Two former employees of a condominium complex filed a suit against the company, claiming that it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by not paying them minimum wage and overtime due. The plaintiffs recently appealed a district court’s decision. The two men worked at Aragon Towers Condo in Florida for nearly three years, performing [...]
26. January 2012
The Stoughton town manager, Francis T. Crimmins Jr., left a judgeship in order to take the job as town manager. When he did so it came at a time when the residents of the town were looking to have the Police Department cleaned up because of recent scandals that wracked the town and harmed its [...]
26. January 2012
The city of Augusta is preparing to outsource its human resources functions to a company called Automatic Data Processing. Before the outsourcing takes place, an internal memo has been leaked to the public that shows problems with the city’s existing relationship with the outsourcing company it has hired. City Administrator Fred Russell said that the [...]
26. January 2012
Nearly one in three of workers is considering leaving his or her job, according to a recent Mercer Study of 2,400 U.S. workers. That is a sharp increase from the 23% that said they’d leave their jobs in 2005. Younger employees- 40% of those age 25 to 34 intend to quit.Men-34% of men intend to [...]
26. January 2012
While 80 percent of HR decision-makers in the U.S. believe that it’s important for employees to understand their benefits options fully, they estimate that only about 60 percent of their employees do, according to a survey by benefits services firm ADP Inc. The finding has serious implications for how companies communicate one of the most [...]
26. January 2012
Washington: Saying that ‘no challenge is more urgent’ than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at “outsourcing” with a call to bring “manufacturing jobs back” to America. Declaring that “the state of our nation is getting stronger”, Obama in his third State of the Union address [...]
26. January 2012
The Siemens Company recently made an announcement which stated that the company will commit to hiring at least 300 veterans during 2012. This announcement was first made by the CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Judy Marks, who was excited to make the announcement about the commitment to hire hundreds of veterans. Mike Panigel, the Senior [...]
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The Louisville Government has spent close to $14 million each year on overtime that was not scheduled. The Mayor, Greg Fischer, would like to greatly reduce this number and believes that the number can increase dramatically if the changes are made to the union and the contracts of employees. With Fischer’s proposal, hours of vacation [...]
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A number of public schools in Atlanta are asking just about 134 educators to repay some of the salary that they received last year. The reason is because the district has realized they actually overpaid some of these educators by mistake. The district overpaid educators for a total of $234,000. The educators that were overpaid [...]
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The principal of Saratoga High School, Jeff Anderson, has received a promotion. The school board members have voted and decided to promote Anderson to the position of assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction and human resources. The high school is now looking for a replacement for Anderson because when the school year is over, he will [...]
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Students who believe that Tuft’s management carries out improper practices within the work environment against employees who work within dining services have managed to create an online petition during the month of December. The petition was created on Change.org and because of it, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Human Resources is under investigation. The [...]
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There are questions you may be asking yourself every day about the U.S. economy. Why aren’t there more jobs? Why are Americans having such a hard time finding employment? Will this madness ever end? In this article, the Society for Human Resource Management tries to give a little more in depth explanation for what’s going [...]
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A teacher who had formerly worked for the Palm Beach County School District in Florida brought action against the superintendent and a principal of one of the schools. He claims that his termination was a retaliation for his constitutionally protected right of free speech. The man was employed as a high school history teacher beginning [...]
Continue reading...25. January 2012
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reported a record number of charges of discrimination in the workplace, as well as a record amount relief acquired through its administrative program and litigation, in the 2011 fiscal year. According the EEOC, there were 99,947 claims of employment discrimination, with 455.6 million dollars in relief attained. [...]
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27. January 2012
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