Archive | December, 2011

Maryland Revamping State Social Services Departments

30. December 2011

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Maryland Revamping State Social Services Departments

The state of Maryland is changing how child support collection is conducted as officials are working to fix social services departments across the state, according to insurancenewsnet.com. Joseph J. DiPrimio has recently been appointed as the executive director of the Child Support Enforcement Administration, according to the Maryland Department of Human Resources. “There is no [...]

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Ultimate Software Offers Cloud for Human Resources

30. December 2011

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Ultimate Software Offers Cloud for Human Resources

Sales growth from companies that help other companies hire, manage, and track their workers are improving each day despite over job growth in the United States being pretty anemic. The human capital management field is expected to grow by 6 percent per year, hitting $8.1 billion in revenue across the world in 2015, according to [...]

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Court Recognizes Obesity as a Disability

30. December 2011

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Court Recognizes Obesity as a Disability

A woman working at a company in Louisiana was fired, with obesity cited as the reason. She made a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that her employers had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Though she died from conditions associated with her weight before she had her day in court, the [...]

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Most Abundant Jobs in 2012

29. December 2011

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Most Abundant Jobs in 2012

Education administrators are the number one positions on the rise for 2012. An education administrator has the responsibility of managing a school’s daily operations. These positions can be found in preschools, day care centers, colleges, universities, education business program and correctional facilities. Over the past three months, there have been over 12,000 job ads posted [...]

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New Contract for Firefighters

29. December 2011

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New Contract for Firefighters

Firefighters from Wausau and other unions across the state of Wisconsin agreed to contribute to their retirement funds in exchange for wage increases and other job perks on Tuesday of this week. The city council of Wausau voted 9-0 on Tuesday, with zero discussion, to approve a new three-year contract with the Wausau Firefighters Association [...]

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OSHA Proposes Over a Million Dollars in Penalties for Houston Company

29. December 2011

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OSHA Proposes Over a Million Dollars in Penalties for Houston Company

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently cited a company in Houston, TX, for safety violations. The DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a fine in excess of one million dollars. Piping Technology and Products, Inc. was cited for 13 “willful” and 17 “serious” violations that might put employees at risk of amputations [...]

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Health Care Workers Suffering Injuries on the Job

28. December 2011

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Health Care Workers Suffering Injuries on the Job

Health care workers can suffer serious injuries while on the job, just ask Lisa Black. Black was caring for a patient infected with AIDS when she was accidentally punctured by a needle that had been inserted in the patient’s IV line. Nine months after the puncture, black became ill and discovered that she had AIDS. [...]

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Audit of Montebello Discovers Possible Pension Spiking

28. December 2011

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Audit of Montebello Discovers Possible Pension Spiking

A fourth and final audit of the city of Montebello has found that the city’s internal controls are severely lacking. There is a breakdown in controls and internal communication that could have led to pension spiking in a case involving at least one official of the city. Back in March of 2007, it was voted [...]

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Man Claims That He Was Fired So a Younger Employee Could Have His Job

28. December 2011

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Man Claims That He Was Fired So a Younger Employee Could Have His Job

An appeals court upheld a district court’s decision to dismiss a case involving a claim of age bias. A man had filed a lawsuit against his former employers, alleging that he had been replaced by a younger employee. The employee had worked at International Furniture Marketing, Inc. His claim was that the reason for his [...]

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Third Annual List of Worst Bosses in America Released

27. December 2011

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Third Annual List of Worst Bosses in America Released

The Mayor of Sheboygan, Bob Ryan, has landed on the 2011 list of 100 worst bosses in the United States, according to the Sheboygan Press. The 2011 list is the third annual list released by the website eBossWatch. The list was released late last week, with Ryan coming in at number 70 on the list. [...]

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