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- work time when an employee is paid, but is not required to be at work. Leave takes several forms and includes time off for vacation. The number of days of...
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- Midwest faces special threats: Multi-state event addresses herbicide drift and more
- Northwest Missouri--Midwest grapegrowers are almost certain to experience herbicide drift during their growing season. Herbicides control weeds, and grapes are especially sensitive to herbicides commonly used on other crops. Drift occurs when herbicide is blown into neighboring acreage, injuring sensitive plants. If injury is repeated or severe, drift can...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Award-winning Iranian journalist hospitalised in jail: report
- TEHRAN AFP — An award-winning Iranian journalist and rights activist has been hospitalised in jail in Tehran after returning to prison from sick leave, a press report said on Monday. "Emadeddin Baghi has once again been taken to Evin prison infirmary," the reformist newspaper Kargozaran said, without giving details...
- Research articles 2008-05-12
- Directory: third party administrators
- DIRECTORY THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATORS Below are paid listings of third-party administrators TPAs according to the types of claims they handle: health care; disability; workers' comp; managed care automation; software automation; property; marine/ aviation; professional liability; and other casualty claims. To obtain more information on any of the programs listed,...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- The Butterbaugh fallacy
- I. INTRODUCTION II. BACKGROUND III. THE USERRA ISSUE A. A Butterbaugh Appellant's Prima Facie USERRA Burden 1. The First Essential USERRA Question: Were Employee ...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- CORRECTION FROM SOURCE/The Government of Canada Takes Action to Protect the Civilian Status of Reservists: Minister Blackburn Meets Reservists at HMCS Scotian.(Correction notice)
- HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, Mar 18, 2008 Marketwire via COMTEX -- In the release issued for HRSDC this morning at 9:30 am ET, a backgrounder was omitted. The complete and corrected release follows. The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, Minister of Labour and Minister of the...
- Research articles 2008-03-18
- Accounting for Talent ; It's a war for talent at the Big Four of accountancy. Here's how you can make the most of it.
- Six months back, Pabani Sengupta, 36, decided to go on maternity leave. Nothing peculiar in that except that she wanted the three-month leave for adopting a seven-month-old child. Sengupta is Manager Financial Advisory Services, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers PwC India, that, incidentally, did not have any such provision in its HR policy. ...
- Research articles 2008-02-24
- Is a Common Cold a Serious Health Condition?
- To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Julie Malveaux, +1-703-535-6273, jmalveaux@shrm.org, Jeanene Harris, +1-703-535-6356, jharris@shrm.org, or Jennifer Hughes, +1-703-535-6072, jhughes@shrm.org, all of the Society for Human Resource Management HR professional asks Senate to close FMLA loopholes ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A representative of the worlds largest organization devoted to human...
- Research articles 2008-02-13
- Toronto Raptors basketball coach takes personal leave
- TORONTO AFP — Toronto Raptors coach Sam Mitchell has taken an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons, the National Basketball Association team said Monday. The Toronto Star reported that Mitchell is expected to remain on leave until after this weekend's All-Star break in order to spend time with...
- Research articles 2008-02-12
- Family leave again before N.J. Senate
- TRENTON - The battle over paid family leave in New Jersey was renewed yesterday in a Senate committee hearing, with proponents calling it a matter of fairness and opponents saying it would hurt the state's business climate. After the hearing, the Budget and Appropriations Committee released the paid family leave...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- S.African police chief placed on leave over graft case
- PRETORIA AFP — South African national police chief Jackie Selebi was placed on extended leave Saturday, a day after prosecutors announced plans to charge him with corruption over his links to a murder suspect. In a press conference, President Thabo Mbeki said there was uniform acknowledgement that Selebi's presence...
- Research articles 2008-01-12
- 2007 Ad
- Laws concerning the minimum wage, prevailing wages, equal employment opportunity, wages paid, time off, drug and alcohol testing, child labor, and worker privacy were among the most active areas with new or amended legislation enacted during the year ********** The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- Hangover is main reason for Britons taking sick leave: study
- LONDON AFP — The morning after the night before is the main reason in Britain for employees calling in sick, a study published Wednesday showed. One in five workers opting to stay in bed do so because of over-indulgence, according to 500 individuals surveyed by Unum insurance company. Scots...
- Research articles 2007-12-19
- State Says Few Workers Would Use Paid Family Leave
- STATEHOUSE Controversial bill to get Assembly committee hearing If the state's proposed paid family leave program becomes a reality, nearly one out of every 100 eligible workers in New lersey-about 35,600 people-would annually use it, taking an average of nine weeks per leave, according to a state analysis....
- Research articles 2007-12-03
- gardens: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK…
- CLEAR the last of the fallen leaves to add to the leafmould pile and prevent a build-up of pests. Move large deciduous shrubs when they are leafless and dormant, between now and mid-March. Cover brassicas with netting if pigeons are a problem. Plant any cane, bush and...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Do it!
- EASY CHECK pots of bulbs being forced for Christmas. Give them plenty of light when the shoots are 2ins tall and increase the warmth when the flower buds emerge. PLANT tulips and hyacinth bulbs outdoors in bold drifts of the same variety, or in...
- Research articles 2007-11-11
- Paid Leave For Workers Hits a Snag
- STATEHOUSE Top lawmakers say burden is too much for small business A controversial measure that would give all workers in New Jersey 10 weeks of paid leave to care for sick family members would have to be scaled back to fewer weeks before it could be considered by...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Golden Parachutes Galore for Departing UC Prez
- One thing departing University of California President Robert Dynes won't have to worry about is money. It turns out that Dynes - who was nudged out as UC's top dog after a string of embarrassing stories about the university's liberal pay and perk packages for top managers - is in...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Ashley Fox | Amid the blitz, coach stands tall
- Eagles coach Andy Reid was on the practice field yesterday morning, imploring his offense to pick up the pace. As airplanes darted into and out of low-hanging clouds and the scent of barbecue wafted out of the NovaCare Complex kitchen, Reid, play sheet in hand, seemed focused only on football....
- Research articles 2007-08-25
- Corzine Pushes Paid Family Leave
- STATEHOUSE He vows to sign a measure by the end of the current year Gov. Jon Corzine has given a glowing endorsement to legislation that would make New Jersey the third state to offer paid leave to public- and private-sector employees who need to care for seriously ill...
- Research articles 2007-06-25
- Iraq speaker ordered on leave after brawl
- BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq's parliament on Sunday sent its Sunni speaker Mahmud Mashhadani on indefinite leave after he allegedly ordered his bodyguards to beat up a fellow MP, a lawmaker said. Mashhadani, known for his loud rhetoric in parliament, set his bodyguards on Fariyad Mohammed after a heated verbal...
- Research articles 2007-06-10
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