Recently added articles from Workforce Management:
SECURITY OF STABLE-VALUE FUNDS CONCERNS PLAN SPONSORS.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Marquez Stable-value funds have long been thought to be the safest of financial investments. But now a number of 401(k) plan sponsors are discussing whether they should communicate more with participants about how these funds operate. In early April, ...
BIDDING AROUND SUMTOTAL COULD BUOY INDUSTRY.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim A bidding war for SumTotal Systems could amount to a shot in the arm for HR software sellers and customers alike amid a sickly economy. Private equity firms Vista Equity Partners and Accel-KKR each have offered to buy the Mountain View, ...
IDENTITY-THEFT RULING REVERSED; DHS SHIFTS FOCUS TO EMPLOYERS.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Schoeff Jr. Enforcement on illegal immigration will shift toward employers and away from undocumented workers in the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision and a policy change by the Department of Homeland Security. On May 4, the court ruled that an ...
Outsourcing on the home front.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Jeremy Smerd Unlike Indian outsourcing companies, domestic outsourcing firms, which use customer service agents who work from home, have found their business has picked up in recent months. "We're finding the economy to be good to us,'' says Rob Duncan, COO of ...
EXPERTS WARY OF PROPOSED `BAILOUT FUNDS'.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Marquez As part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Obama administration is encouraging a number of investment companies to create "bailout funds,'' or mutual funds that would buy troubled mortgage securities from banks and, if all goes well, eventually ...
India on the outs?
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Jeremy Smerd Sitting in his dimly lit office in Hyderabad, India, two years ago, Hari Thalapalli, then head of HR for Satyam Computer Services, jumped on a conference call with industry colleagues to defuse a growing backlash in the U.S. against companies outsourcing ...
Staying the Course; The recession has forced difficult changes on employers nationwide. But when it comes to long-term talent strategy at McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Caterpillar, their HR leaders say they are holding steady.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim Despite an economy in turmoil, millions of jobs lost and sagging employee confidence nationwide, there's no reason to panic, say HR executives at some of the largest corporations in the world. The top people officers of McDonald's, Coca-Cola and ...
Co-CEOs: Two at the Top.(Kathryn Hayley and Baljit Dail of Aon Consulting Inc.)
May 18, 2009; ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim The co-chief executive officers of Aon Consulting do not always huddle about global strategy, economic turmoil and technological change. They also talk about being co-CEO of a family and being a parent. Kathryn Hayley has two girls, ages 12 and ...
Tech Treatment.
May 18, 2009; ... Byline: Jeremy Smerd In 2006, emergency room doctor Elliot Justin gave a young patient a diagnosis that sent the patient's mother into a rage. "I told her, `Your child is fine,' '' Justin said. What enraged the mother was not the cut on the child's face, ...
JOB CUTS AT GM IN HIGH GEAR; Automaker's layoffs move with assembly line efficiency; more reductions ahead.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Jeremy Smerd Employing the efficiency of an automotive assembly line, General Motors has laid off close to 3,400 salaried workers in recent months, moving individual employees from their desks and out the door in a half-hour's time. The layoffs are part of a ...
CRITICS TAKE LESS THAN ROSY VIEW OF PUSH FOR GREEN JOBS.
May 18, 2009; ... Byline: Mark Schoeff Jr. A growing number of proponents claim that creating so-called "green jobs'' can help revive the economy. President Barack Obama has made energy reform a priority in his economic recovery strategy, along with health care and education. The $787 ...
`Deceptive'exec comp alleged at McDonald's.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim A lawsuit filed in March against McDonald's by a former employee accuses the restaurant giant of fraud when it comes to executive compensation disclosures. In the suit, former McDonald's senior director of executive compensation Lisa Bridges ...
DOL SEEKING MORE FUNDING FOR WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Schoeff Jr. The first Department of Labor budget of the Obama administration places an emphasis on workplace safety enforcement and other worker protections. In a detailed proposal announced May 7, the agency asks Congress for $1.7 billion in funding for ...
Losing sight.
May 18, 2009 ... Byline: John Hollon This is what qualifies as good news these days: Last week, the Conference Board Employment Trends Index, which is an aggregation of eight labor-market indicators, reported a drop of "only'' 0.7 percent in April, the smallest decline in nearly a year. ...
New in the C-Suite.(Amy B. Smith appointed at Dynamics Research Corp.)(Samuel T. Proctor appointed at Conner Strong)(Richard Mazelsky appointed at Clovis)(Brief article)
May 18, 2009 ... Amy B. Smith has been named vice president of human capital at Information Experts. She recently served as executive director of human capital at Kadix Systems/ Dynamics Research Corp. Smith previously worked as president and chief learning officer at Amy Smith Consulting. ...
THE BOTTOM LINE ON DIVERSITY; MELISSA DONALDSON, senior manager of inclusion practices, CDW.
May 18, 2009 ... At technology vendor CDW, diversity is about the color greenas in reaping financial rewards. Melissa Donaldson, senior manager of inclusion practices, says the Connections@ CDW program is not a feel-good measure for the company, where about a quarter of the 6,700 workers are people of ...
Are you "among the best'?
Apr 20, 2009 ... Byline: John Hollon Despite how much I like to write about bad management practices (as I did here last time with my annual Stupidus Maximus Award), most people gravitate to the good stuff. They want to know about the really wonderful business initiatives that make great ...
HOSTAGE-TAKING IN FRANCE HAS U.S. OBSERVERS ON THEIR GUARD.
Apr 20, 2009 ... Byline: Jessica Marquez Labor relations experts are beginning to wonder if a recent string of incidents in France where employees have taken their managers hostage also could unfold in the U.S. In the past several weeks, workers at 3M Co., Sony Corp. and Caterpillar ...
ANGELS' LOOK AFTER VICTIMS OF DOWNTURN.
Apr 20, 2009; ... Byline: Ed Frauenheim They are the recession's version of Clarence from It's a Wonderful Life. Like the angel who aids a depressed banker played by James Stewart in the movie classic, JobAngels are people volunteering to help today's pink-slipped souls get back to work. ...
Crafting clawbacks.(regulation for executive compensation)
Apr 20, 2009; ... Byline: Fay Hansen As with other pending legislative and regulatory changes in executive compensation, proposals for mandatory clawbacks are modeled after the provisions now required for companies receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. "It's not yet clear ...