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• » FTC Ends Monster Data Security Probe
  Monster Worldwide has dodged a bullet from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission related to a major data breach last year. The parent company of electronic job board Monster said an FTC probe into the breach was resolved.

• » Supreme Court Rules Individual Retirement Plan Participants Can Sue Employers Over 401(k) Losses
  Previously, plan participants could only sue employers over such losses through class-action suits. The justices’ decision could result in a deluge of lawsuits for plan sponsors, many observers say.

• » Visa Rules May Ease Hiring of Farmworkers but Raise Costs

• » Insurers Say They Won’t Pay for Preventable Medical Errors

• » The RightThing Takes On AIRS

• » Supreme Court Parses Congressional Intent on Retaliation Law

• » San Francisco ‘Pay or Play’ Law Allowed to Proceed

• » Size of Media Workforce Sinks to 15-Year Low

• » Disclosure of Incentive Pay Targets Improved in 2007

• » Reed Elsevier Buys ChoicePoint, Boosts Background Checking Capability

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CEO Pay and the ‘Corpocracy’
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The Last Word: Dr. John Sullivan
Kill the ‘HR Speak’
The bewildering array of meaningless terms builds a language wall between human resources and the rest of the business.

COMMENTARY: Alan L. Rupe
Meet the Bosses Who Could Win the 'Awful'
When bad boss behavior occurs, it generally happens in an atmosphere in which the law is ignored, company policy is ignored and the line separating good business practices from boorish conduct—and often unlawful conduct—is crossed

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Flex Schedules
- posted in the General Forum
A reader writes: “My company doesn’t have an official flex schedule policy, which means some departments are able to have a flex schedule whereas other departments do not, like my department (HR). What is the best way to present a request for consideration to see if this benefit can be implemented to the VP of HR?"

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