The Find: Hourly workers make up 60 percent of the U.S. labor force, yet little effort is spent on improving their productivity -- despite research that suggests that you can do so. The Source: A study by the Workforce Institute. The Takeaway: Besides...
PHOENIX -- Point B Solutions Group (www.pointb.com) was named a winner of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility today, distinguishing the employer as a leading practitioner of workplace flexibility in Phoenix and across the nation. The Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business...
State Street Also Recognized with 21st Century Achievement Award by the Computerworld Honors Program BOSTON -- State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it has been named one of the top 100 workplaces for professionals in IDG's...
Concern about eye injuries may surface with Fourth of July fireworks, but it's more likely for such injuries to occur at home in the kitchen, garden or garage, an eye doctors' association reports today. "People think they're most at risk in the workplace or playing sports," says Andrew...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FOR SHARON WARNER AND HER OBSTETRICIAN/GYNECOLOGIST husband, Christopher, it wasn't enough to engage in eco-friendly practices such as recycling and conserving water usage at home. As owners of a thriving medical practice in Washington, D.C., the couple decided that social responsibility belonged in the workplace as...
AMB Property Corporation, has announced that it has received a "Commended Recognition" designation in CoreNet Global's annual "Sustainable Leadership Award" competition for the development of its AMB Morgan Business Center. The Center is a 343,030 s/f industrial facility located in Savannah, Georgia and is the first LEED-Silver certified speculative development...
SEATTLE -- Deloitte Seattle was named a winner of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility today, distinguishing the employer as a leading practitioner of workplace flexibility in the Seattle region and across the nation. As a winner, Deloitte ranks in the top 20 percent...
CollegeWeekLive( http://www.collegeweeklive.com ),the largest virtual college fair, today announced additional details on itsupcoming" Paying for College " event,an interactive, online-only forum and exposition being held July 10, 2008.This virtual event will provide a unique, FREE resource to help parents,students and financial aid administrators find creative and affordable waysto fund acollege...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The following releases focuses on the topic Workplace & Careers II ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME, UNLESS NOTED STORIES MOVED AT 4:35 AM ET ON JUNE 17, 2008. WAKEFIELD, Mass.--SEMPO Institute, i.c. stars, and SIM Partners Align to Create Career Opportunities Source:...
Their Workplace Volunteer Programs Will Receive Awards at the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service RICHMOND, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genworth Financial, Inc. was recognized by the Points of Light Institute, the world's largest volunteer organization, with one of five national awards at its...
What does managing cancer mean for employers and employees when it becomes a chronic--not terminal--disease? NEW YORK -- New York Business Group on Health NYBGH will present "Workplace Responses to Employees with Cancer: What Employers Can Do," Wednesday, June 18th from 8:00 am - 12:45 p.m. at the...
ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePointR has been honored by Points of Light Institute with the 2008 Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs award. ChoicePoint was recognized for the creation of the ADAM Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children, for providing discounted background screening services to the non-profit...
WASHINGTON -- When "Fidgety Philip" grows up, the problems of attention deficit disorder can multiply into loss of nearly a month's work per year. Long seen as a problem for children, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was first described in 1845 by Dr. Heinrich Hoffman, who wrote "The...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Marshall Goldsmith, author of the #1-rated business book in 2007, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, and corporate America's preeminent executive coach, will deliver an interactive presentation to business leaders and consultants at the Westin San Francisco Airport on Monday, June 9th. This is the...
Students earn college degrees at work site; more locations planned SALT LAKE CITY, May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The halls may not be covered in ivy, but the Verizon Wireless call center near Salt Lake City is very much an institution of higher learning. Through a...
Momentum grows as thousands of colleges choose hosted communication and collaboration services from Microsoft Live@edu. REDMOND, Wash., May 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. is adding no-cost Microsoft Exchange Labs e-mail for students and alumni to its Live@edu online communication and collaboration applications tailored for educational institutions. Live@edu...
When Gene Callahan arrived at Tulsa Technology Center in the 1980s, there wasn't a single computer in sight. Flash forward 20 years and Tulsa Tech currently operates more than 3,000 computers. "It changed how we did work in the offices and it changed...
WellPoint's Associate Wellness Program Captures 2008 Gold Award INDIANAPOLIS, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. today announced it was recognized as one of the best employers for healthy lifestyles by the National Business Group on Health NBGH. The national non- profit organization of large employers honored...
The Project Management Institute OrangeCounty, California Chapter (PMI-OC), a widely recognized volunteerorganization that promotes the development of project management as abenefit across all industries, today announced that world class businesssuccess and career coach John M. McKee, author of "Career Wisdom - 101Proven Strategies to Ensure Workplace Success" and "21 Ways...
Erie Insurance among 52 Companies Recognized for Promoting Healthy Workplace ERIE, Pa., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization of large employers, recently honored Erie Insurance for its commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging a healthy...
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