Wage and Hour Division Propose Amendments to Child Labor in Agriculture Regulations
Begun on September 2, 2011, the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor proposed a revision to child labor regulations specifically within the agricultural sector. Current regulations addressing children working in hazardous agricultural occupations have not been updated since the initial mandate in 1970. The update is intended to address recommendations developed by the...
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Spreading the Good Word About Employer Branding
"I heard that's a great place to work." When employer branding efforts are successful, any mention of a company should trigger that exact statement. And when a company effectively communicates its brand internally and obtains employee buy-in, "Yes, it is!" should become the automatic response. Effectively communicating that your company is a great place to work is a powerful form of...
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Survey: 84% of Employees Intend to Pursue New Job in 2012
A new survey released by Right Management, the talent and career management company within ManpowerGroup, has found wide employee discontent among American workers. The online polling of more than 1,000 employees reports that 84% intend to look for a new position in 2012, a result similar to last year's survey. "The survey findings reflect a lot of employee dissatisfaction across North...
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FMLA Guide Released by Presagia to Help Employers Understand Compliance Laws
Presagia's Leave Compliance Officer, Allan Compagnon, is distributing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Guide encompassing a comprehensive overview of the FMLA for employers. As a leader of SaaS leave management solutions for health and absence, Presagia assists companies in gaining better compliance. Ensuring compliance in the workplace can sometimes be difficult, as federal laws and...
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Checkster Cited in "Best Practices to Improve Quality of Hire" by Bersin
The latest release of the Bersin Associates 2011 Talent Acquisition Factbook – a premiere HR research and consulting firm – has taken note of San Francisco-based Checkster's Reference Check 2.0 product as one of three "best practices to improve quality of hire." Reference Check 2.0 is the leading social rating application, used by many Fortune 500 companies and HR service providers to...
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DATAMARK Releases Top 10 Outsourcing Trends for Next Year
DATAMARK, Inc. has recently identified the Top 10 Business Process Outsourcing Trends for 2012. One of the reasons companies outsource is to reduce and control operating costs in order to be able to focus more on their companies. The emergence of technologies will continue to grow and change Business Process Outsourcing in the coming year and many more companies will consider outsourcing,...
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Propaganda Techniques for Recruiters
"The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest."—Edward L. Bernays, "The Engineering of Consent", 1947 Edward L. Bernays, regarded as the early 20th-century pioneer of propaganda techniques and arch-designer of the consumer society, deemed propaganda necessary—but not as an evil, to prevent chaos and cacophony in the...
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Senseless Interviewing: An Addict's 7 Steps to Recovery
If you've ever had the misfortune of interviewing a candidate and discovering within the first five minutes that they weren't a match for the job, you probably found yourself spending the next 25 minutes thinking about how much time you're now wasting that you can never recover. When you find yourself addicted to the standard way of doing things, when you realize you are afraid to make a...
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ATR Systems Partners with SaaShr.com on Workforce Management
ATR Systems has partnered with SaaShr.com in order to help companies with workforce management tasks. ATR Systems, a time and labor management systems provider, was established in 1973, bringing more than fifty years' experience into the partnership. SaaShr.com has been providing Payroll and Human Resource services for more than nine years. ATR Systems now provides companies with software to...
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Upgraded Version of Humanic Design's Human Resources Management System (HRMS) Now Available
Humanic Design has released its newest version of its Humanic Human Resources Management System (HRMS) for human resource managers. This software is an upgrade to its Oracle-based HRMS/Payroll system. Leading the way in human resource management since 1982, Humanic Design has been providing HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance, and Talent Management Services to companies with resolve to save them...
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Aladtec Upgrades Online Employee Scheduling Systems
Aladtec, a provider of web-based employee scheduling software for the public safety sector, has announced a major upgrade to its EMS Manager, FIRE Manager and Zanager products. Improvements include consolidated schedule views and enhanced navigation for increased flexibility and productivity. Managers will now have the option to view the trading of shifts, time-off, calendar events and rotating...
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Should Corporate Recruiters be Paid Like Agency Recruiters?
"If you pick the right people and give them the opportunity to spread their wings and put compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don't have to manage them." - Jack Welch With the economy slowly recovering, companies are starting to hire again. Top employees, who were hesitant to switch jobs during the height of the recession, are now starting to jump ship for greener pastures and...
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