From the monthly archives:

February 2008

Absenteeism Costly to Employee

February 25, 2008

Usually absenteeism is a cost measured by employers. In this case, it wound up working the other way! From the: NEW MEXICO EMPLOYMENT LAW LETTER, MARCH, 2008, Volume 14, Issue 3, 832 words, Tinnin Law Firm, A Professional Corporation Absenteeism dooms $ 300,000 jury verdict for fired worker In a recent opinion, the U.S. Court [...]

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A Union Leader Who Isn’t Endorsing Barack Obama

February 22, 2008

The “Full View” of the Buffenbarger Rant Video introducing Hilary Clinton

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Keeping It In The Family

February 21, 2008

Another new twist on getting talent in the place where it may be required and doing what you have to keep it there: REcruitment of an Expatriate employee’s family members in the country where the Expat is based. Story that follows taken from http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=69922229 Global companies are seeking new ways to encourage expatriates’ relatives to [...]

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CBS Corp. to Pay More Than $31 Million for Final Cleanup of Bloomington, Indiana Superfund Sites

February 20, 2008

CBS Corp. to Pay More Than $31 Million for Final Cleanup of Bloomington, Indiana Superfund Sites This is a story that has been in the news for 25 years. Superfund sites created the old Westinghouse Corp. which later became a different company all together, finalizing a settlement on a SuperFund site in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Tata forms first SHRM student chaprter outside US

February 16, 2008

The Flat World Continues: TISS ties up with US-based Human Resource Society By PaGaLGuY News ServicePublished: February 16, 2008 Print Email Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) opened the first student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) outside the United States, known in India as Strategic Human Resource Management.The inaugural ceremony of [...]

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Cost of Commuting to Work

February 13, 2008

This is a great web site for looking at the maxmimum possible cost of your daily work and personal commuting. While I find the numbers somewhat debatable, the content makes one stop and think. Most people immediately think of the direct costs of driving: purchasing and maintaining a car, paying for gas and oil, insurance, [...]

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Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair

February 13, 2008

Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair Virtual Job Fairs Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – A Virtual JobFair for Palm Beach County businesses to recruit new employees is beingheld by Workforce Alliance from February 16th through February 29th andrunning day and night at the specially [...]

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Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair

February 13, 2008

Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair Virtual Job Fairs Workforce Alliance Holds Online Virtual Job Fair WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – A Virtual JobFair for Palm Beach County businesses to recruit new employees is beingheld by Workforce Alliance from February 16th through February 29th andrunning day and night at the specially [...]

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Technology in emerging economies:

February 11, 2008

Of internet cafes and power cuts. I remember visiting the island of Roatan in Honduras, and traveling through Coxen Hole and its myriad shops and shacks. There beckoning me like a glass of water for a parched man was the sign “Internet Cafe”. It was much cheaper than the $20 an hour connection on my [...]

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Evidenced Based Management in HR

February 11, 2008

Evidence-Based Human Resources: The Next Generation of Human Capital Analytics by Christpher Woock & John Gibbons The Conference Board http://www.evidencebasedmanagement.com/guests/woock_gibbons_feb08.html from The Conference Board In today’s knowledge economy human capital is no longer a means of competitiveness – it’s now the means of competitiveness. And now, ironically, after years of struggling for a strategic role, [...]

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