nardelli Wants to Offer Employee Stock Options; Chrysler Chairman Lauds
UAW Contract Passage
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Stacking Up the Talent Management Software Suites at HR Tech Show
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HR Software Face-Off Reveals Latest Trends
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Quick Takes:
Women ‘Becoming Valued’ by Businesses, Think Tank Says
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What a Waist: Employees Want Help Losing Weight
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Black Gold, Golden Opportunities
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Nurses Are Least Satisfied Health Care Workers
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5 Questions
Feature: In Defense of CEO Pay
In a new book, Watson Wyatt
executive compensation consultants Ira Kay and Steve Van Putten argue that
heightened interest--and outrage--over high executive pay is unfounded.
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Companies Using Compensation Consultants Pay CEOs
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SEC Has Yet to Deliver Its Final Say on Executive
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New Proxy Disclosure Rules Enhance the Pay Role
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Benefits season
Open Enrollment: 7 Strategies for Success
Open enrollment is an opportunity
to showcase for workers how well the company is taking care of them, according
to benefits and health care experts. And it's an opportune time not only
to educate workers about how to choose coverage wisely, but also to be sure
that they know doing so can preserve their health and perhaps save them
(and the company) money.
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season. >>>
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Auditing for the Ineligibles
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9 Critical Trends in Benefits>>>
How to Make the Right Voluntary Benefit Choices
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Discussion
Postings to Baghdad
Posted in the General Forum:
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directive from the diplomatic service which 'insists' that employees be
posted to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Can one refuse? Can one be terminated
for refusing?”
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Blogs: The Business of Management
Survey Says: HR Still Doesn’t Get
It
If I were an HR professional,
I’d get awfully tired of feeling like a punching bag. Year after year, almost
without exception, research and surveys come forth that show the shortcomings
of the human resources profession.
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Would Your Company Trade for Kobe Bryant?
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available, or would you rather have strength at all positions and spread
the money around?
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Workforce Washington
Ways & Means Takes a More Reserved Approach to 401(k) Fees
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Retirement benefits
Feature: Cash-Balance Plans May Make a Comeback
Two years ago, the
phrase “cash-balance plan” sent shivers down the spines of benefit managers.
In fact, about the only time the term came up was when executives discussed
how to get out of the plans. But now, thanks to the Pension Protection Act
and a key court decision favoring cash-balance plans, which are a hybrid
of defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans, a number of large organizations
are considering them as part of their benefit packages.
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retirement plans. >>>
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Accounting Rules May Put Pensions on Ice
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Firms Gauging Impact of Pension Reform Law
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IBM Strives for the Security of Defined-Benefit
Programs as It Shifts Focus to 401(k)s
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The Last Word
Résumés: Paper Please
I’m a big fan of technology,
but at this time, the pitfalls of video résumés outweigh the benefits.
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Video Résumés: Hot or Not?
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When HR Becomes CSI
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Not All Turnover Is Equal>>>
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