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- Debunking the IT Shortage Myth
- While Microsoft, Google, and Oracle are lobbying Congress to increase the number of H-1B temporary worker visas so they can meet what they describe as a shortage of skilled technology workers, many skilled technology workers who are already in the U.S. are reporting having trouble finding jobs. InformationWeek recently explored...
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Can "Reverse Discrimination" Exist Under the ADEA?
- Does an employer violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ADEA by entering into a collective bargaining agreement providing retiree health benefits only to workers who had reached age 50 by a certain date? The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear such a case during its 2003-2004 term. More...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Unemployment, Wages and Collective Bargaining in the European Union
- The paper questions the predominant view on unemployment and wages in the European Union according to which high unemployment is primarily caused by labor market rigidities, i.e. social institutions and regulations which prevent "market-clearing" real wage levels and structures. Weakened labor union bargaining power and changing collective bargaining strategies have...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- Asian Evasion
- Public Employees Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund, earned an impressive 23.3 percent return in 2003. Imagine how much better it might have done if it paid more attention to Asia. In February 2002, Calpers pulled out of stocks in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, citing concerns about corporate governance,...
- White papers 2004-03-01
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- Workplace violence.(Hawaii. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations sues a women)(Brief Article)
- Workplace Violence. The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled that a woman who was fired for joking about workplace violence is not entitled to unemployment benefits. Such benefits can be denied under state law if a worker was fired for misconduct. The employee, who had worked at the...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- The National Labor Relations Board has certified a vote by workers to remove the union at the Tyson Foods Inc
- The National Labor Relations Board has certified a vote by workers to remove the union at the Tyson Foods Inc. packing plant at Pasco, Wash. Tyson said it will give workers a pay increase and additional benefits beginning July 3.
- Research articles 2005-06-13
- Woman joins helm of Indianapolis law firm.
- The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 10--Melissa Proffitt Reese will serve as the first female managing partner at Ice Miller, the firm announced Friday. Only 9 percent of managing partners are women in the top 200 U.S. law ...
- Research articles 2004-07-10
- Card Check May Fall to Death by Negotiation
- Costco, Starbucks and Whole Foods may seem unlikely to win the affection of their fellow retailers over their proposal for compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act, or card check bill, but they may just have begun the process of gutting the proposal. Costco, Starbucks and Whole...
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Safety program revamped at Bath Iron Works - Developments in Industrial Relations
- Safety program revamped at Bath Iron Works Labor relations at Bath Iron Works took a turn for the better when the shipbuilding firm and three unions cooperated in a revamping of the safety program that boded well for mid-1988 bargaining on wages and benefits, in contrast with 1985, when...
- Research articles 1988-04-01
- Nurses' Union Says Duke University Violated Labor Laws.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- May 16--DURHAM, N.C.--The union trying to organize 2,000 nurses at Duke University Hospital has charged that Duke violated federal law by improving benefits and working conditions in a bid to discourage the union effort. The union filed two charges of unfair labor practices late...
- Research articles 2000-05-15
- News From USW: Steelworkers File Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against FiberMark
- Paper Company Slashes Wages, Benefits of Workers in New York PITTSBURGH -- News From USW: The United Steelworkers USW announced today that the union has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board NLRB against FiberMark Inc., in Lowville, N.Y., for illegally forcing severe wage and...
- Research articles 2007-04-19
- The answer to labor-management conflict is productivity
- NEW YORK AP -- If resolution of the General Motors strike is to have long-term benefits for both company and union, it will require a new level of creativity and cooperation in labor relations. Even now, the two sides are dug deeply into opposing interpretations of what is...
- Research articles 1998-07-31
- Union to provide benefits to displaced WTC workers - Service Employees International Union, World Trade Center, New York, New York - Brief Article
- Mike Fishman, President of SEIU Local 32BJ, metro New York's building service workers union, and Jim Berg, President of the Realty Advisory Board RAB on Labor Relations, announced a ground-breaking, industry-wide, agreement to provide healthcare, income, and jobs to the 2000 office cleaners, elevator starters, security officers, maintenance workers and...
- Research articles 2001-10-03
- Mutual gains at Georgia Power - Georgia Power Co - Developments in Industrial Relations
- Using mutual gains bargaining, negotiators for Georgia Power Co. and Local 84 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers signed a 3-year agreement covering some 5,500 utility workers statewide. During contract talks, joint committees reviewed areas, such as wages, benefits, and work rules, to negotiate changes that would be...
- Research articles 1994-04-01
- NYC Outward Bound Center Names Four to Board of Directors
- LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. -- The New York City Outward Bound Center, one of Outward Bound's five urban-based education centers in the United States, announced today that it has named four new directors to its Board: Jane Greenman, vice president-compensation, benefits & labor relations, TYCO International; L. Brooks Entwistle and...
- Research articles 2004-12-22
- United Airline accord - Developments in industrial relations
- Some 14,000 flight attendants at United Airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, ratified a 5-year collective bargaining agreement that provides for decreases in wages and benefits, and changes in work rules benefiting the carrier. The contract becomes effective with the acquisition of the UAL Corp., the parent company...
- Research articles 1990-07-01
- Edison, N.J.-Based Spin-Off Announces First Contract as a Web Adviser.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Jul. 6--SeraNova, an Internet services company, will announce its first contract as a separate company today following a spin-off from Intelligroup Inc. Under the agreement, SeraNova will create an Internet portal for Ford Motor Co. that will store forms and information about benefits, ...
- Research articles 2000-07-06
- Human Resource Management Basics: Small Versus Large Firm Practices
- This paper provides a basic overview of the human resource management functions performed in organizations, comparing and contrasting these functional areas from the perspective of small and large organizations. This comparison is done by virtue of the functions defined by the Society for Human Resource Management and includes: Employment, Placement,...
- White papers 2004-04-22
- Food Roundup: China Safety Debate, Smithfield Union Delay, Kellogg Severance Pay, and More
- China postpones food safety debate -- The Chinese legislature will not debate proposed revisions to its food safety laws until early next year, in order to allow more time for evaluation. Melamine contamination and other food safety scandals have led the country to reevaluate its current policies. [Source: AP] ...
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
- PEOPLE.(Brief Article)
- Ryder System Inc. has elected Carol A. Kiryluk vice president and chief human resource officer. Kiryluk is responsible for managing worldwide human resources, including organization strategy and effectiveness, career development and succession planning, staffing and labor relations, compensation, and benefits. Morgan Corp. has...
- Research articles 2000-01-31
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