HR Industry News for March 16, 2010
Top 10 Wage and Hour Investigation Issues for EmployersThe Department of Labor's Wage Hour Division conducts wage and hour investigations for a number of reasons, all having to do with enforcement of the laws and assuring an employer's compliance. During a wage and hour investigation, employers may be called on to produce records and answer questions regarding a wide variety of issues. The significant issues that may be raised by an investigation are ...
HRnext - 2010-03-14 09:33:36Scalable Display Increases WorkforceScalable Display Technologies, a provider of software for multi-projector display systems, announced it is increasing staff at its Cambridge, Mass., headquarters to better support its growing customer base and to continue to expand and enhance its software offerings. Scalable Display said its most recent hire, Tyler Johnson, is a Ph.D from the University of North Carolina, who brings to Scalable a ...
TradingMarkets - 2010-03-15 00:13:36U.S. Sen. Harkin: Statement from HELP Committee hearing on pay equity in the workplace 3/11/2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Cyrul / Bergen Kenny March 11, 2010 (202) 224-3254 Statement of Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) At the HELP Committee Hearing 'A Fair Share for All: Pay Equity in the New American Workplace' *As Prepared for Delivery* 'The Committee will come to order. We have convened this hearing to examine the issue of fair pay for women. This is not a new issue. In 1963, ...
IowaPolitics.com - 2010-03-14 22:40:41Fort Worth Career Search Network fetes first birthdayTopics: Fort Worth, Texas Social Service Agencies A Career Search Network Founded: March 2009 Where the flagship group meets: North Fort Worth Baptist Church Branches: Colleyville, North Richland Hills, Arlington, South Arlington/Mansfield, Mansfield/Walnut Ridge, Waxahachie, South Fort Worth, The Colony, Denver, San Diego, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Pocatello, Idaho Special interest groups: ...
Star-Telegram - 2010-03-14 21:08:47AFSCME Florida prez goes off over Convergys saleTALLAHASSEE The Florida chapter of public employee union AFSCME is going off now that the states personnel management system has been sold overseas. Convergys Corp. announced last week that it had sold its People First human resources unit to NorthgateArinso for $85 million in cash and $15 million in cash over the next three years. The move comes three months after the Department of Management ...
Orlando Sentinel - 2010-03-14 19:23:58Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions and Jeitosa Group International Form Alliance to Help Companies Address the Challenges of "Going Global"Triangle - -:Alliance Delivers Strategic Planning, Service Delivery to Global Organizations -: RALEIGH - , a leading global HR and payroll software and services business that can deliver expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries, and , a global human resources and systems consultancy, today announced the formation of a new alliance relationship. This alliance will enable Jeitosa to introduce ...
DBusinessNews.com - 2010-03-14 17:41:53Vets come to job fair in search of opportunitiesTAMPA - Jonathan Pruden left the Army five years ago. Since then, he has attended a lot of job fairs aimed at veterans. Many of them were smaller affairs, with more presenters than patrons, he said. So the Welcome Home America's Heroes event Saturday, sponsored by the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, was a welcome surprise. The Gainesville resident was among hundreds of vets milling about the ...
Tampa Tribune - 2010-03-14 10:39:19Surfing's up? Turn monitor inwardsA few years ago, an interesting survey made headlines in the US. This survey done by America Online and Salary.com, revealed that unproductive tasks at the workplace from web surfing to water cooler chitchat, was costing American companies $759 billion per annum. The year was 2005. The number would only have grown by now. In that survey, the number one way in which employees waste time at work was ...
Economictimes - 2010-03-14 21:49:07Be wary when responding to jobs advertised onlinePay attention to Scott Anglemyer, executive director of the Workforce Partnership in Kansas. ``Be careful about job offers on sites like Craigslist,'' he warns. ``We tend to find fraudulent job posts everywhere, but it's more prevalent on some sites than others because they're not moderated job sites.'' Peggy Yates understands his message well. She applied for what looked like a good office clerical ...
Miami Herald - 2010-03-14 00:59:03