By SAM HANANEL Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line. The findings come from a decade-long look at hundreds of California...
New York is the lowest risk city in the world for recruiting, employing and relocating employees, according to rankings released today by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources business of Aon plc (NYSE:AON) . Aon Hewitt's 2012 People Risk Index measures the risks that organizations face...
By Andrew G. Simpson Recognizing that technology has changed hiring procedures and also that more people are coming in contact with the criminal justice system, the federal government has updated its guidelines for employers who use arrest and conviction records in their hiring decisions and do...
Tilly Bailey & Irvine Solicitors has expanded its employment law team with the appointment of Theresa Carling, a solicitor who brings 11 years’ experience in this area of law. Theresa said: “Employment law never stands still and while an employer focuses on its own business, it...
Recommind, the leader in predictive information management software, today announced that Ogletree Deakins, a national labor and employment law firm representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters, has selected Recommind's Decisiv Search solution, including Matters & Expertise and QwikFind. Based on Recommind's CORE...
On Tuesday, May 15, 2012, General Thomas A. Kolditz, author of In Extremis Leadership: Leading As if Your Life Depended on It will present a 60-minute leadership broadcast followed by a live 30-minute Q&A session as a part of our Thought Leader Series. In March, General Kolditz, who served for two years...
If a law firm loses its top leaders, who will take their place? It's a question without an answer within many organizations, new research from Robert Half Legal indicates. Nearly four in 10 (39 percent) attorneys polled said their law firm does not have a...
Most IT leaders are accustomed to dishing out constructive criticism to employees. But how many employees would feel comfortable criticizing their boss for an ill-conceived product launch or a poorly executed deployment? Many workers fear that rubbing a manager or CIO the wrong way could...
Call it another kind of horse whispering: rather than humans training headstrong stallions, the animals are now training ambitious mid-level managers. Equine-assisted therapy has long been used to teach empathy, patience, trust and communication skills to at-risk youth and children with disabilities but some experts say...
White Paper From McGraw-Hill Research Foundation and United States Council Foundation Explores Approaches to Lifelong Learning for the 21st Century As technology increasingly eradicates traditional jobs faster than individuals can learn the skills necessary to adapt, the fundamental process of how we educate and train people...