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March 11 - 17, 2007
Vol. 8  Issue 11

 

In This Issue ...

  • Workforce News of the Week

  • Workforce.com Adds Blogs, Podcasts

  • Special Feature: Why China Matters

  • Special Feature: HR on the Hot Seat in China

  • Feature: Bucking the HR Outsourcing Trend

  • Forum Post: Least ‘Employee-Friendly' States

  • Workforce Blog: The Business of Management

  • Best in Shows: A Review of Conventions and Conferences

  • Commentary: Are Your Executives Sabotaging Your Strategy?

 

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Workforce News of the Week:

HR Organizations Form United Front on Immigration Reform: Five groups will spend $1 million on the HR Initiative for a Legal Workforce, a lobbying effort designed to educate lawmakers about employer aspects of immigration reform.
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Costs Aren't Killing Employer Health Benefits: Reports of the death of employer-provided health insurance may be premature. Despite growing concerns about rising health care costs, employers continue to offer health benefits to employees at rates that have stayed relatively stable since the 1980s.
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On-Site Doctors Bolster Disease Management: Doctors in medical clinics at employer work sites are three times more likely to get employees with chronic illnesses enrolled in disease management programs than the telephone counselors most programs rely on, a new study shows.
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Lawmaker Hints at 401(k) Legislation
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HotJobs Adopts Sister Site's Online Forum
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Blues to Launch Virtual Bank for HSA Dollars
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Mental Health Care Bill Could Pit House Against Senate
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Experts Tout U.K. Law to Allow Shareholder Voice on Pay
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Can Dems Work With Business?
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Hurtin'? Go to Work Anyway
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Discrimination Starts at Top, Execs Say
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Workers Unprepared for Future?
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Blogs and Training
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New features
Workforce.com Adds Blogs, Podcasts

We've added new features to the site, and expect to bring you more in the next few months. Check out our blogs, including staff writer Ed Frauenheim's "China Matters" reports, which give you a more personal look at the intersections of culture and workforce management that he discovered during his recent three-week reporting trip (see more about his special global report, below). His blog joins "The Business of Management," where Workforce Management editor John Hollon shares his insights on the successes and follies of corporate management.
We're also happy to introduce podcasts to the site, and as part of our special global report, we're kicking off with interviews of workforce management leaders in China. We hope you enjoy them!

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Feature
Special global report

China Matters to HR

China emerged from 50 years of communist rule to become the manufacturer to the world, as well as the planet's fastest-growing economy. What happens with the development of China's workforce is likely to influence the West—including the United States. In this multimedia special report, staff writer Ed Frauenheim explores why China matters to workforce management professionals worldwide.

Read more about HR in China. >>>
 

Feature
Special global report
  HR on the Hot Seat in China

Not only do HR departments at multinationals operating in China face intense challenges when it comes to leadership talent matters, but HR executives themselves are among the most sought-after professionals.

Read more about the demand for HR professionals in China. >>>

Also:
Vendors Rush In >>>
"China Matters" Blog >>>
"China Matters" Podcasts: Hear interviews with workforce management professionals from Hewlett-Packard, Korn/Ferry, Hyatt and more. >>>
China's Talent Wars >>>
Recruiting on Asian Job Boards >>>

Feature
Inside job
  Bucking the HR Outsourcing Trend

Schneider Electric North America bucks the HR outsourcing trend in favor of a shared-services arrangement that enables real-time access to workforce data in-house and gives the company more control and flexibility.

Read about Schneider Electric's shared-services arrangement for HR. >>>

Also:

Unlocking the Benefits of Shared Services >>>
Midsize Employers in Sweet Spot for End-to-End HR Outsourcing >>>
Sector Report: Outsourcing—BPO Bandwagon >>>
As Midmarket HR BPO Business Heats Up, Providers Could Be In for Surprises >>>

Discussion
  Least ‘Employee-Friendly' States

Posted in the Legal Forum:
A reader writes: "Does anyone have any suggestions about how to find out which state's laws are considered least employee-friendly? I've been told that honor would likely go to Florida, but my new CEO asked the question and I wanted to be able to support my answer with some facts. I haven't been able to find anything yet with an Internet search, and it may only be subjective info anyway. Any ideas?"

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Workforce Blog: The Business of Management
It's Madness to Worry About March Madness

There are lots of workforce consultants who seem to think that the NCAA men's basketball tournament and the focus some people will have on it, particularly this week, is the Scourge From Hell. I know this because I was inundated last week with e-mail pitches from consultants who want to be sources or offer their expert opinions on how March Madness saps America's workforce.

Click here to read the blog. >>>

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 2007 Strategic E-HR Conference: Maximizing the Value of HR Through Technology, February 28-March 1, 2007, Coronado Island Marriott, Coronado, California; the Work-Life 2007 Conference & Exhibition, sponsored by WorldatWork and the Alliance for Work-Life Progress; the Pensions & Investments 15th Annual East Coast Defined Contribution Conference; the 2007 Deploy Solutions User Conference; and
the Conference Board 2007 Employee Health Care Conference. >>>

Also:

Best in Shows 2006 >>>

Employee involvement

Are Your Executives Sabotaging Your Strategy?
CEOs face tremendous obstacles in generating strong internal commitment to their plans. Even the senior management team often is not truly committed to the CEO's strategy.
Read more about getting everyone in an organization on the same page.
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Also:
How Great Leadership Traits Can Squelch Employee Commitment >>>
HR's Burden of Proof >>>
Finding and Keeping the Best: 3 Ways to Ensure That Employees Stay>>>




 


 

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Are today's college graduates really more self-centered than past generations of young people joining the workforce fresh out of college? 
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I don't know.
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Sorry. I wasn't paying attention to you.

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