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Dear Workforce How Do We Improve the Odds of Retaining Key Contributors, Especially in the Midst of a Change in Ownership

Our company is being sold, and while the new management takes over, I have been asked t...

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Dear Workforce How Do I Overcome Resistance to New Diversity Initiatives

What challenges/resistance should I expect as our organization begins examining workfor...

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Dear Workforce How Do We Teach New Supervisors to Judge Employee Performance

How do we teach our supervisors to write more effective performance reviews? As we’ve d...

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Merrill Pays $1 Million to Settle SEC Charges It Misled Pension Funds

Merrill Lynch agrees to settle regulatory charges that a Florida office misled municipa...

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Lawmakers to Consider Executive Pay Curbs for U.S. Companies

The provision will be part of a broader package that would likely give the Federal Rese...

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DOL Seeks Delay in Investment Advice Rule

The Department of Labor has proposed delaying by 60 days the effective date of new rule...

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650,000 More Jobs Reported Cut in January

The outlook for future employment figures doesn’t get much better either, with estimate...

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Longer Notice Now Needed for Layoffs in New York

The New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act went into effect F...