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• Answering to a Hirer Power

  BNET - 2006-02-01

  Continental Tire North America gave workers at its Queen City plant an ultimatum in January: Surrender 35% of wages and benefits or employment would be cut almost in half, slashing 513 jobs, leaving only 573. Even then, the place might still be shut down and production shifted - more than...

  Tags: Employment, Thomson Corp., Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Smart Retirement Planning: Solid Planning and the Right Safety Net Will Ensure That You Enjoy Your Golden Years

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Americans have to change their attitude about retirement planning. Many think they can take their time, but that kind of thinking will not leave much of a nest egg. In years past, Americans would hold one for 25 years then retire with a pension that could carry them through their...

  Tags: Retirement, Thomson Corp., Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

• Health Insurance Costs Slow, But Still Top Inflation and Wage Increases

  BNET - 2005-10-01

  Health insurance costs climbed 9.2 percent between the spring of 2004 and the spring of 2005, their lowest rate of increase in five years but still far ahead of rises in inflation (3.5 percent) and workers' pay (2.7 percent), according to data compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The foundation's...

  Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Thomson Corp., Inflation, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Payroll Solutions, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

• Leveraging the New Human Capital: Adaptive Strategies, Results Achieved, and Stories of Transformation

  BNET - 2005-09-01

  Leveraging the New Human Capital focuses the reader upon the growing shape of the Information Age workforce. It stresses the differences between the Industrial Age worker, and the Information Age worker. Burud and Tumolo classify this new worker as "Dual-focus," meaning that the worker is focused on both home and...

  Tags: Strategy, Thomson Corp., Worker, Human Capital, Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

• A Saving Strategy

  BNET - 2005-07-01

  While Social Security's future continues to stir debate and make headlines, a separate issue of retirement financing is drawing employers' attention behind the scenes. It's the practice of automatically enrolling employees in companies' defined contribution retirement plans, mainly 401k plans. Some experts see automatic enrollment as the next step in...

  Tags: Strategy, Thomson Corp., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Social Security, Benefits, Investment, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Government, Finance

• Meeting the Needs of an Aging Workforce

  BNET - 2005-03-01

  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 95 percent of Americans over 65 who are willing and able to work are working, either full-time or part-time. Employment data reveal a similar pattern in many European nations. In much of the developed world, in fact, the workforce is aging. Many...

  Tags: Thomson Corp., Workforce, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

• Pensions; CFOs: Pension Woes Take Toll on Financials

  BNET - 2005-03-01

  The "Pain points" of pensions are starting to hurt CFOs even more these days. The second annual Pension Management Survey, sponsored by SEI Investments, found that fully 76 percent of responding finance chiefs said their defined-benefit DB plan was taking a toll on their financials, up from 61 percent in...

  Tags: Financials, Thomson Corp., Pension, CFO, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance

• Worth Every Penny

  BNET - 2004-11-01

  In an era when salaries are moving up at the slowest rates in decades, it's worth taking notice when the increase in base pay for a particular job is at least double or triple the average rate of increase for salaries generally. It's even more noteworthy when salary increases not...

  Tags: Thomson Corp., Salary, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources

• Turning Returns Management Into A Competitive Advantage In Hi-Tech Manufacturing

  BNET - 2004-10-25

  Although neither franchise advanced to the Fall Classic, the Dodgers and Angels provided the region with the most compelling season in recent memory. Now, each team's owner now faces a daunting off-season riddled with difficult business decisions. The strategies and tactics undertaken by the Dodgers' Frank McCourt and Angels' Arte...

  Tags: Competitive Advantage, Thomson Corp., Team Management, Strategy, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance

• Retirement Funds: A New Path to the American Dream: New Franchisees Open Their Doors With a Retirement Plan as the First Order of Business

  BNET - 2004-10-01

  The choices for financing new franchises are as varied as the franchises themselves. Today, franchisors, especially those selling specific types of businesses, may benefit most from a relatively unknown type of product that allows individuals to use retirement funds to purchase new franchises-without penalties, without taxes, and without interest. When...

  Tags: Thomson Corp., Franchise, Real Estate, Taxes, Regulations, Payroll Solutions, Free Trade, Investment, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance, Government