Managing Change
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Allstate Agents Group Hopes to Affiliate With AFL-CIO
The National Association of Professional Allstate Agents Inc., formed more than two decades ago to protest Allstate’s move to shift more overhead costs to agents, will begin soon to solicit votes from its members on joining the Office and Professional Employees International Union as a guild.
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Workplace Regulations Provide Relief to Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Moms
The American with Disabilities Act Amendments took effect in January 2009, but the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines for the legislation were not issued until this past March.
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Trendy Topics Grab Ink, but HR Hot Line Reveals Basic Workplace Worries
While workplace issues such as bedbugs, social media and background checks have been heavily covered in the mainstream and business media, a recent top 10 list indicates that HR frets about such day-to-day issues as FMLA, performance management, discipline and termination.
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University Head Says Big-Picture Collaboration Is Key
Nancy Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York, aims to bring together community leaders, not-for-profits, unions and businesses to improve the city’s ‘cradle to career’ education.
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Oppenheimer Funds Inc. Optimas Award Winner for Managing Change
For its ability to swiftly respond to the economic downturn, restore customer confidence and increase employee skills with a new corporate model, OppenheimerFunds is the winner of the 2010 Optimas Award for Managing Change.
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Tennessee Law Allows English-Only Workplaces
The law also requires employers to provide notice to employees of the policy and the consequences of violating it. The law becomes effective immediately.
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Obama Backs Pension Funding Relief With Conditions
Administration wants to ensure that the cash saved by companies through funding relief is put into job creation and preservation—and that cash not needed for those purposes is put into the pension funds before being distributed to shareholders or plowed into pay raises for company executives.
